
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Season 1 Episode 3304 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
UCSD professors are demanding the resignation of the university chancellor.
UCSD professors are demanding the resignation of the university chancellor. Plus, one of San Diego’s most influential philanthropists, Joan Jacobs, dies at age 91. Then, KPBS takes a trip to the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad to see the improvements made to the space.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Season 1 Episode 3304 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
UCSD professors are demanding the resignation of the university chancellor. Plus, one of San Diego’s most influential philanthropists, Joan Jacobs, dies at age 91. Then, KPBS takes a trip to the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad to see the improvements made to the space.
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♪ >>> STUDENTS COMMIT TO CONTINUE THEIR PROTEST ON THE CAMPUS OF UC SAN DIEGO.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TONIGHT IN THE AFTERMATH OF MONDAY'S CLEARING OF A STUDENT ENCAMPMENT AND THOSE ARRESTED FACE SUSPENSION FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND DOES REPORTER TELLS US, A GROUP OF FACULTY MEMBERS IS NOW CALLING FOR THE CHANCELLOR'S RESIGNATION.
>> Reporter: THE PUSH FOR PALESTINE IS STILL BEING FELT HERE ON THE LIBRARY WALK AT UC SAN DIEGO WHERE A PROTEST ENCAMPMENT WAS CLEAR JUST A DAY AGO.
BEST THE SUPPORT OF A DIFFERENT COLOR AND CONTEXT.
ARTWORK AND POLITICAL MESSAGES TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE CONTINUED WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE ANNUAL JUSTICE IN PALESTINE WEEK ON CAMPUS, WHERE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS HOLD EVENTS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR HISTORY AND HERITAGE.
>> IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION BUT IT WILL GET US CLOSER TO THE SOLUTION, YES.
HITTING EDUCATED ABOUT BOTH SIDES OF THE CONFLICT ARE DEFINITELY IMPORTANT, WHICH I'M TRYING MYSELF TO DO.
>> Reporter: EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, UC SAN DIEGO POLICE LED OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RIOT GEAR, CLEARING THE ENCAMPMENT THAT HAD BEEN BUILT BY STUDENTS SUPPORTING PALESTINE AND DEMANDING THE UNIVERSITY DIVEST FROM ITS ISRAELI FINANCIAL INTERESTS.
UC SAN DIEGO CHANCELLOR ORDER THE ACTION THAT LED TO THE ARREST OF 40 STUDENTS AND 24 OTHERS.
THERE WAS ALSO A SHOWDOWN WITH POLICE, AND AGGRESSIVE PROGRESS -- PROTEST AROUND CAMPUS.
TODAY, A GROUP OF FACULTY IS CONDEMNING THIS RESPONSE PICK A PRESS RELEASE CREATED BY PROFESSORS IN THE UC SAN DIEGO ETHNIC STUDIES DEPARTMENT LISTS WHAT FACULTY SUPPORTERS WANT .
WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF CHANCELLOR BECAUSE HIS ACTIONS PLACED HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS IN DANGER FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.
TWO, WE DEMAND AMNESTY FOR ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENCAMPMENT, BOTH THOSE CURRENTLY DETAINED IN ANY SUBJECT IN THE FUTURE INVESTIGATION.
WE DEMAND POLICE BE REMOVED FROM CAMPUS IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY.
CURTIS IS ONE OF THE PROFESSORS MAKING DEMANDS.
YOU SPOKE WITH US LAST WEEK AS HE SUPPORTED STUDENTS IN THE ENCAMPMENT.
>> IN MY STUDY OF THIS HISTORY SCUM I THINK IF YOU OPPOSE STUDENT MOVEMENTS ON CAMPUS, YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.
IT'S HARD TO COME UP WITH AN EXAMPLE OF A STUDENT PROTEST MOVEMENT THAT NOW WE WERE THEREFORE.
>> STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED BACK FOR IN-PERSON CLASSES TODAY AND THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUE TO DEFEND THE ACTIONS.
NO FURTHER COMMENT FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE ON THE CALL FOR HIS RESIGNATION OR PENDING INTERIM SUSPENSIONS GIVEN TO STUDENTS WHO WERE ARRESTED.
