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>>> MANY PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO ARE JOINING OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATING THE ELECTION OF THE NEW POPE, LEO XIV.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CAROL TALKED TO SOME YOUNG CATHOLICS AND FOUND OUT ABOUT A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO THE NEW PONTIFF.

>> THE YEAR WAS 2012, THE 90th ANNIVERSARY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE PRIEST THAT WAS THE ORDER OF THE SAINT AUGUSTIN.

HE WAS FATHER ROBERT PREVOST THEN.

HE'S POPE LEO XIV NOW.

SAINT AUGUSTIN PRINCIPAL JAMES HORN SAY THOSE WHO WERE THERE RECALL THE EVENT WITH JOY.

TO NOW SEE HIM STEP ONTO THE BALCONY OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA AS THE 267th POPE IS -- PAPACY BEGINS WITH THAT SAME SPIRIT OF SERVICE, WISDOM, AND HUMILITY.

AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, WE FOUND A MIXTURE OF JOY AND HOPE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NEW POPE.

>> I THINK THAT HE'S A GREAT CHOICE.

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW HIM AS THE CHOICE FOR POPE.

>> Reporter: ALLEN HICKERSON IS IN HIS FIRST YEAR AT USD.

I ASKED HIM WHY HE THINKS THAT THE CHICAGO NATIVE IS A GREAT CHOICE.

>> HAVING AN AMERICAN POPE, I THINK, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT HAS HAD A GLOBAL EXPERIENCE, IS SOMETHING TO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THE FACT THAT HE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ABROAD IN PERU, AS A LATINO AS WELL, I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT WITH THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

>> I HEARD AMERICAN.

THAT'S THE ONLY HEADLINE I SAW.

>> Reporter: JOSEPH WYNN IS IN HIS LAST YEAR AT USD.

>> AND I LOVE THAT HE IS A BIG ADVOCATE FOR CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING.

AND I LOVE THAT HE IS KIND OF TRYING TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND A LITTLE BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE.

>> Reporter: NOT EVEN A DAY HAD PASSED BEFORE SOME ON THE AMERICAN RIGHT WERE CRITICIZING LEO.

SOME CALLING HIM A COMMUNIST AND A LIBERAL.

BUT USD'S VICE PRESIDENT FOR MISSION INTEGRATION SAYS USING A POLITICAL LENS TO DESCRIBE HOW LEO STANDS ON ANY ISSUE MISUNDERSTANDS HOW FAITH AND THE CHURCH WORKS.

>> THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING IN PARTICULAR IS THAT IT DOESN'T NEATLY LINE UP WITH EITHER OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND THEREFORE IT CAN CHALLENGE ALL OF US.

>> Reporter: LOVETT COLLIER AGREES WITH ALLEN HICKERSON AND JOSEPH WYNN THAT HAVING AN AMERICAN ON THE THRONE OF ST. PETER IS A GOOD THING.

>> LEO XIV IS FROM THE UNITED STATES BUT HE'S ONLY SPENT ONE-THIRD OF HIS LIFE HERE.

HE'S NOT ONLY A U.S. CITIZEN.

HE'S ALSO A CITIZEN OF PERU, VERY MUCH A MULTICULTURAL, MULTILINGUAL PERSON.

ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES DESCRIBED HIM AS AN AMERICAN POPE WITH A LATIN AMERICAN HEART.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO WILL BE ON POPE LEO'S MIND EARLY ON IN HIS PAPAL SI BECAUSE WHEN HE MOVED -- SAN DIEGO WAS LEFT WITHOUT A BISHOP.

POPE LEO WILL HAVE A SAY IN WHO THAT PERSON TURNS OUT TO BE.

AT USD, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME WARM DAYS AHEAD, AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. AND THIS MEANS, FOR US, OUR NUMBERS GO UP.

BUT THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING.

