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>>> TONIGHT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE DESCENDING ON DOWNTOWN FOR SAN DIEGO COMIC CON.

IT IS PREVIEW NIGHT FOR THE FOUR DAY POP-CULTURE CONVENTION.

MATT HOFFMAN JOINS US NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS LIKE OUT THERE?

>> Reporter: JUST TAKE A LOOK AROUND ME.

IT IS PACKED DOWN HERE.

REVIEW NIGHT IS JUST KICKING OFF.

IT WILL BE IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OUT HERE ALL DAY.

THEY ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THE EVENT THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.

MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE WILL BE INSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER DURING THAT TIME.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE GASLAMP LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S BEING TRANSFORMED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE EVENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUT HERE.

ALL THIS HAS COMIC CON 2023 KICKS OFF.

DOWNTOWN IS ONCE AGAIN COMIC THEMED.

THE COSTUMES ARE OUT EARLY THIS YEAR.

WHILE COMIC CON IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF FUN, IT'S ALSO WHERE CREATORS GO TO SELL THEIR WORK.

>> THIS IS THE ULTIMATE CONVENTION.

WE DO A LOT AROUND THE COUNTRY BUT THIS IS THE ULTIMATE ONE.

>> IT IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST CLOUT.

>> Reporter: FILM AND TV ACTORS PLUS WRITERS ARE ON STRIKE THIS YEAR KEEPING SOME LARGE MOVIE STUDIOS AWAY FROM COMIC CON, BUT PEOPLE WE TALKED TO DID NOT SEEM AS CONCERNED.

IF ANYTHING, FEWER STUDIOS MAY BRING MORE SUPPORT TO THE COMICS.

>>'S WE SUPPORT THEM.

WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

WILL IT BECOME MORE COMIC FOCUSED AGAIN?

>> Reporter: ATTENDEES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE AROUND $160 MILLION TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

OFFICIALS ESTIMATE AROUND $3 MILLION WILL BE COLLECTED JUST IN HOTEL ROOM TAXES.

>> EVERYBODY HIT THAT IS HERE SPENDS MONEY IN TOWN.

THEY WILL SPEND MONEY HERE.

THEY WILL SPEND MONEY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, THERE IS 135,000 THAT WILL BE IN THE BUILDING OVER THE FOUR DAYS COMING UP.

THERE'S EVEN MORE THAN THAT DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN HOTELS MEANS THEY HAVE TO EAT AND DRINK SOMEWHERE.

RESTAURANTS LIKE CITY TACOS ARE EXPECTING A BOOM.

>> IT'S GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE DRESSED UP AND COMING IN.

IT DOES PICK UP A LOT OF FLOW COMING IN WITH THEIR UNIQUE COSTUMES.

IT IS JUST AMAZING AND A GREAT FIVE.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE SOME GREAT SALES.

>> Reporter: IF YOU WANT A TASTE OF COMIC CON, SOME RESTAURANTS HAVE CREATED THEMED MENUS AND COSTUMES ARE WELCOME.

>> WE HAVE SOME GREAT FOOD SPECIALS AND SOME COCKTAILS THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WE EXPECT HUGE CROWDS, A LOT OF FUN OUTFITS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES TO BE DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: THIS IS JUST OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER.

PEOPLE ARE LINING UP, READY FOR PREVIEW LINE NIGHT.

IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER THIS WEEKEND SO IF YOU ARE COMING DOWN FOR SOME OF THE FESTIVITIES MAKE SURE TO BRING SOME WATER AND THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AREA SO KEEP THAT TOP OF MIND IF YOU ARE COMING OUT.

>> GREAT ADVICE.

NOT EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON A BADGE.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SOME FUN, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THEY CAN STILL DO?

>> Reporter: THERE ARE A TON OF THINGS PEOPLE CAN DO DOWN HERE.

SOME OF THE STUDIOS HAVE THESE REALLY COOL ACTIVATIONS TAKING OVER SOME OF THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS.

THEY ARE DOING FOOD SPECIALS, VIRTUAL MOVIE SETS YOU CAN CHECK OUT.

SOME OF THAT IS HAPPENING BY THE GASLAMP SIGN DOWNTOWN AND SOME IS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.