THERE IS STILL UNFINISHED BUSINESS ON THE CAMPUS REGARDING WHAT IS HAPPENED HERE IN THE LAST WEEK.
SOME OF IT WILL BE HANDLED BY THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
THE ADMINISTRATION HOLDS SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROTEST WILL CONTINUE.
THAT INCLUDES A PLANNED EVENT HERE ON THE LIBRARY WALK THIS EVENING WITH SOME OF THE FORMER ENCAMPMENT SUPPORTERS.
FOR NOW, GRADUATE DIDN'T, ERIN, SAYS HE WILL ENJOY THE ARTWORK IN THE COMBAT HAS RETURNED TO CAMPUS.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING SO THEN WE CAN BEGIN TO FORM OUR OWN OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HOPEFULLY SPARE AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE.
REMAP NEXT WEEK, THE UNIVERSITY WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL PEACE IN ISRAEL STUDENT PAREN.
MG PEREZ, KPBS IS.
>>> WHILE COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GRAPPLING WITH TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT COMMENCEMENT AMID PROTEST ON CAMPUS, WITH THAT PART OF THE STORY.
>> Reporter: PROTEST OVER THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR NOW COLLIDING WITH COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
>> WE ARE STILL PAYING FULL TUITION AND WATCHING ALL OF THIS UNFOLD AND NOT GETTING GRADUATION TOO?
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 2300 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES SINCE APRIL 18th.
THE DEMANDS OF THE PROTESTERS VARY BUT MANY ARE CALLING FOR SCHOOLS TO DIVEST FROM ENTITIES WHO SUPPORT OR BENEFIT FROM ISRAEL'S WAR IN GAZA.
ON MONDAY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AND EPICENTER, NANCY CANCELLATION OF A COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 15th, A SMALL SCHOOL-BASED EVENT DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS.
OTHER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED GRADUATION PLANS ARE HEIGHTENED SECURITY.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCELED ITS MAIN STANGE COMMENCEMENT WHICH TYPICALLY BRINGS TOGETHER 65,000 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
EMORY UNIVERSITY THAT IT WILL MOVE THE COMMENCEMENT OFF OF ITS ATLANTA CAMPUS.
WHILE THE PROTESTS WERE NOT THE CHIEF FOCUS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S REMARKS, HE COMMEND -- CONDEMNED RECENT THREATS DURING THE U.S.
HOLOCAUST ANNUAL DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.
>> THERE IS NO PLACE ON ANY CAMPUS IN AMERICA FOR ANTI- SEMITISM OR HATE PAGE OR THREATS OF VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND.
>>> WE WILL SEE THOSE LOW CLOUDS RETURN, ESPECIALLY TO THE COAST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50s.
WE WILL GET DOWN INTO THE MID- 40s AND RAMONA AND MOUNT LAGUNA, MID-40s.
NO VERNAL NOT ABOUT FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY.
IT'S A LITTLE BREEZY.
THE STRONGEST OF THE WINDS WILL BE OFF TO THE NORTH.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE CANYONS AND PASSES.
WE WILL LOOK AT A WARMING TREND ESPECIALLY FOR THE ANTERIOR COMING UP IN OUR FULL FORECAST.
>>> A FAMILY OF TWO OF THE THREE SURFERS KILLED DURING A TRIP TO BAJA, CALIFORNIA ARE SPEAKING OUT TODAY.
>> THEY WERE YOUNG MEN ENJOYING THEIR PASSION OF SURFING TOGETHER.
NOW, IT IS TIME TO BRING THEM HOME TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
AND THE OCEAN WAVES IN AUSTRALIA.
PLEASE, LIVE BIGGER, SHINE BRIGHTER, AND LOVE HARDER IN THEIR MEMORY.
>> THAT WAS THE PARENTS OF CALAMINE JAKE ROBINSON IN OCEAN BEACH.