I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> CARLSBAD HAS A LONG-STANDING BAN ON NEW DRIVE THROUGHS IN THE CITY, BUT AS KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WYNN TELLS US, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A POLICY THAT COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR MORE.

>> Reporter: SINCE 1998, THE ONLY DRIVE THROUGHS IN CARLSBADS HAVE BEEN THE ONES THAT WERE ALREADY THERE BEFORE THE BAN.

RECENTLY THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED 3-2 FOR A POLICY THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE DRIVE THROUGHS.

WITH CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS AMONG THOSE ADVOCATING TO LIFT THE OUTDATED BAN.

>> WE'RE EXCITED AS A CHAMBER THAT A PATH NOW EXISTS.

I HOPE THAT THE PATH CAN BECOME LESS ONEROUS ON THE BUSINESSES OVER TIME.

>> Reporter: THE BAN WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN PLACE WHEN LEGOLAND FIRST CAME TO TOWN.

BACK THEN, THE CITY WAS CONCERNED THE AREA NEAR THE PARK WOULD MIRROR THE COMMERCIAL SPRAWL SEEN AROUND DISNEYLAND.

THE AREA IS NOW FULLY BILLED OUT, MAKING THAT ISSUE MOOT.

EXPRESSED CONCERNS B ABOUT THE EFFECTS DRIVE THROUGHS WOULD HAVE ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> AND I DON'T WANT OUR CITY TO BE A STOP OFF THE 5 FOR PEOPLE TO GRAB FOOD FROM A FAST FOOD LOCATION AND MOVE ALONG.

WE ALREADY HAVE 12 OF THOSE.

>> Reporter: THE BAN, HOWEVER, CREATES AN AWKWARD SITUATION, WHERE NEWER RESTAURANTS ARE NEXT TO OLDER ONES WITH DRIVE THROUGHS.

THIS CHICK-FIL-A WAS BUILT AFTER THE BAN WAS IN PLACE.

IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A VERY BUSY DRIVE THROUGH.

BUT IT HAS INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE FOR A DRIVE THROUGH SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL LIFT THE BAN.

THE NEW POLICY DOESN'T LIFT THE BAN.

INSTEAD, IT LETS THE CITY ISSUE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND AMENDMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS, CALLING THAT WINNING THE BATTLE, NOT THE WAR.

>> THIS PARTICULAR AVENUE THEY'VE CHOSEN IS DEFINITELY GOING TO ONLY HAVE LIMITED PEOPLE EVEN START IT BECAUSE OF THE TIME INVOLVED, THE MONEY INVOLVED, AND HOW THE ONEROUS IS ALL ON THE BUSINESS ITSELF.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS SOME DEVELOPERS WHO CAN OPEN NEW DRIVE THROUGHS ARE HESITATING, LIKE TRC RETAILER, WHICH OWNS LaCOSS AT THAT TOWN SQUARE.

IN A STATEMENT, THE COMPANY SAYS, WE ARE EVALUATING THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES SENSE TO BRING FORWARD A NEW PLAN FOR LaCOSSTA TOWN SQUARE.

IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR EXISTING DRIVE THROUGHS IN CARLSBAD.

ALEXANDER WYNN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE'S A NEW STUDY PREDICTING GAS PRICES IN CALIFORNIA COULD RISE AS MUCH AS $3.

AND EXPERTS CITE CLOSING REFINERIES AS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE POTENTIAL STICKER SHOCK, WHICH HAS STARTED IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE.

MADISON KYIV I MADISON KEY -- REPORTS.

>> Reporter: PRICES THAT START WITH A 4 ARE UNUSUAL TO SEE AT ERNIE'S GENERAL STORE AND DELI IN STOCKTON.

>> $3.99.

>> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOU TODAY?

>> $4.49.

>> Reporter: THE OWNER AND NAME SAIK, ERNIE, TYPICALLY HAS THE LOWEST PRICES IN THE AREA.

