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>>> IN AN ELECTION YEAR MARKED BY HISTORIC MOMENTS, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PROVIDED TO GET ANOTHER ONE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FROM THE OVAL OFFICE, HE SPOKE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT HIS DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

THAT ADDRESS AND IT JUST MOMENTS AGO.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL HAS BEEN MONITORING THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS AND HE JOINS US NOW FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE.

JOHN.

>> MY EYE, THIS IS ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SPEECH JOE BIDEN HAS EVER GIVEN TO THE SETTING?

ONE TYPICALLY USED BY PRESIDENTS FOR ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ADDRESSES TO THE NATION, THE OVAL OFFICE.

BIDEN MINDED EVERYONE PRESIDENTS ARE NOT KINGS.

HE SAID HE REVERED THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT, BUT THAT HE LOVED THE COUNTRY MORE.

THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT IN RECENT WEEKS, IT HAD BECOME CLEAR TO HIM HE MUST DO WHATEVER IT TOOK TO UNITE THE COUNTRY, SAYING THAT NOTHING CAN GET IN THE WAY OF SAVING DEMOCRACY, INCLUDING PERSONAL AMBITION.

HE WENT ON TO SAY WHAT HE WANTED TO DO IN THE REMAINING MONTHS OF HIS PRESIDENCY.

>> I KNOW THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR LONG YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC LIFE.

THERE IS ALSO A TIME AND PLACE FOR NEW VOICES, FRESH VOICES.

YES, YOUNGER VOICES.

THAT TIME AND PLACE IS NOW.

OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS I WILL BE FOCUSED ON DOING MY JOB AS PRESIDENT.

THAT MEANS I WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER COSTS FOR HARD-WORKING FAMILIES, GROW OUR ECONOMY, I WILL KEEP DEFENDING OUR PERSONAL FREEDOMS AND OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, FROM THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

I WILL KEEP CALLING OUT HATE AND EXTREMISM, MAKING CLEAR THERE IS NO PLACE, NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE.

I'M GOING TO KEEP SPEAKING OUT TO PROTECT OUR KIDS FROM GUN VIOLENCE, OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CRISIS, WHICH IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT.

I WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR MY CANCER MOONSHOT, SO WE CAN END CANCER AS WE KNOW IT BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT.

>> THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO LIST SOME OF WHAT HE SAYS ARE HIS COMPLIMENTS INCLUDING THAT HE MOVED TO KEEP NATO STRONGER AND TO SUPPORT OUR ALLIES IN THE PACIFIC.

HE PROMISED TO KEEP WORKING TO END THE WAR IN GAZA AND BRING ALL THE HOSTAGES HOME, AND HE SAID HE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK TO BRING HOME AMERICANS UNJUSTLY DETAINED ABROAD.

TOWARD THE END OF THE SPEECH, THE PRESIDENT PIVOTED TO THANK AND PRAISE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

HE RELAYED A STORY FAMILIAR TO MANY AMERICANS, WHEN AFTER THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN 1787, WHEN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS ASKED WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT DO WE HAVE, A MONARCHY OR A REPUBLIC?

HE REPLIED, REPUBLIC IF YOU CAN KEEP IT.

HE SAID THAT QUESTION WAS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HE CALLED ON ALL OF US TO HELP PROTECT DEMOCRACY.

IN THE NEWSROOM, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE FIRST FULL DAY OF COMIC CON IS TOMORROW BUT THE EVENT IS ALREADY TAKEN OVER DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN WAS THEREFORE THE OFF OF THE POP-CULTURE CELEBRATION.

>> Reporter: SCOTT FIKES 2024 IS NOW OPEN.

MAYOR GLORIA WELCOMED THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO TOWN.

>> EVERY ATTENDEE IS NOT JUST A FAN, THEY ARE ALSO A HERO FOR OUR CITY.