SOME RESTAURANTS ARE ALSO GETTING AND BY DOING THEMED FOOD.

PLENTY OF OPTIONS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT.

>>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN FOR MORE HOT DAYS WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING'S EXTENDING.

WE HAVE THE FIRST LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON THE HEAT.

NOTICE THAT THE HEAT ALERTS HAVE BEEN STRETCHED ALL THE WAY TO SATURDAY EVENING.

ADDITIONAL COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ADDED SO NOW THE HEAT ADVISORY INCLUDES POWER.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.

BACK UP TO 114 TOMORROW.

WE WILL HAVE MORE COMING UP.

>>> SUMMER VACATION IS OVER FOR THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH BAY.

TWO DISTRICTS RETURNED FOR FALL SEMESTER.

WE WERE THERE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: IT IS A GRAND ENTRANCE TO MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL.

MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL AZTEC MARCHING EMPIRE AND CHEER SQUAD DRUMMED UP EXCITEMENT.

1700 STUDENTS ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, LED BY THE DRUM MAJOR WHO IS ALREADY HARD AT WORK ON HER SENIOR YEAR.

>> GETTING TO KNOW MY BAND MORE, TRYING TO KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY WEAKNESSES, TRYING TO GET THOSE INTO STRENGTHS.

>> Reporter: THIS IS ONE OF THE 28 CAMPUSES IN THE SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT STARTING THE FALL SEMESTER TODAY.

FOR ALMOST 37,000 STUDENTS TOTAL, IT IS TIME TO GET BACK TO THE BOOKS TO STUDY AND LEARN.

>> I WOULD SAY STAYING FOCUSED.

IT IS OUR LAST YEAR SO I AM TRYING TO STAY FOCUSED.

>> Reporter: GOING BACK IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER IS THE RESULT OF A YEAR-ROUND SCHEDULE.

IT IS BY DESIGN.

IT IS IN ORDER TO PREVENT STUDENTS FROM LEARNING LOSS.

THERE IS NO THREE-MONTH SUMMER VACATION FOR SWEETWATER STUDENTS.

>> EVERY 9 TO 10 WEEKS WE ARE ON BREAK.

IT COMES RIGHT ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE GETTING BURNED OUT.

WE HAVE THE BREAK TO KIND OF RECHARGE SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY DOING THAT.

I THINK IT REALLY HAS A BENEFIT.

>> Reporter: THERE'S ALSO THE EXCITEMENT OF THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AT THE CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT IS THE LARGEST TK TO SIXTH GRADE SCHOOL IN THE STATE.

THIS SEMESTER THE DISTRICT HAS OPENED TWO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INCLUDING THIS ONE AT PALOMAR.

THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL OFFERS FAMILIES MANY MORE RESOURCES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE REGULAR SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND SERVICES.

>> IT IS THE CHANGE THAT WE NEED AN EDUCATION SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE WHOLE CHILD AND FAMILY AS WELL SO THAT THEY ARE READY TO LEARN AND THRIVE.

>> Reporter: MIKEY IS A BUDDING MATHEMATICIAN READY TO START FOURTH GRADE.

>> I LIKE TIMES.

>> Reporter: MULTIPLICATION?

WHAT IS FIVE TIMES FOR?

>> 20.

>> WHAT IS 6C0?

>> 60.

>> Reporter: YOU ARE GOOD AT MATH.

>>> WHEN IT OPENED EARLY LAST YEAR SAINT TERESA OF CALCUTTA VILLA WAS PRAISED AS A STEP FORWARD IN GETTING HOMELESS PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

AS JOHN CARROLL TELLS US, SOME RESIDENTS SAY IT FEELS MORE LIKE A PRISON FOR ONE SPECIFIC REASON.

>> Reporter: FEBRUARY 10 OF LAST YEAR, THE OFFICIAL OPENING DAY FOR ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA VILLA, PART OF FATHER JOE'S VILLAGES.

JOY WAS IN THE AIR.

>> PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS FOR AN EXTENDED TIME, NOW THEY LOOK ELATED BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PLACE OF THEIR OWN.

>> ATTENTION.

AN EMERGENCY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE BUILDING.

>> Reporter: THE ELATION IS LONG GONE, REPLACED BY FEAR AND ANGER.

IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE THREE ELEVATORS.

>> WE ARE LIKE CAGED ANIMALS.

>> Reporter: THAT IS MARIA.

SHE SHOT THE VIDEO SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

SHE HAS LIVED HERE ALMOST SINCE THE BUILDING OPENED.

SHE SAID THE ELEVATOR STARTED BREAKING DOWN WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

>> THEY DO NOT GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATED TIME OF WHEN THEY WILL BE FIXED.

IT COULD BE AN HOUR OR TWO.

IT COULD BE DAYS.

>> Reporter: THESE PICTURES SHOW WHAT THEY SEE WHEN THE ELEVATORS ARE BROKEN.

SHORTLY BEFORE WE ARRIVED TODAY, SHE TOOK PICTURES OF AN ELEVATOR REPAIR MAN DRIVING INTO SERVICE THEM.

>> Reporter: THIS RESIDENT ALONG WITH OTHERS OF BRINGING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM OVER THE BROKEN ELEVATORS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING THAT ARE DISABLED.

FOR THEM THE FEAR OF BEING TRAPPED IN A BURNING BUILDING IS ALWAYS THERE.

>> FIRES HAVE ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN A COUPLE OF APARTMENTS.

YOU CAN STILL SEE THE EVIDENCE ON THE 12th FLOOR.

YOU CAN SEE SCORCH MARKS IN ONE OF THE UNITS AND BOARDED UP WINDOWS AND ANOTHER.

>> NO MATTER WHERE THE LAWSUIT GOES, MY MAIN GOAL IS TO HAVE THE ELEVATORS FIXED SO THAT WE FEEL SAFE WHERE WE ARE.

THEY FEEL THAT THEY DID A GOOD JOB FOR THE HOMELESS, PROVE IT.

PROVE THAT YOU ARE NOT PUTTING OUR LIVES AT RISK.

>> Reporter: FATHER JOE'S DID NOT MAKE ANYONE AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW.

INSTEAD THEY PROVIDED A STATEMENT.

IT SAID THEY TAKE CLAIMS OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION SERIOUSLY AND ADDRESS THE CONCERNS PROMPTLY.

BECAUSE OF THE PENDING LITIGATION, THEY ARE UNABLE TO SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT A PROBLEM THAT RESIDENTS SAY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

>>> HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ARE OFFICIALLY BANNED IN THE CITY OF POWAY.

CAMPERS WILL BE GIVEN 24 HOURS TO MOVE AND IT GOES INTO EFFECT ON AUGUST 16.

THE DECISION COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO PASSED A SIMILAR ORDINANCE.

>>> THE FIRST ELECTRIC POWERED CRANES IN NORTH AMERICA WILL SOON BE MOVING CARGO AT THE 10th AVENUE MARINE TERMINAL.

ERIC ANDERSON SAID IT IS ANOTHER STEP TOWARD CLEANER AIR.

>> Reporter: THE CRANES TOWER OVER THE DOCK WHERE THEY WILL BE USED TO LOAD AND UNLOAD CARGO AT THE MARINE TERMINAL.

THEY SPENT $14 MILLION TO PURCHASE THE CRANES AND ANOTHER 9 MILLION FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> IF WE ARE GOING TO GROW THE CARGO OPERATIONS AND TO IT IN A WAY THAT COMMUNITIES CAN SUPPORT, WE HAVE TO MAKE BIG INVESTMENTS.

WE'VE INVESTED ARE COMMITTED TO SPEND ABOUT $63 MILLION AND WITH OUR PARTNERS ABOUT $103 MILLION.

IT'S A MASSIVE INVESTMENT.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE EXPECTED TO START WORKING LATER THIS YEAR.

THEY REPLACE A DIESEL CRANE THAT WAS THE DIRTIEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AT THE TERMINAL.

IT HELPS THEM TO MOVE CLOSER TO MAKING ALL CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES BY 2020.

>> WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING.

IT'S A BIG DAY FOR THE REGION.

>> Reporter: IT IS A 96 ACRE FACILITY LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO AND JUST WEST OF MARIO LOGAN.

RESIDENTS THERE SPENT DECADES FIGHTING FOR CLEANER AIR.