THERE, ALONG WITH AMERICAN CITIZEN, JACK CARTER ROAD, WERE MURDERED IN AN APPARENT ROBBERY ON APRIL 28th OR 29th PICK THREE SUSPECTS ARE BEING HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE AND PROSECUTORS SAY TWO ARE BEING HELD PENDING DRUG CHARGES BUT CONTINUED TO BE SUSPECTS IN THE KILLINGS.
>>> THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CONTINUED TODAY.
THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER AT ALL AT ALL, TESTIFIED ABOUT HER ALLEGED SEXUAL ENCOUNTER BACK IN 2006.
HERE IS JENN SULLIVAN WITH A RECAP OF WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT.
>> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WRITING IN COURT TUESDAY.
DAY 13 OF THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL IN NEW YORK.
PROSECUTORS ALLEGED TROMP, WHO FACES 34 FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS ORCHESTRATED A SCHEME TO UNDERMINE THE 2016 ELECTION BY SUPPRESSING NEGATIVE INFORMATION, INCLUDING A $130,000 PAYMENT MADE BY THEN HIS LAWYER, MICHAEL COHEN, TO KEEP ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS, QUIET ABOUT A PREVIOUS AFFAIR IN 2006.
TRIM DENIES THE AFFAIR AND HAS PLED NOT GUILTY TO ALL THE CHARGES.
TUESDAY, DANIELS TESTIFYING IN THE TRIAL, ASKING THE COURT TO ADDRESS HER BY THE NAME SHE USES AS AN ADULT FILM STAR.
>> SHE COMES IN AND SAYS CALMLY STORMY DANIELS.
NOT STEPHANIE CLIFFORD, SHE IS NOT RUNNING FROM HER BACKGROUND AT ALL, NOR SHOULD SHE.
>> Reporter: SHE TOOK THE STAND WEARING A LOOSE JACKET, REPORTING DESCRIBING HER AS NERVOUS AND TALKING FAST.
THE PERSECUTORS AND JUDGE ASKING HER TO SLOW DOWN.
THE PERSECUTOR ASKING HER QUESTIONS ABOUT HER UPBRINGING.
>> I THINK THE PROSECUTOR IS TRYING TO HUMANIZE STORMY DANIELS.
>> SHE WAS ASKED DETAILS ABOUT HER ALLEGED SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE PRESIDENT IN LAKE TAHOE IN 2006 TESTIFYING QUOTE MR. TRUMP HAD COME INTO THE BEDROOM AND WAS ON THE BED, THEN SAYING, THE INTENTION WAS PRETTY CLEAR.
SOMEBODY STRIPPED DOWN TO THEIR UNDERWEAR AND IS POSING FOR YOU.
DURING CROSS-EXAMINATION, THE DEFENSE TRIED TO PAY DANIELS AS SOMEONE WHO IS SEEKING TO PROFIT FINANCIALLY WITH HER CLAIMS.
>> TRUMP SAID THIS AFTER THE TESTIMONY WAS OVER.
>> THIS WAS A VERY BIG DAY.
A VERY REVEALING DAY.
>> KPBS NEWS SPEC >>> JANUARY FLOOD VICTIMS ARE TAKING A MAJOR STEP TOWARD SUING THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TODAY.
A LOCAL LAWYER FILED PAPERWORK FOR A LAWSUIT FOR FLOOD VICTIMS AGAIN SAN DIEGO.
RESIDENTS SAY THE CREEK WAS TOO CLOGGED TO DRAIN PROPERLY BUT THE CITY CAP DIFFERING CLEANUP.
THE CYCLE CONTINUED AS THE PROBLEM BECAME MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO FIX, RESULTING IN JANUARY'S DISASTROUS FLOOD.
>> THEY DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE THE FIRST TIME WE SUED THEM.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
I HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE IT.
>> WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS A COMPOUNDING FACT OF AN ATTENTION OF THE CITY KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, ALLOWING THE BUILDUP TO GROW.
>> THE RESIDENTS PLAN TO ASK FOR $100 MILLION IN DAMAGES FROM THE CITY.
STRAPPED ONE OF SAN DIEGO'S MOST PROMINENT PHILANTHROPIST HAS DIED.