BUT STAYING AT HIS NORMAL ROCK BOTTOM PRICES HAS BECOME IMPOSSIBLE.

>> THE PRICE OF GAS SINCE THIS WEEKEND WENT UP 50 CENTS A GALLON, SINCE LAST FRIDAY.

AND IT'S GOING UP ANOTHER 5 TO 7 CENTS TONIGHT, WITH NO END IN SIGHT.

>> WE BUILT MODELS, MULTIPLE MODELS, OKAY.

AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S $8 OR $7 OR $7.50, THE MODELS ALL INDICATE THE PRICE OF GAS IS GOING UP.

>> Reporter: I TOOK QUESTIONS ABOUT PRICE SPIKES TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AT USC AND PUT OUT A NEWS STUDY MAKING HEADLINES OVER ONE FINDING IN PARTICULAR.

GAS PRICES IN CALIFORNIA COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE UP TO 75% BY THE END OF 2026.

AS THE STATE PREPARES TO LOSE NEARLY 1/5 OF ITS OIL REFINING CAPACITY.

>> THE KEY TO CONCENTRATE ON IS THOSE REGULATORY COST COMPONENTS.

THEY'RE GOING UP.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT TODAY IF IT CHOSE TO.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THOSE REGULATORY COSTS MAKING CALIFORNIA GAS THAT'S UP TO CALIFORNIA STANDARDS.

IT'S MUCH CLEANER THAN WHAT'S USED IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

NOW CONSIDER A FIRE IN FEBRUARY AT A REFINERY IN MARTINEZ AND A FIRE THIS WEEK AT THE VALERO REFINERY IN VENETIA.

AN EXPERT PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, SUPPLY IS CONSTRAINED.

>> YOU CAN GET GASOLINE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND PERHAPS FROM WASHINGTON STATE, BUT YOU'RE JUST FAR REMOVED FROM IT.

SO, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUCKLE DOWN AND REALIZE THAT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, IN PARTICULAR AND CALIFORNIA AS A STATE IS GOING TO PAY.

>> Reporter: THAT'S A REALITY THAT CALIFORNIANS LIKE ERNIE ARE LIVING OUT NOW.

>> RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT ABSOLUTELY THE LOWEST, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF LOYAL CUSTOMERS, AS YOU CAN SEE.

>> Reporter: AND THAT WAS MADISON KEVY WITH THAT REPORT.

HERE IS A CHECK ON GAS PRICES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ACCORDING TO AAA.

THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON TODAY WAS $4.77.

THAT'S NEARLY 3 1/2 CENTS MORE THAN A WEEK AGO.

BUT THE COST IS STILL ABOUT 52 CENTS LOWER THAN IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO.

>>> I'M JEFF BENNET.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE CHALLENGES POPE LEO XIV MUST NOW ADDRESS AS HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF SOMEONE GAVE YOU A MILLION DOLLARS WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED?

IN 2021, A LOCAL NON-PROFIT ACTUALLY GOT A MILLION DOLLARS FROM BILLIONAIRE McKENZIE SCOTT.

MELISSA MAE TOLD YOU ABOUT DAVID HARP'S FOUNDATION WHEN THEY FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DONATION.

AND SHE RECENTLY CHECKED IN TO SEE HOW THEY SPENT THEIR SEVEN-FIGURE GIFT.

>> WELCOME TO THE TRANSFORMATION HOME.

COME ON IN.

LET'S GO.

COOL.

SO, RIGHT HERE, WE HAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN.

>> Reporter: FOR ADRIAN, HIS HOME FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS REPRESENTS SOMETHING BIGGER.

>> LIKE A TRUE LOVING ECOSYSTEM, LIKE A THRIVING -- YOU KNOW, I THINK -- I LOOK AT, LIKE, PLANTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF PLANTS AROUND HERE.

AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT A PLANT THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE DEHYDRATED OR DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, YOU PUT IT IN AN ECOSYSTEM THAT'S THRIVING AND IS ABLE TO -- IT'S REALLY ABLE TO TRANSFORM IT.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE TRANSFORMATION HOUSE ECOSYSTEM CREATES A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR YOUTH EXITING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, HELPING PREPARE THEM FOR THE FUTURE.

>> A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED BUT ARE ABLE TO BE TRANSFORMED BY COMMUNITY AND LOVE AND STABILITY IN THIS PLACE, WHILE ALSO SETTING THEM UP FOR THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: CON TERO IS THE HOUSE MANAGER, HELPING RESIDENTS LEARN HOW TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

>> WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO PREP FOOD AND ACTUALLY MAKE YOUR OWN FOOD.

THAT'S A THING.

DOING LAUNDRY ALL THE TIME.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?

CLEANING UP, DOING HOUSE CHORES.

AND SO SOMETIMES, AS A YOUNG PERSON, IT'S HARD TO, LIKE, DO ALL THESE THINGS, AND SO YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO BE LIKE, HEY, ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.

>> Reporter: IT'S ALL PART OF A PROGRAM RUN BY THE DAVID'S HEART FOUNDATION, IN ADDITION TO GIVING YOUTH AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS A PLACE TO LIVE, THEY TEACH THEM ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND JOB TRAINING THROUGH MUSIC AND MEDIA.

>> BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH ART, EARNING RELATIONSHIPS AND WALKING KIDS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH A TRUSTED ADULT, A MENTOR TO HELP THEM WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PROBATION AND REALLY THAT'S THE HEART OF WHAT THIS IS.

>> Reporter: DAVID'S HARP IS BRANDONSTEP'S VISION.

>> THE CHALLENGES FOR A JUVENILE ARE WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM DETENTION ARE A LOT.

EVERYTHING LITERALLY FROM HOUSING TO JOB THINGS, BUT ALSO REALLY CONNECTION AND RELATIONSHIPS.

>> Reporter: IN 2021, BILLIONAIRE McKENZIE SCOTT SELECTED DAVID'S HARP TO RECEIVE A $1 MILLION GIFT, NO STRINGS ATTACHED.

AT FIRST, STEPH DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

THEN ONE DAY -- >> SO, I WAS DRIVING DOWNTOWN, COMING DOWN THE 94 FREEWAY, COMING TO OUR BIZ PLOT PROGRAM, WHERE PEOPLE ARE BUILDING BUSINESSES.

AND AT THE TIME A LITTLE OVER 60% OF THOSE KIDS WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND SO YOU HAD KIDS THAT WERE SHOWING UP, BRINGING THEIR FULL SELF, INVESTING IN THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEEDED TO RUN BUSINESSES, BUT HAVING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, SLEEPING IN CARS, SLEEPING ON FRIEND'S COUCHES AND COUCH SURFING.

AND IT JUST DAWNED ON ME, LIKE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BUILD AN INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE THESE KIDS CAN REALLY LAUNCH OUT FROM A HOUSE INTO THEIR OWN HOUSING.

WE NEEDED OUR OWN HOUSE.

SO, THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE PURCHASED A HOME.

>> Reporter: CURRENTLY FOUR YOUTH LIVE AT THE HOUSE, AND THERE ARE PLANS FOR EXPANDING IT INTO A VILLAGE.

>> THEY'RE ABLE TO PAY $500 A MONTH IN RENT.

THAT $500 IS SAVED FOR THEM IN ESCROW.

AND AFTER 12 MONTHS, THEY GET ALL OF IT BACK AS FIRST, LAST, AND MOVE-IN ON THEIR OWN SPACE.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE MILLION DOLLARS WENT TOWARD PURCHASING AND RENOVATING TRANSFORMATION HOUSE, THE FOUNDATION ALSO GREW.

>> WE WENT TO ALMOST 5,000 UPSTAIRS HERE AT MONACO WAREHOUSE IN THE EAST VILLAGE.