THEY ARE HELPING OUR CITY TO FIX POTHOLES AND HOW WAS OUR HOMELESS FOLKS WITH EVERY SINGLE COSTUME THAT THEY WEAR.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 100,000 ATTENDEES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE FOUR DAY POP-CULTURE EVENT, GENERATING MORE THAN $3.2 MILLION IN HOTEL TAXES, ACCORDING TO THE CITY.

COMIC CON SPOKESPERSON DAVID KAISER SAYS THAT THE EVENT HAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $164 MILLION FOR THE REGION.

>> IT IS A NICE IMPACT OVER A SHORT TIME.

>> Reporter: OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER, CREWS ARE STILL DOING FINISHING TOUCHES FOR THE EVENT.

BANNERS NEED TO BE UNFURLED.

BARRICADES NEED TO BE SET UP.

POLICE CHIEF SCOTT PAUL SAYS THERE WILL BE INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE TO KEEP THE EVENT SECURE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS EVENT FOR SO MANY YEARS.

WE JUST HAD A FULL BRIEFING WITH EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN RUNNING THIS EVENT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO GAPS IN OUR SAFETY PLAN AND EVERYBODY IS COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY AND WE ARE COVERING ALL THE BASES.

>> Reporter: THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMIC CON SINCE 2002 TO HAVE A FULL HOLLYWOOD PRESENCE.

>> JUST TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD, FULL EXPERIENCE FOR COMIC CON.

I PROBABLY ONLY GOT SOME OF IT LAST YEAR.

I AM EXPECTING BIG THINGS THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: THAT SOMETHING, DIEGO SOLANO, IS EXCITED ABOUT?

THE EL CAJON RESIDENT WENT TO COMIC-CON FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE ACTORS AND WRITERS STRIKES LAST YEAR.

HE'S HAPPY TO BE BACK AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ECLIPSE OF WHAT IS TO COME AT A PREVIEW NIGHT.

>> PEOPLE ARE LINING UP TO PICK UP THE BADGES.

INSIDE, CREWS ARE STILL SETTING UP FOR TONIGHT'S PREVIEW NIGHT, WHICH STARTS AT 6:00 P.M.

IN DOWNTOWN, ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHILE MUCH OF THE FOCUS IS ON THE RETURN OF HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS AND STARS, WE ARE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING SAN DIEGO CREDITORS.

THAT STORY IS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

>>> WE CONTINUE TO SEE QUITE A BIT OF HEAT OVER THE INTERIOR.

THIS WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY AND EVEN FRIDAY TO SOME DEGREE.

OUT TO THE EAST, MOISTURE MEANS THE POTENTIAL THAT AT LEAST A FEW OF US COULD HAVE A DOWNPOUR OR EVEN A THUNDERSTORM.

COULD WE SEE CHANGES, THOUGH, WITH REGARDS TO THE WET WEATHER AND TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND OR EVEN EARLY NEXT WEEK?

ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP IN YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A BIT.

STICK AROUND.

>>> SOME RESIDENTS IN SOUTH CREST ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE JANUARY FLOOD, ON TOP OF DEALING WITH THE EXTREME HEAT.

SOME, LIKE GREG MONTOYA, OR EVEN LIVING IN THEIR UNFINISHED HOMES WITH NO WAY TO ESCAPE THE DANGEROUS HEAT.

HE TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER THE HOT WEATHER IS CREATING ANOTHER PROBLEM OUTSIDE.

>> ON THE BIG CONCERN IS ALL OF THAT RAIN CREATED SO MUCH VEGETATION IN THE BACK BACK WHERE THE CREEK AND THE ALLIE RUNS BACK THERE, WHICH IS CITY PROPERTY AND NOW IT IS ALL TRIED OUT.

IT IS A FIRE HAZARD.

>> MONTOYA IS PART OF A LAWSUIT SEEKING $100 MILLION FROM THE CITY.

RESIDENTS ACCUSED THE CITY OF FEELING TO MAINTAIN THE STORM DRAINS.