JOAN JACOBS DIED ON MONDAY AT THE AGE OF 91.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND DONATED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPREAD AMONG MANY SAN DIEGO ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING KPBS.
AND KPBS REPORTER, THOMAS FUDGE, HAS MORE ON HER PASSING.
>> Reporter: $120 MILLION TO THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY .
A PLEDGE OF 100 MILLION TO THE INSTITUTE.
MORE THAN $250 MILLION IN DONATIONS TO UC SAN DIEGO.
JOAN AND HER HUSBAND, ALAN JACOBS, THE FOUNDER, HAVE MADE A IMPACT ON MANY SCHOOLS AND NONPROFITS.
MARTIN, WHO WAS THE CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER AT THE INSTITUTE CALLED THE JACOBS GIFT TRANSFORMATIVE.
>> 50 YEARS FROM NOW, PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK AT THIS MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THIS AS A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY.
THIS IS A LONG-LASTING LEGACY AND WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.
>> JOAN KLEIN GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY AND GOT HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND.
JOAN AND ERWIN MOVED TO SAN DIEGO IN 1966 WHERE ERWIN WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT UCSD.
HE CALLED IT AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
JONES HAD IN A VIDEO PRODUCTION, SHE WAS STRUCK BY THE ENERGY THAT WENT INTO BUILDING THE NEW CAMPUS.
>> WHEN WE FIRST CAME, I WENT TO SEE IT IN THE GRASS WAS ALREADY OUT THERE AND THE NEXT DAY, THE WALL WAS ALREADY BUILT AND I WAS TOTALLY AMAZED BY THE SPEED IN WHICH THINGS HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: FAMILY MEMBERS MORNING HER DEATH INCLUDE HER HUSBAND, FOUR SONS, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN.
GRANDDAUGHTER, SARAH JACOBS, IS A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS WOMAN, REPRESENTING SAN DIEGO'S 51st DISTRICT PIXIE SET OF HER GRANDMOTHER, SHE PUSHED ME AND EVERYONE AROUND HER TO BE THE BEST VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES.
SHE SHOWED ME I COULD BE FUN AMEND AND WHEN AN ARGUMENT, CAN BE A WIFE AND A MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND ALSO A LEADER.
AT A CEREMONY THREE YEARS AGO MARKING THEIR MAJOR GIFT TO THE SALK INSTITUTE, JACOBS TOLD KPBS HER REASON FOR THE FAMILIES PHILANTHROPY.
>> I HOPE IT WILL SET AN EXAMPLE.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, OTHER PEOPLE WILL REALIZE IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO AND TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THEM AND FOR OUR CHILDREN.
>> THE LATE JOHN JACOBS, THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS SPEC >>> A PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD ON 11:00 A.M. AT THE DOWNTOWN.
IN THE ENTRANCE OF TRANSPARENCY, JOAN AND ERWIN JACOBS ARE FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS OF KPBS.
>>> ISRAEL SEIZES CONTROL OF THE CRITICAL GAZA BORDER CROSSING AS A CEASE-FIRE WITH HAMAS HANGS IN THE BALANCE.
THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.
>>> THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCED A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO HELP STUDENTS APPLY FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID.
KATIE SPOKE TO A COLLEGE ADVISER WHO SAYS THE MOST URGENT NEED IS FIXING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW FORM.
>> Reporter: THE FAFSA WENT UNDER MAJOR CHANGES LAST YEAR TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FILL OUT AND EXPAND ACCESS TO PROGRAMS BUT THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW FORM WAS PLAGUED WITH PROBLEMS AND DELAYS.
IT OPENED MONTHS LATER THAN USUAL, PUSHING BACK THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS FOR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS.
>> IT WAS REALLY FRUSTRATING.
EVEN IF I ADDED A SPACE MARK AND I DIDN'T SEE IT, WOULD BE RUN.
>> Reporter: FLOREZ EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEMS FIRST HAND.
MINOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HER FORM AND HER PARENTS FORM WOULD SEND HER BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
FLOREZ JUST COMPLETED HER FAFSA TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER MANY 5:00 A.M. CALLS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED NEW FUNDING TO HELP DISTRICTS, NONPROFITS AND OTHER GROUPS PUT ON FAFSA SUBMISSION CLINICS AND MAKE ADVISORS AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS.