THE BATTLE CULMINATED IN THE ADOPTION OF THE MARITIME CLEAN- AIR STRATEGY IN 2021.

>> ESSENTIALLY IT SAYS REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM ALL OF THE DIESEL DEPENDENT DEVICES THAT YOU USE.

THAT INCLUDES SHIPS, TRUCKS, CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND ANY OTHER DEVICE THAT YOU USE THAT IS DEPENDENT ON DIESEL FUEL.

>> Reporter: DIESEL ENGINES PRODUCE CANCER-CAUSING PARTICULATE POLLUTION THAT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR SMALL CHILDREN.

THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE 3 TO 5 TIMES MORE ASTHMA COMPARED TO OTHER SAN DIEGO NEIGHBORHOODS, SO REDUCING ANY POLLUTION WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION SAID ELIMINATING ALL DIESEL ENGINES OF THE AREA COULD REDUCE PARTICLE POLLUTION BY 84%.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE COURT HAS DONE THIS.

IT'S A HUGE SIGN THAT THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT REDUCING EMISSIONS.

WE HOPE THEY WILL STAY ON THAT PATH.

>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME IT WILL BE UP TO THE CRANES TO DO SOME OF THIS EARLY HEAVY LIFTING WHEN IT COMES TO REDUCING AIR POLLUTION IN THE AREA.

>>> PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC ANNOUNCED A PILOT PROGRAM TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK.

THIS OPERATES REMOTELY TO CLEAR BRUSH IN STEEP AND CHALLENGING TERRAIN.

IT'S MINE OF -- ONE OF MANY INITIATIVES BEING DISCOVERED.

THEY ALSO WANT TO USE GROUNDS AND REMOTE PRESCRIBED BURNING MACHINES.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, IRS WHISTLEBLOWERS TESTIFY ABOUT ALLEGED INTERFERENCE IN THE HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION.

THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00, RIGHT AFTER EVENING EDITION.

>>> STEPHEN IS A SELF-DESCRIBED GEEKY FAN, BUT HE IS ALSO THE FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN FEDERAL MAGISTRATE FOR SAN DIEGO.

HIS TWO IDENTITIES HAVE INTERSECTED DURING COMIC CON.

>> Reporter: NOT EVERY JUDGE HAS AN AUTO BOX MATRIX OF LEADERSHIP TO CONSULT.

>> IT IS PASSED DOWN AND CONTAINS THE ACCUMULATED WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.

I FIGURED I COULD USE SOME HELP MAKING MY DECISIONS.

>> Reporter: HE IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL JUDGE.

>> THE CHAMBERS END UP BEING A REFLECTION OF WHO THEY ARE.

A BIG PART OF WHO I AM ARE THESE PROPERTIES THAT I LOVE.

>> Reporter: PROPERTY SUCH AS TRANSFORMERS, G.I.

JOE, STAR WARS AND STAR TREK.

>> CAPTAIN PICARD.

THE EPITOME OF THE STARFLEET CAPTAIN OF DIGNITY, COMMAND, FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE.

>> Reporter: COMIC SAM MOLL BOOKS TAKE UP EQUAL SPACE IN HIS CHAMBERS, REFLECTING HIS DUAL PASSIONS.

HE PULLS OUT A DAREDEVIL COMIC.

>> HE'S AN ATTORNEY AS WELL.

HE BECAME AN ATTORNEY TO FIGHT THE BULLIES BECAUSE HE WAS BULLIED A LOT GROWING UP.

>> I HAVE BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH QUESTIONS OF MORALITY.

>> I WANT TO STAND UP TO BULLIES AND THE LAW THROUGH EXERCISING THE ROLES, ENFORCING THE RULES IS A WAY TO DO THAT.

>> Reporter: HE WAS RECENTLY SWORN IN AS A U.S. FEDERAL MAGISTRATE.

IS THE FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN IN THAT POSITION IN SAN DIEGO.

>> PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EQUAL UNDER THE LAW.

IT SHOULD BE A FAIR PLAYING FIELD.

THAT IS OFTEN THE ROLE OF THE JUDGE TO MAKE SURE IT IS FAIR.

>> Reporter: HIS DUAL IDENTITY AS A RESPECTED JUDGE AND POP- CULTURE NERD LED HIM TO JOIN THE LEGAL GEEKS.