>> Reporter: BEFORE THE DONATION, THE FOUNDATION SERVED 220 YOUTH EACH YEAR.

NOW THEY'RE UP TO MORE THAN 500.

>> INCLUDING 95% OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

SO, THE PROGRAM IS DOUBLED, BUT IT'S ALSO DOUBLED IN OUTPUT.

>> Reporter: THEY'VE ALSO DOUBLED THEIR STAFF, INCLUDING GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM.

>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I WOULD BE WITHOUT DAVID'S HARP.

LIKE, KIND OF JUST FROM BEING LOCKED UP IN EAST MESA, LIKE, I KIND OF JUST HAVE, LIKE, A VISION OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO, AND I HAD ALL MY GOALS WRITTEN DOWN.

I REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE.

>> Reporter: RILEY RAMUS HAS GROWN A LOT SINCE WE FIRST MET HIM IN 2021.

HE'S SINCE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW SERVES AS A FULL-TIME ARTIST MENTOR FOR DAVID'S HARP.

>> I REALLY JUST WANT TO HELP KIDS WHO ARE, KIND OF, GOING THROUGH THE STRUGGLE AND JUST KNOW THAT, LIKE, IT'S BETTER ON THIS SIDE OF THE FENCE AND THAT YOU CAN, KIND OF, CHANGE AND BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE AND JUST BE POSITIVE WITH IT.

>> Reporter: SINCE 2007, STEP SAYS THE FOUNDATION HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF YOUTH AND THAT MILLION DOLLARS HAS HELPED THEM HAVE A GREATER IMPACT.

>> WHAT WE CHOSE TO DO WAS TO GO ALL-IN WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND INVEST IT DIRECTLY IN THEIR FUTURE.

>> Reporter: STEPP HOPES ONE DAY SOON THE COURTS WILL CONSIDER TRANSFORMATION HOUSE AND THE FOUNDATION TO WORKFORCE PROGRAM AN OFFICIAL ALTERNATIVE FOR YOUTH FACING INCARCERATION.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>> GREAT STORY THERE.

>>> WELL, MOTHER'S DAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, AND INDUSTRY ANALYSTS SAY THE AVERAGE PERSON PLANS TO SPEND MORE THAN $250 THIS YEAR ON GIFTS.

JEN SULLIVAN HAS DETAILS ON THE MOST POPULAR ITEMS TO SHOW MOM JUST HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HER.

>> HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

>> Reporter: WHEN IT COMES TO CELEBRATING MOM, CONSUMERS ARE SHELLING OUT.

>> CONSUMERS SPEND, ON AVERAGE FOR MOTHER'S DAY, MORE THAN ANY OTHER HOLIDAY EXCEPT THE WINTER HOLIDAYS.

>> Reporter: KATHERINE COEN WITH THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION SAYS MOTHER'S DAY SPENDING IS EXPECTED TO TOP $34 BILLION THIS YEAR, WITH PEOPLE CELEBRATING SPENDING AN AVERAGE OF $259.

THAT'S AROUND $5 MORE PER PERSON THAN LAST YEAR.

>> THEY WANT TO CELEBRATE THE MOMS AND OTHER MOTHER FIGURES IN THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE NRX RECENT SURVEY, THE MOST POPULAR GIFT THIS YEAR FOR MOM, FLOWERS, GREETING CARDS, OUTINGS LIKE BRUNCH OR DINNER, CLOTHING, AND JEWELRY.

>> THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS CONSUMERS CAN SAVE, AND ALSO WAYS THAT THEY CAN CREATE A MEANINGFUL MEMORY WITH MOM THROUGH A GIFTED EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: OTHER OPTIONS THAT CAN HELP KEEP DOWN THE COSTS, A PICNIC, MOVIE NIGHT AT HOME, OR A HOMEMADE CRAFT.