BUT SAYS THE MORE URGENT NEED IS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
>> IN REALITY, THE ISSUES WE ARE FACING IS ON THEIR END, RIGHT?
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
WE CAN HOST ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SUPPORT GROUPS ON SATURDAYS OR AFTER SCHOOL BUT IF THE ISSUE RELIES ON BEING ABLE TO CONTACT SOMEBODY ON THERE AND TO BE ABLE TO VERIFY THEIR IDENTITY AND WE ARE NOT EVEN GETTING A PHONE CALL ANSWERED, THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO.
>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE, IT HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TO ADDRESS KNOWN ISSUES WITH A NEW FORM.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS EXTENDED THEIR DECISION DEADLINES FROM A FIRST TO MAY 15th BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE FAST BY.
FLOORS SAY SHE IS THANKFUL SCHOOLS UNDERSTOOD WHAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH THOUGH SHE IS STILL WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT FINANCIAL AID OFFERS.
KPBS NEWS SPEC >>> MAN'S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN TWO SAN DIEGO'S ARE DOING THEIR PART TO RAISE AWARENESS THROUGH PHYSICAL FITNESS, CYCLE BAR IN SAN MARCOS, NONPROFIT WILL HOST SPENT AGAINST STIGMA CHARITY RIDE TOMORROW.
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES SPECIAL INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE.
OF THE MANAGERS SAY THEY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AFTER EXCHANGING STORIES ABOUT THEIR OWN STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION.
>> AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE DOING THIS EVENT BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A STIGMA AROUND ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP.
>> THE FITNESS COMMUNITY PAIRS SO WELL WITH ANYONE ON A MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS OR RECOVERY JOURNEY.
THE MEN AND WOMEN AT THAT STUDIO I STARTED AT LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE.
>> SPENT AGAINST STIGMA STARTS TOMORROW AT 11:00 A.M. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT THE GLUTEN CENTER WEBSITE.
>>> WITH BOTH NORTH AMERICAN AND MEXICAN MOTHER'S DAY AROUND THE CORNER, MELISSA TELLS US HOW A NONPROFIT IS SHOWING ITS APPRECIATION FROM OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: AT OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHER FOR THE MONTHLY HEARTS AND HANDS WORKING TOGETHER FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
>> IN THESE TIMES OF NEED, PEOPLE APPRECIATE A LOT, THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW IF YOU GO AND BUY IT IN THE STORY.
>> THE SAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION SAYS 40% OF RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED NUTRITION AND SECURITY.
COMPARED TO THE COUNTY AVERAGE OF ABOUT 25%.
ALECIA GIMENEZ IS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF HEARTS AND HANDS WORKING TOGETHER.
>> WE GIVE AWAY OUR HEARTS AND OUR HANDS AND IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE THINKING WHAT TO GIVE ANNA WHAT TO PROVIDE FOR OUR CLIENTS.
>> Reporter: AT THIS DISTRIBUTION, THEY ARE GETTING SOMETHING SPECIAL TO THE MOTHERS.
THINGS TO VOLUNTEER CONSUELO.
>> I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH AND I MADE THIS LITTLE PRESENT.
I FELT SO GRATEFUL TO SEE THE PEOPLE HAPPY WHEN THEY TAKE JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: SHE HANDMADE OVER 400 UNIQUE MOTHER'S DAY GIFTS, FROM PICTURE FRAMES, EARRINGS AND FLOWER BOUQUETS, ALL MARKED WITH A SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY MESSAGE.
>> I HOPE THEY GET A VERY, VERY GOOD MOTHER'S DAY.
A VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
>> Reporter: PATRICIA GARCIA TECH DATA PICTURE FRAME.
HER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS HAPPY HER MOM RECEIVED A GIFT.
THINGS TO 41 SETS OF VOLUNTEERS HANDS WORKING TOGETHER.
ABOUT 400 PEOPLE RECEIVED FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ON THE MOMS GOT AN EARLY REMINDER THAT THEY ARE -- >> BONITA.