MONTOYA SAID REPAIRS FOR HIS HOME WILL COST AROUND HALF $1 MILLION AND HIS INSURANCE ONLY COVERS 80,000.

HE IS RELYING ON THAT LAWSUIT.

>>> TWO NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WILL BE IN SAN DIEGO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS PART OF A PLANNED HOME PORT ROTATION.

HERE IS KPBS MILITARY REPORTER, ANDREW GEIGER.

>> Reporter: THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER START WASHINGTON AND RONALD REAGAN ARE IN TOWN THIS WEEK, COMPLETING A SWAP OPERATION.

THE SHIPS ARE SWITCHING PLACES.

THE WASHINGTON IS HEADED TO JAPAN TO REPLACE THE REAGAN AND I WILL BE HEADING UP TO WASHINGTON STATE TO COMPLETE MAINTENANCE.

IN 2008, THE WASHINGTON BECAME THE FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO BE STATIONED IN JAPAN.

IN 2015, THE REAGAN AND WASHINGTON COMPLETED A SIMILAR SWAP AT NORTH ISLAND AND THE REAGAN HEADED TO JAPAN.

AFTER YEARS COMPLETING ITS MIDLIFE REFUELING IN VIRGINIA, THE WASHINGTON IS HEADED BACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC.

REAR ADMIRAL GREGORY NEWKIRK IS COMMANDER OF THE JAPAN-BASED CARRIER STRIKE GROUP NUMBER FIVE.

HE SAYS THE SWAP ISN'T AS SIMPLE AS IT MAY SOUND.

>> WE SWAP PEOPLE, WE SWAP EQUIPMENT.

ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE THESE AMAZING COMBAT SYSTEMS WORK AT C. THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE GOING ON BEHIND US.

>> A FEW HUNDRED SAILORS WILL BE TRANSFERRING FROM THE REAGAN TO THE WASHINGTON TO RETURN TO THEIR DUTY STATIONS IN JAPAN.

NAVY OFFICIALS SAY WHILE SAILORS FROM BOTH CREWS WILL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY SAN DIEGO.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE REAGAN SAYS HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO RECONNECTING WITH SOME OF THEIR SUPPORTERS IN SIMI VALLEY.

>> WE ARE GOING TO RECONNECT WITH THE REAGAN FOUNDATION AND THE REAGAN LIBRARY AND IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO SPEND SOME TIME HERE IN CORONADO AND SUNNY SAN DIEGO.

>> BOTH SHIPS WILL BE IN SAN DIEGO FOR A FEW WEEKS.

THE THOUSANDS OF SAILORS THAT CAME ALONG DIDN'T RING THEIR CARS.

TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE SHOULD BE JUST FINE.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS IS TAKING ACTION ON A HOMELESS KIM AND DIANE, FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT WITH INVESTMENT ALLOWING CITIES TO BEEN HOMELESS NICK EMMONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ITS OWN AND YESTERDAY WITH A 4-1 VOTE.

COUNCILMEMBER MARIA NUNEZ WAS THE ONLY NO VOTE.

>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FACE THIS RIGHT, AS WE SPEAK.

SO, I DO WANT US TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE OPTIONS SO THAT EVERY TIME OUR DEPUTIES OR ONE OF US ENCOUNTER SOMEBODY THAT IS UNHOUSED, SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS RESOURCES, THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE AN ABILITY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE RESOURCES AND THOSE OPTIONS.

>> SAN MARCO'S DOES NOT HAVE A HOMELESS SHELTER BUT MAYOR REBECCA JONES SAYS THE CITY HAS PAID $120,000.00 EACH YEAR FOR REGIONAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

THE BAN GOES INTO EFFECT IN 30 DAYS.

SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WILL FIRST ISSUE WARNINGS TO PEOPLE IN ENCAMPMENTS AND IF THEY DON'T MOVE OR SEEK SERVICES, DEPUTIES CAN THEN ISSUE A MISDEMEANOR CITATION.