>> IS A GROUP OF ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES WHO LOVE NERD CULTURE.

BY THAT I MEAN COMIC BOOKS, SCIENCE FICTION, MOVIES, SHOWS, POP-CULTURE FROM THE 80s, 90s, AND TODAY.

I VIEW IT AS OUR MISSION TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND MAKE IT FUN AND ACCESSIBLE.

WE DO THESE PRETEND TRIALS.

>> WE DO NOT DENY THE CAPTAIN'S ACTIONS.

HE HAS SHOWN YOU WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID.

HE THEREFORE ASKS THAT YOU FIND HIM NOT GUILTY FOR DISOBEYING ORDERS.

NOT GUILTY FOR MUTINY AND NOT GUILTY FOR CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER.

>> WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS REALISTIC AS WE CAN WITH REAL BOWLS -- RULES.

>> Reporter: THE HOPE IS IT WILL GET PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THE LAW.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO CARE AND GET INTERESTED IN THE LAW.

WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE TELL US YOU ARE THE REASON I AM GOING TO LAW SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: HE WILL BE ON ONE OF THE TWO PANELS AT COMIC CON.

THURSDAY NIGHT'S PANEL ADDRESSES THE LEGAL ISSUES RAISED IN INDIANA JONES MOVIES.

>> ISSUES SUCH AS CAN HE KEEP THE ITEMS THAT HE'S FINDING UNDER THIS FICTIONAL TREATY?

WHAT ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS HE MAY HAVE WITH PEOPLE WHO HE IS WORKING WITH.

>> Reporter: THEY WILL ALSO RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT CLASSIFYING THE LOST ARK OF THE COVENANT AS TOP- SECRET.

>> WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY TO CLASSIFY THESE ITEMS AND WHAT RIGHT DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT THESE THROUGH MECHANISMS LIKE THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OR ANY OTHER MECHANISM.

SHOULD THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO THE ARK OF THE COVENANT?

>> Reporter: HE APPROACHES THE MOCK TRIALS WITH THE SAME DILIGENCE AS A REAL ONE.

>> I'M DRAFTING MY ARGUMENTS AND WRITING OUTLINES AND MEETING MY WITNESSES AND PREPPING THEM.

>> Reporter: HIS DEDICATION TO THE LAW WHETHER IN A MOCK TRIAL OR A REAL COURTROOM IS IMPRESSIVE WORK WHEN HE SUITS UP IN HIS BLACK KID, I MEAN JUDGES ROBE HE IS EVERY TYPE THE SUPERHERO.

WHEN HE LEAVES THE OFFICE HE GETS TO PLAY AT BEING A DIFFERENT KIND OF SUPERHERO.

>>> THE HEAT REMAINS THE MAIN STORY.

THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SO THERE'S NOT ONLY THE INTENSITY THAT WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN, IT ALSO THE LONGEVITY.

EVEN THE COASTAL ZONES HAVING LESS OF AN INFLUENCE WITH THE MARINE LAYER.

THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE CLIMBING BACK UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

COULD WE SEE SOME CHANGES AS WE HEAD DOWN THE ROAD?

WE WILL CHECK THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.

AS I WAS MENTIONING, WE HAVE SEEN AN EXPANSION OF SOME OF THE ALERTS.

HEAT ADVISORIES AND SOME INTERIOR VALLEYS.

THE NUMBERS WILL MEAN BUSINESS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE WILL SEE THE PEAK OF THE HEAT COMING UP ON FRIDAY INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

THE ALERTS GO THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

THROUGH THE DESERT THAT IS AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

EVEN FOR TONIGHT, WE ARE ONLY SETTLING INTO THE MID 80s.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

67 IN OCEANSIDE AND 62 IN CHULA VISTA.

RAMONA IS CLOSE TO 100.

EVEN MOUNT LAGUNA TOPPING OUT IN THE 80s.

OCEANSIDE AND CHULA VISTA BOTH SHARING 81 DEGREES.

HYDRATION IS KEY AND LIMITING STRENUOUS ACTIVITY TO EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE IN THE DAY.

LET'S GO DOWN THE ROAD TOWARD THE COAST.

NOTICE HOW THE HIGHS STAY PUT INTO THE 80s WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME EARLY FOG.