>>> A BIT OF A COOL TIME FOR SOME BUT WE ARE GETTING INTO A WARMING TREND TO THE WEEKEND AND WE ARE A LITTLE BREEZY DURING THIS TIME THROUGH MIDWEEK, WITH MORNING CLOUDS AND BRIGHTER AFTERNOONS, WHICH THAT TENDS TO FIT HERE IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND JUNE AS WELL.
WE CALL MADE GRAY AND JUNE GLOOM IN THE MORNING BEFORE THE BRIGHTENING IN THE SKY WITH FEWER CLOUDS.
WE ARE GETTING WARMER LATER THIS WEEK ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR.
TONIGHT, THE CLOUDS RETURN.
59 FOR YOUR LOW IN THE METRO AREA AND TOMORROW, A BRATTY AFTERNOON.
RAMONA, 75.
SAN DIEGO WILL BE AROUND 68 IN THE AFTERNOON AND FROM MOUNT LAGUNA, 55.
ON THE COOL SIDE, PREGO SPRINGS, 89 FOR YOUR WARMER AFTERNOON HIGH.
LOOKING AHEAD TO THURSDAY, STILL FAIRLY DRY.
NOTHING TOO WILD ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT WE WILL BE WATCHING AS A RIDGE BUILT ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. AND WE WILL SEE THIS RIDGE FLEX ITS MUSCLE.
NEAR PORTLAND OREGON COULD CHALLENGE RECORD HIGHS COME FRIDAY.
WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT BUT OVERALL, GENERAL WARMING TREND.
THE CHANGE WILL BE KIND OF MUTED NEAR THE COASTLINE WITH THE PACIFIC KEEPING US IN CHECK BUT FOR THOSE OF US IN THE INTERIOR, THE MOST DRAMATIC WARMTH WILL BE OFF TO THE NORTH, AREAS NORTH OF I-80 WHERE YOU ARE MORE SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER THAN AVERAGE.
EVEREST HERE IN THE AREA, NOT A BAD STRETCH.
WE WILL WARM UP TO AROUND 70 TO COME SUNDAY.
CLOUDS BREAK IN THE AFTERNOON OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, LOW CLOUDS, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOONS.
WAY JUMPED FROM THE LOW 70s TO THE UPPER 70s.
COME SATURDAY, THE MID-50s ALL THE WAY UP TO 70.
A DRAMATIC CHANGE COME SUNDAY AS WE WILL BE A LOT WARMER THEREAFTER A COUPLE OF COOL TIMES AND COOL DAYS AND INTO THE DESERTS, WE WILL JUMP NICELY INTO THE MID-90s.
96 ON SUNDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY.
ABOUT SEVEN DEGREES WARMER THAN WHERE WE WOULD'VE BEEN.
I'M GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.
>> MUSIC SEES NO AGE, RACE OR BACKGROUND AND THE MUSEUM IN CARLSBAD OPENS ITS DOORS TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE TOOLS BEHIND THE TUNES.
>> THE MUSEUM'S LATEST RENOVATION GIVES VISITORS A MORE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.
>> IT'S HARD TO KEEP YOUR HANDS AND YOUR FEET OFF THE INSTRUMENTS AND THE NEW INTERACTIVE AREAS OF THE MUSEUM OF MAKING MUSIC IN CARLSBAD.
BUT THAT IS THE POINT.
TO BRING OUT EVERYONE'S INNER MUSICIAN.
>> YOU WILL FIND TRADITIONAL, PIANO, GUITAR, DRUMS, YOU HAVE DJ TURNTABLES, AND A NEW LIGHTING CONSOLE YOU CAN TRY OUT WITH MIXING MUSIC.
IF YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE YOU WOULD NORMALLY HAVE IF YOU ARE JUST PICKING UP A GUITAR, THERE'S SOMETHING BEYOND PLAYING A TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT HERE.
>> WARREN IS THE MARKETING MANAGER.
HE SAID MUSICAL INNOVATIONS ARE SHAPING THE WAY MUSIC IS MADE AND THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE TUNES.