>>> SOME AIRLINES ARE STILL REELING FROM FRIDAY'S CROWDSTRIKE OUTAGE.

IF YOU FIND YOURSELF STRANDED IN AN AIRPORT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR CARRIER.

JENN SULLIVAN BREAKS DOWN WHAT PASSENGERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.

>> Reporter: FOR DAYS, PASSENGERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH LINES SNAKING THROUGH AIRPORTS AS AIRLINES TRY TO BOUNCE BACK FROM FRIDAY'S CROWDSTRIKE OUTAGE, WHICH CRIPPLED AIR TRAVEL.

>> THIS IS THE WORST EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD IN MY 35 YEARS OF BUSINESS TRAVEL.

>> Reporter: DELTA IS STILL STRUGGLING AMID THE I.T.

MELTDOWN.

THIS IS WHAT BAGGAGE CLAIM LOOKS LIKE IT HURTS PHIL JACKSON ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A CHAOTIC SCENARIO WITH BAGS EVERYWHERE.

>> Reporter: NOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION INTO DELTA.

>> WHY AREN'T THERE MORE PEOPLE READY TO HELP THESE CUSTOMERS NAVIGATE THOSE DISRUPTIONS, GET IN THE HOTEL, THE VENTURE, THE REBOOKING, WHATEVER THEY NEED?

>> Reporter: IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A MESS LIKE THIS, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW QUESTION >> MOST AIRLINES HAVE A POLICY, I THINK I'LL ACCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF THE BUDGET CARRIERS HAVE A POLICY WHERE AFTER THREE HOURS OF DELAY, THEY WILL GIVE YOU MEAL DOCTORS.

>> Reporter: TRAVEL EXPERT DAVE GROSSMAN RECOMMEND THESE DIPS FOR PASSENGERS.

ASKED THE AIRLINE IF THEY WILL REBOOK YOU ON THE MAILING.

ASKED FOR HOTEL VOUCHERS.

WHILE YOU ARE STANDING IN LINE FOR AN AGENT BE ON THE PHONE WITH THE AIRLINE.

THE PHONE MIGHT BE FASTER.

KNOW YOUR CREDIT CARD PARKS.

>> YOU MIGHT HAVE A CREDIT CARD THAT HAS TRAVELED OR TRIPPED DELAY COVERAGE AND YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN REALIZE IT.

>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PASSED A PASSENGER BILL OF RIGHTS, WHICH ALLOWS PASSENGERS TO GET A FULL REFUND IF THEIR DOMESTIC FLIGHT IS DELAYED BY MORE THAN THREE HOURS OR SIX HOURS INTERNATIONALLY.

FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I JENN SULLIVAN.

>>> IT WASN'T JUST THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR HUNDREDS OF SOUTHBAY STUDENTS BUT THE FIRST TIME EVER CLASSES WERE HELD AT SODA MAYOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CHULA VISTA.

TEACHERS AND STAFF CHEERED STUDENTS ON AS THEY WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS.

STUDENTS AND PARENTS TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER KGTV WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE PART OF THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY.

>> EXCITED TO MEET NEW FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES.

>> AND EXCITED ABOUT MY CLASSMATES COMING TO MY NEW SCHOOL.

>> I REALLY LIKE RECESS.

>> OF COURSE.

MOST IMPORTANT FOR SURE.

>> THE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART CAMPUS HAS AN AMPHITHEATER, A LIBRARY WITH OPEN CONCEPT SEATING, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND MUCH MORE.

>>> TONIGHT, COMIC CON KICKS OFF A FOUR DAY CELEBRATION OF POP CULTURE.

KPBS ARTS REPORTED BETH ACCOMANDO TALKS TO A PAIR OF SAN DIEGO COMIC CREATORS WHO HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE CONVENTION FOR DECADES BUT THEIR LOVE FOR COMICS AND NEW PROJECT.