SOME SUNSHINE AS WELL.

INTERIOR VALLEYS WILL BE UP THERE AS WE GO RIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

EVEN HEADING INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY WE WILL STAY IN THE MID- 90s.

WE WILL SEE A BIT OF A SHIFT GOING ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

WE WILL FALL BACK DOWN SOME.

THE SUNSHINE CONTINUES AND EVEN THROUGH THE DESERTS YOU WILL NOTICE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WE ARE IN THE MID ONE TEENS.

WE WILL SEE IT START TO DROP INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

>>> SAN DIEGO WILL HOST THE WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.

IT WILL TAKE PLACE.

IT STARTS AT THE CLOCK P.M. AND WILL BE TELEVISED ON CBS AND PARAMOUNT PLUS.

>>> STAR WARS ALWAYS HAS A BIG PRESENCE AT COMIC CON.

SAN DIEGO DROID BUILDERS IS OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THEIR OWN R2-D2 UNIT.

WE GET TO GO INTO THE BUILDER'S WORKSHOPS.

>> THIS IS MY WORKSHOP.

I LIKE JUNK.

I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TAKING STUFF APART AND FIGURING OUT HOW IT WORKS.

I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN STAR WARS.

A FRIEND OF MINE INTRODUCED ME BACK INTO DISCOVERING DROIDS AND IT REALLY TOOK OFF FROM THERE.

I GOT RE-IMMERSED INTO THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT I ALWAYS WANTED AND R2-D2, BUT I BUILT ONE.

♪ ♪ THE FIRST ONE TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS.

A LOT OF THAT WAS GATHERING PARTS.

AS YOU GET PARTS YOU WORK ON THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THEN YOU NEED TO ATTACH THINGS.

THERE ARE FORUMS, BUILD LOGS, BLUEPRINTS, SCHEMATICS AND JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.

I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ARCHIVES.

PEOPLE THERE HAVE TAKEN MEASUREMENTS SO WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS FAIRLY ACCURATE.

THE PRICE RANGE IS $100 TO $20,000 OR $30,000.

THERE IS NO UPPER LIMIT..

IT IS A LOT OF MONEY BUT YOU ARE NOT SPENDING IT ALL THAT ONCE.

$40 HERE, $100 THERE, GATHERING PARTS AND DOING THINGS.

IT HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF ITERATIONS.

IT HAS THE ABILITY TO OPEN UP ALL OF THESE PANELS.

WE HAVE A LITTLE MOTOR TO HELP SPIN THE DOME.

ANYBODY CAN BUILD A DROID.

WE ARE HAVING A FORUM TO GET STARTED BUILDING DROIDS AT COMIC CON.

YOU CAN MAKE ALL KINDS OF FRIENDS AND ALL KINDS OF CONNECTIONS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

IT IS AWESOME.

♪ ♪ >> WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO ONE OF THESE THINGS FOREVER.

PEOPLE ARE MAKING THESE THINGS AND THEY ARE REAL.

>> I GOT WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AND SAID, IF I START GETTING SOME STUFF COULD WE COLLECTIVELY MAKE THIS HAPPEN?

HE SAID, WE COULD MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND THEN IT JUST SNOWBALLED.

>> THIS IS WHAT YOU START WITH.

YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE TABS HERE.

YOU CUT THEM OFF AND CLEAN THEM UP, GET ALL YOUR PIECES TOGETHER AND PAINT THEM BLUE.

>> TYPICALLY IT TAKES 5 TO 10 YEARS IS SOMEWHAT OF THE AVERAGE .

WE DID OURS IN SIX MONTHS.

>> I THINK IT IS UNHEARD OF.

>> THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST COMIC CON.

♪ ♪ YOU JOIN A CLUB AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR -- MAKE-A-WISH KIDS ARE LOOKING FOR A DROID OR STRUCTURE.

THEY WANT CHARACTERS.

THAT MAKES EVERYTHING TIED TOGETHER WHERE IT MAKES EVERYTHING SO WORTH IT.

>> GROWN ADULTS TURNING TO KIDS.

>> THAT WONDERFUL STORY WAS PRODUCED BY CARLOS CASTILLE.

>>> YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

DIVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.