>> WE DO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE NEWEST INNOVATIONS, THIS IS ALL ABOUT INNOVATIONS, THINGS LET MEETING THEM THE WAY THEY ARE IN OVERTIME, YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THAT YOU A RECORD PLAYER BACK IN THE 20s AND 30s BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE NOW?
>> Reporter: RATHER THAN ADDING A NEW EXHIBIT, THE MUSEUM CREATED TWO NEW INTERACTIVE SPACES FOR EVERYONE TO TRY.
>> WE REALIZE WE HAVE A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY HERE, SO THAT WAS THE CATALYST FOR THIS NEW REMODEL TO ADD MORE ACTIVITY AND MORE ADVANTAGE IN A SPACE WHERE WE COULD TELL SOME DEEPER STORIES.
>> I DON'T REALLY PLAY AN INSTRUMENT BUT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO PERFORM ON A STAGE OR LIKE DO SOMETHING WITH AN INSTRUMENT OR MY VOICE AND I LOVE THIS MUSEUM.
>> THAT WAS FOURTH-GRADER, ELOISE.
WE JOINED HER CLASS DURING A FIELD TRIP TO THE MUSEUM.
>> THE DRUM CIRCLE WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE IT'S LIKE EVERYONE , IT'S LIKE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING EXCEPT IT'S LIKE DRUM.
SPAMMING SHE GOT TO CONTROL THE BEAT OF HER DRUMS FOR HER CLASS BEFORE EXPLORING THE REST OF THE MUSEUM.
>> WE STARTED BY WATCHING A REALLY COOL INFORMATIONAL VIDEO ABOUT HOW MUSIC GETS THROUGH YOUR EARS AND THEN WE LIKE LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN.
THEN, WE WERE PLAYING REALLY COOL INSTRUMENTS IN THIS ROOM AND I LIKED THE ACCORDION THE BEST.
>> Reporter: SHE STILL IS TIME TO DISCOVER NEW INSTRUMENTS BUT FOR SOPHOMORES AMAYA FOX WILLIAMS AND GINA BONOW, THE TRIP TO THE MUSEUM OF THE TRIP OF REDISCOVERY.
>> I LIKE THE HARP, I WANTED TO PLAY THE HARP WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
AND IT'S NOT AS FUN AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO GET BACK INTO PLAYING THE DRUMS AGAIN.
>> I WOULD PLAY GUITAR.
I KINDA WANTED TO PLAY PIANO.
IT GIVES ME A MORE OPEN MIND ABOUT OTHER INSTRUMENTS I COULD PLAY, OR LIKE WHAT I COULD DO IF I WANTED TO BE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
>> DJ WHAT THE MUSEUM SAY MUSIC HAS EVOLVED FROM OUR GRANDPARENTS AGE BUT IT IS STILL CROSSGENERATIONAL AND HERE, AGE DOESN'T MATTER.
>> EVERY GENERATION HAS SOMETHING THEY GRAVITATE TOWARDS, BUT EVEN IN THOSE GENERATIONS, YOU STILL HAVE A WHOLE VARIETY.
SO, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TRYING TO OFFER AS MUCH AS WE CAN NO MATTER WHAT YOUR INTERESTS ARE.
>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM OF MAKING MUSIC IS ABLE TO OFFER SUBSIDIZED SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS IN HOPES OF INSPIRING THE NEXT LINE OF MUSICIANS.
>> THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN, AND FIND YOUR PLACE IN MAKING MUSIC.
A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE MUSIC BUT WE WANT TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS AND MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE AND LEARN WHERE THE POSSIBILITIES EXIST.
>> MORGAN SAYS THE POSSIBILITIES NEVER END, ADDING THEY OFFER ADULT MUSIC PROGRAMS.
>> WE HAVE A CONCERT BAND AND AN ORCHESTRA FOR ADULTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING, REALIGNING, REIGNITING THEIR PASSION FOR MUSIC.
>> THE MUSIC IS OPEN FROM 10:00 TO 5:00 TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH DIFFERENT CONCERTS AND CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.
>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M MAYA TRABULSI.
GOODNIGHT.
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