>> Reporter: CHRIS WRIGHT KNEW HE LOVED COMICS AND AGE 5 AND ONE IN PARTICULAR.

>> AND WAS UNDER THIS OLD FANTASTIC,, SHE 130, IT HAD THE FANTASTIC FOUR AND THE 44.

EIGHT COLORFUL CHARACTERS ON THE COVER OF FIGHTING.

I WAS CAPTIVATED BY THAT.

>> Reporter: SO CAPTIVATED HE STOLE IT FROM HIS NUMBER.

>> I WAS EITHER HEADED TOWARD A CAREER IN COMICS OR IN LIFE OF CRIME.

>> Reporter: HE TOOK THE PATH TOWARD COMICS AND NOW REVELS IN CREATING BOOKS THAT TAP INTO THE THINGS HE LOVED AS A KID BE >> WITH ABRAMS COMIC CARDS, THIS BOOK ON THESE OLD MARBLE CALENDARS.

THEY WERE SO UNIQUE.

EVERY SQUARE OF EACH MONTH WAS DESIGNED MOTHER SINCE HAVE LARGELY NEVER BEEN COLLECTED, NEVER BEEN PRESENTED.

WITH SIMON AND SCHUSTER, THEY ARE BRINGING BACK THE FIRESIDE LINEUP.

FIRST ONE WAS ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS.

THE DISTENTION WITH THAT BOOK, IT WAS THE FIRST MARVEL BOOK AND ONE OF THE FIRST GRAPHIC NOVELS TO GET INTO LIBRARIES.

IT IS HARD TO FATHOM BUT IF YOU WERE A KID IN THE 70s AND YOU WENT TO THE DOCTOR, THERE WAS NO COMIC MATERIAL AT ALL.

SO, THIS IS ALEX ROSS'S RECREATION FOR THE DELUXE EDITION PDC IN THE ORIGINAL, IT JUST HAD STANLEY'S HAND.

I THOUGHT ALEX SUBTLE BUT DIRECT WAY OF ACKNOWLEDGING JACK KIRBY BY BRINGING THEIR HAND IN, SHOWING THAT, NO, THERE WAS NO ONE PERSON INVOLVED, THERE WAS A TEAM INVOLVED.

>> Reporter: SCOTT ALSO FELL IN LOVE WITH COMICS AS A KID AND ITS POTENTIAL.

>> IN A COMIC BOOK, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT.

IT IS ALMOST A MAGICAL ART FORM.

>> Reporter: COMICS CAN IMAGINE THE MOST FANTASTICAL THINGS, CREATE VIVID CHARACTERS, OR EVEN BE USED FOR SOCIAL GOOD.

THE COMICS FOR UKRAINE HAS RAISED MONEY TO HELP REFUGEES.

>> THAT WAS A BOOK THAT I FELT I HAD TO DO.

>> Reporter: ONE OF ITS STORIES IS UP FOR A COMIC CON EISNER AWARD THIS FRIDAY.

WHILE ALSO LOVES THE POSSIBILITIES THE MEDIUM PRESENTS.

>> I LOVE THE WAY ART AND WORDS ALL WORK TOGETHER IN TANDEM TO CREATE A STORY, SORT OF THE EXCITEMENT YOU FEEL MOST EVERY SINGLE PAGE BEING LIKE ITS OWN LITTLE MINI STORY.

YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND HOPEFULLY IT IS COMPELLING ENOUGH TO TURN THE PAGE.

EVERY PAGE OF A COMIC BE THAT WAY IF IT IS DONE EFFECTIVELY.

>> Reporter: COLLECTING PAGES OF ORIGINAL, ART, THAT LED THEM TO CREATE ARTIST EDITION BOOKS WHILE HE WORKED AT IDW, A SAN DIEGO-BASED PUBLISHER.

>> OF STORYTELLING BUT I ALWAYS EDGED MORE TOWARD THE ART.