>> THE KEY IS SPENDING TIME TOGETHER, AND SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR HER.

>> Reporter: COLLIN ALSO SAYS SOME RETAILERS ARE ROLLING OUT SALES AHEAD OF MOTHER'S DAY TO HELP CONSUMERS SAVE.

>>> SATURDAY IS DIA DEE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING -- ACTIVISTS OUTSIDE OF LASS KA LEE NAS JAIL WHO SAY WHEN MOM IS INSIDE, IT'S LIKE THE WHOLE FAMILY IS SERVING TIME.

>> THE THEME OF TODAY'S MOTHER'S DAY IS CELEBRATING HOPE.

>> THAT'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH COUNTY EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION AND SAVING LIVES IN CUSTODY, CALIFORNIA.

MILLER SAYS EVERYONE HAS A MOTHER AND MANY WOMEN ARE MOTHERS, BUT NOT ALL OF US GET TO BE WITH OUR MOTHERS TO CELEBRATE ON THEIR SPECIAL DAY.

MILLER, A SMALL GROUP OF MOSTLY MOTHERS, CREATED THE FIRST MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION INSIDE THE DETENTION FACILITY.

>> WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS DATE INTO SOMETHING CELEBRATORY.

>> Reporter: SHARON CANSON SAYS -- ISN'T A PREREQUISITE FOR MOTHERHOOD.

>> WE WANT TO HELP YOU FORGIVE YOURSELF AND KNOW THAT WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP WORKED WITH THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR OVER A YEAR TO ORGANIZE THE EVENT.

ASSISTANT SHERIFF DUSTIN LOPEZ SAYS THE DEPARTMENT HELPS WITH EVENTS LIKE THESE BECAUSE IT CAN HELP WITH LIFE AFTER INCARCERATION.

>> EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BEHIND THESE WALLS RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE PART OF OUR SOCIETY.

THEY WILL LEAVE THESE WALLS, THEY WILL REINTEGRATE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: THE 45-ACRE FACILITY WAS OPENED IN AUGUST OF 2014 AND CAN HOUSE 1,280 WOMEN.

TODAY'S PARTY WILL BE JAM PACKED.

>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A BAND.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A COMEDIAN.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, SOME SPECIAL FOODS AND SPECIAL TREATS, TO LET THESE WOMEN KNOW TO NOT THROW AWAY PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: REMINDING THESE WOMEN THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER FUTURE.

MATTHEW BOLER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER RIDE AS WE GO THROUGH THE UPCOMING DAYS.

AND IT STARTS WITH MORE OF A RISE.

THE TEMPERATURES HEADED UP AND UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

IN FACT, SATURDAY REALLY ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS THAT WE'VE SEEN AT THIS STRETCH SO FAR.

SO, A WARM WEEKEND SETTING STAGE FOR US.

BUT THEN WE FALL OFF QUITE A BIT, AND THAT FALL TAKES PLACE REALLY QUICKLY.

IT'S COOL FOR THE EARLY WEEK, SO WE'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS REALLY PLUMMET DOWN IN JUST A SHORT MATTER OF TIME.

SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE ARE HEAT ADVISORIES OUT THERE.

SOME OF THESE ARE LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

SO, MAKE SURE YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION IN SOME LOCATIONS.

REMEMBER THAT AS WE GET THROUGH THIS EARLY SEASON HEAT, IT'S REALLY QUICKLY A PROBLEM TO DEHYDRATE FAST.

SO, REMEMBER TO BRING A LOT OF WATER WHEREVER YOU'RE HEADED AND CONTINUE TO DRINK THAT AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE STAYING HYDRATED AS YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT.

TONIGHT NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CLOUD OVERCOMING IN.

WE WILL HAVE SOME LOW CLOUDS IN A FEW SPOTS OUT THERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY LIMITED AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT AND EVEN INTO TOMORROW NIGHT.

NOT A TON OF EXTRA MOISTURE.

SO, THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS WHAT'S KEEPING EVERYTHING DRY, LEADING TO SOME OF OUR OFFSHORE FLOW IN PLACES, AND TEMPERATURES 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGES FOR CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR AREA.

IT IS A WARM TREND GOING INTO THE WEEKEND, NUMBERS TOPPING OUT AT 75 FOR THE HIGH IN THE CITY, 96, AND BORREGO BRINGS, 104 FOR YOU.

AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND, THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN THE PATTERN.

THAT STARTS IN THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY, BUT WE'LL FIND MORE OF THOSE CHANGES COMING THROUGH AS WE GET INTO THE EARLY WEEK.

SO, THE NUMBERS DROP OFF QUITE A BIT HERE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY, THE COAST GOING FROM THE 70s FOR THE WEEKEND BACK INTO THE 60s AS WE HEAD THROUGH MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

IT'S MORE OF THE SAME FOR OUR INLAND COMMUNITIES MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

WE'RE STILL IN THE 60s THEN, BUT WE START OUR WEEKEND IN THE 90s INLAND, 93, THAT HIGH.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, 70s.

WE GO BACK INTO THE 50s, EVEN 40s BY THE TIME WE GET INTO TUESDAY.

WE'LL START TO WARM OUR TREND UP A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

YOU CAN SEE THE DESERTS GO BACK INTO THE MID 80s AFTER FALLING INTO THE 70s ON TUESDAY.

>>> TOMORROW, PROJECT BLANK PRESENTS PARK OPERA.

IT'S A MULTI-SITE EXPERIENCE THAT REDEFINES WHAT OPERA CAN BE BY STAGING ITS PERFORMANCE ACROSS BALBOA PARK.

-- HAS THIS PREVIEW.

>> Reporter: IF THIS IS WHAT YOU THINK OPERA HAS TO SOUND LIKE, THEN THINK AGAIN.

♪ .

>> SO, THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE ARYA.

AND IN THIS ARYA, EACH OF THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSICAL COMPONENTS INCLUDE SOME SORT OF NATURAL WORLD DEVICE TO THEM.

IN THIS CASE, THE DIVA, THE OPERA SINGLE, IS A BEE, A LITTLE POLLINATING BUMBLEBEE.

>> THAT'S LESLIE LATHAM, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF PROJECT BLANK AND THE POLLINATING BEE DIVA OF PARK OPERA.

♪ >> THE PARK OPERA IS A MODULAR OPERA INSTALLATION, WHERE YOU TAKE THE COMPONENT PARTS OF AN OPERA AND THEN SCATTER THEM AROUND THE PUBLIC PARK.

AND SO PEOPLE CAN TAKE IT AT THEIR OWN PACE, TAKE IN AS LITTLE OR AS MUCH OF IT AS THEY WANT.

WE'LL GIVE THEM A MAP WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT OUR LOBBY, WHICH WILL BE THE MORTON FIG TREE.

AND WE'VE GOT A PATH THAT WE'VE DESIGNATED FOR THEM.

BUT PEOPLE CAN TAKE IT AT THEIR PLEASURE.

>> IT'S AN OPERA ABOUT LISTENING.

>> IT'S ALL OF THE SOUNDS THAT THE MUSICIANS ARE PLAYING ARE REALLY, REALLY SMALL, AND THIS GESTURAL LANGUAGE THAT INVITES THOSE TO GET CLOSER.

>> Reporter: LIKE FOR THIS FLUTE SOLO.

>> SO IT'S MORE PER CUSSIVE THAN IT IS MELODIC IN THIS MOVEMENT IN PARTICULAR.

>> Reporter: THE COMPOSER CREATES A SCORE THAT SHOWS THE MUSICIAN HOW TO PLAY IN AN INNOVATIVE WAY.

>> SO, THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED THE HEAD JOINT OF AN ALTO FLUTE.