I CAN'T WAIT A COMIC WITH BAD ART.

>> Reporter: AT HIS COMIC CON PANEL, HE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE START OF HIS NEW COMPANY.

>> ACT 4 PUBLISHING.

ACT I WAS ARE DEALING, THE SECOND ACT WAS WILD STORY, THE THIRD ACT IS IDW AND THIS IS THE FOURTH ACT.

>> Reporter: HE WILL STILL BE FOLLOWING HIS PASSION FOR ORIGINAL ART WITH MORE ARTIST EDITION BOOKS, WHICH HE WILL BE DISCUSSING AT HIS PANEL.

>> WE HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED IT YET.

WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY ARTIST EDITION BUT MARKS, DAVID STEPHENS "THE ROCKETEER," D.C. SCIENCE FICTION AND WILL EISNER'S "THE SPIRIT."

SINCE THEY ARE BOOKMARKS FOR ARTIST ADDITIONS, THEY ARE DECADES.

THIS IS 4 BY 16 INCHES.

>> RONALD WILL BE ON MULTIPLE PANELS TO DISCUSS A VARIETY OF PROJECTS BUT HE'S ALSO WORKING ON A GRAPHIC NOVEL FILM ADAPTATION.

>> IT STARTED WITH A COMPLETE OUT OF THE BLUE EMAIL FROM FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA IS I WANT TO MAKE A GRAPHIC NOVEL BASED AROUND MEGALOPOLIS.

YOUR RESPONSE ALWAYS TO THE THINGS IS YES, I AM THE RIGHT ONE TO DO THAT.

>> Reporter: HE WAS DELIGHTED TO DISCOVER FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA IS A COMIC SPAN.

>> HE CITED A CHARACTER THAT IS A PRECURSOR TO SWAMP THING AND MAN THING.

NO ONE MENTIONS THE HEAT UNLESS YOU KNOW ABOUT COMICS.

IT IS FUN TO FIND THE COMMON GROUND WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER OTHERWISE DOUBLED IN THE SPACE BEFORE.

IT HAS BEEN A PLAT, IT HAS BEEN THE MOST EXHILARATING CREATIVE, INVENTIVE THING.

>> Reporter: WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT STEALING A COMIC BOOK AT AGE 5 COULD LEAD TO ALL OF THIS?

NOW, WE CAN WAIT IN EAGER ANTICIPATION TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT PAGE TURN WILL REVEAL IN THEIR CAREERS.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A SAN DIEGO COMPANY IS BRINGING SCIENCE FICTION TO LIFE WITH THEIR BIONIC HAND PROSTHETIC.

KPBS PRODUCER SAYS THEY WILL BE AT SAN DIEGO,, SHOWING IT OFF.

>> Reporter: SO MANY OF OUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS AND SUPERHEROES HAVE BIONIC LIMBS.

FROM MARVELS WINTER SOLDIER TO LUKE SKYWALKER IN STAR WARS, TO FURIOSA IN "MAD MAX."

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU BIONIC LENS EXIST OUTSIDE SCIENCE FICTION?

SAY HELLO TO THE ABILITY HAND, THE CREATION OF SAN DIEGO-BASED COMPANY PSIONIC.

>> THE MOST COMMON WAY TO CONTROL IT IS WITH YOUR MUSCLES.

>> Reporter: THE ABILITY HAND IS MADE OUT OF SILICON AND CARBON FIBER, MAKING IT SUPER DURABLE AND LIGHTWEIGHT.

>> I SWITCH BETWEEN GROUPS.

IF I'M AT A ROCK CONCERT, YOU CAN ROCK ON.

OUR FAVORITE IS THE FINGER WAVE.

YOU CAN DO ALL THE FINGERS.

>> Reporter: WITH PRACTICE, USERS CAN LIFT A BARBELL, SWING A GOLF CLUB AND EVEN HOLD AN ICE CREAM CONE.