SO, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY WITH, LIKE, OPENING AND CLOSING THIS PART, AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO SUPPOSED TO HAVE SYLLABLES THAT YOU SAY AT THE SAME TIME INTO THE -- ACROSS WHAT'S CALLED THE -- HOLE, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.

IT CREATES THESE DIFFERENT KIND OF SOUNDS THAT INTERFACE WITH THE OPERA, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING.

THEN YOU HAVE CLOSED HOLE, OPEN HOLE.

WITH THE CLOSED HOLE AND THEN OUTSIDE YOU WOULD JUST HOLD YOUR HAND LIKE THIS, AND THEN YOU DO A FIST TURN, FIST.

IT IS KIND OF COMPLEX, BUT, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

AND ONCE YOU GET INTO IT, YOU KIND OF GET INTO A FLOW WITH IT.

>> GETTING INTO THE FLOW MEANS LISTENING BECOMES THE PROTAGONIST IN THIS OPERA.

AND SOMETIMES THE PARK PROVIDES A BED OF WHITE NOISE.

OR ADDS ITS OWN PUNCTUATION TO THE COMPOSITION.

>> AT THIS PART OF THE OPERA, WE WILL HAVE THE BINOCULARS STATION.

SO, IN AN OPERA HOUSE, YOU USE YOUR SPECTAL CANS TO SEE THE STAGE.

BUT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE GOING TO USE THEM TO HEAR BIGGER.

AMPLIFY THE NATURAL WORLD WITH VERY ANALOG TOOLS LIKE GLASS BOTTLES AND BEAKERS.

>> IT'S NOT ABOUT COMPOSING YOUR OWN LISTENING EXPERIENCE AND BY FILTERING WHITE NOISE AND FILTERING -- USING DIFFERENT MATERIALS NEXT TO YOUR EARS YOU CAN HEAR DIFFERENT SOUNDS.

>> Reporter: THIS MAN HAS PERFORMED PARK OPERA IN DIFFERENT SPACES AROUND THE GLOBE, AND HE'LL BE TAYLORING IT TO BALBOA PARK.

>> THIS IS THE SAN DIEGO VERSION OF PARK OPERA, AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY ADAPTIVE FOR BALBOA PARK.

BALBOA PARK IS -- FOR THE OPERA.

>> Reporter: THE PARK ITSELF IS A TRANSFORMATIVE PLACE.

AND THEN THE OPERA THEN JUST HEIGHTENS THAT, KIND OF HELPS YOU TO DISAPPEAR IN THIS FANTASYLAND.

>> Reporter: A FANTASY LAND THAT MAY CONTAIN UNICORNS.

>> IN PARK OPERA, WE INVITED THE UNICORNS TO ALSO PERFORM WITH US.

AND THEY ACTUALLY LIKE TO EAT THE ROSE PETALS.

>> Reporter: SO NOT REALLY A PLACE TO COME BURDENED WITH EXPECTATIONS.

>> I THINK LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND, RIGHT?

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED TO BE SUCH A CLICHE.

BRING SUN SCREEN.

BRING SOME HEADPHONES.

BUT, YEAH, COME READY TO ENGAGE IN SOUND AND PERFORMANCE IN A WAY THAT YOU MIGHT NEVER GET A CANCEL HAD CHANCE TO SEE AGAIN.

>> AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE ALL EARS.

>> YEAH.

>> Reporter: COME WITH AN OPEN MIND AND OPEN EARS TO ACTIVELY LISTEN TO AND ENJOY PROJECT BLANK'S PARK OPERA, AS IT UNFOLDS ACROSS BALBOA PARK FOR ONE DAY ONLY, TOMORROW AT 4:00 P.M. >> YOU CAN BE ALL EARS AND ALL EYES WHEN YOU JOIN US FOR KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK WHERE WE REVISIT THE MOST ORIGINAL REPORTING OF THE WEEK.

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