PSIONIC CEO AND FOUNDER STARTED THINKING ABOUT PROSTHETICS WHEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.

>> MY PARENTS ARE FROM PAKISTAN, I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO AND WAS VISITING PAKISTAN WHEN I WAS SEVEN.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I MET SOMEONE WITH A LIMP DIFFERENCE.

SHE WAS AGE, USING A TREE BRANCH AS A CRUTCH.

IT INSPIRED ME TO GO INTO THIS FIELD.

IT HAS INSPIRED ME TO CREATE A COMPANY THAT DEVELOPS ADVANCED BIONIC LIMBS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR HUMANS AND ROBOTS.

>> Reporter: BIONIC HAND USERS ARE BRINGING THEIR STORIES TO SAN DIEGO COMIC CON THIS YEAR.

THEY WILL BE BUT IT'S FITTING IN A PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IT IS LIFE LIKE LIVING WITH BIONIC HAND.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW FUNCTIONAL THEY ARE.

WE WANTED TO SHOW THE WORLD LIKE THIS IS HOW COOL BIONIC LENS ARE IN REAL LIFE.

THEY ARE REAL AND THIS IS WHAT OUR USERS CAN DO WITH IT, THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES, THESE ARE THE LIMITATIONS BUT THESE ARE THE AMAZING THINGS THEY CAN DO.

>> Reporter: THE PANEL IS AT 7:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY IN ROOM 24 ABC.

WITH THE HELP OF THE ABILITY HAND, I AM COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL THEN.

BRENDEN TUCCINARDI, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE COVERING ALL THINGS COMIC CON OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

KPBS EVENING EDITION WILL BE LIVE DOWNTOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL.

THAT IS ON FRIDAY.

YOU CAN FIND OUR CONVENTION COVERAGE AT KPBS.ORG .

JUST CLICK ON THE COMIC CON BANNER ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> WITH THE WEATHER GETTING HOTTER AND WHAT ARE GETTING WARMER, MORE PEOPLE ARE HEADING TO THE BEACH TO COOL OFF.

SO DO THE STINGRAYS.

DOZENS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STUNG AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES ALREADY THIS YEAR.

KPBS NORTHCUTT A REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN SHOWS US HOW TO AVOID THE HIDDEN DANGER.

>> Reporter: SUMMER IS IN FULL SWING.

IN SAN DIEGO, THAT MEANS GOING TO THE BEACH.

FROM LEARNING TO SURF, BUILDING SAND CASTLES, OR A QUICK PICKUP FOOTBALL GAME WITH DAD.

BUT, THERE IS DANGER LURKING BENEATH THE WAVES.

>> THEY ARE NOT THINKING WHEN THEY GO INTO WHAT, THE STINGRAYS.

>> Reporter: LIEUTENANT ANDREW FRANCIS IS A LIFEGUARD FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

HE SAYS THE BOTTOM DWELLING FISH LOVE THE WARM, SHALLOW WATER SYSTEM A.

>> THAT IS WHY WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO THE WATER, THEY WILL HAVE A HIGHER FREQUENCY OF FINDING ONE BECAUSE THEY COME INTO THE LOWER SHALLOWS WHERE THE WATER WILL WARM FROM THE SUN.

>> Reporter: IT IS A DANGER THAT, FROM PHOENIX, KNOWS FULL WELL.

>> HAVE HAD RELATIVES AND STUFF THAT HAPPENS DONE.

I KNOW THEY ARE OUT THERE.

WE ARE VERY CAUTIOUS.

>> Reporter: THE STINGRAY STING IS PAINFUL BUT REALLY NOT LIFE- THREATENING.

IT MIGHT NOT BE TOO PAINFUL AT FIRST BUT -- >> THE PAIN WILL START BUILDING AND THROBBING AND BURNING.

THEY HAVE THEIR VENOM INSIDE YOU AND YOU STARTING TO GET INTO THE BLOODSTREAM AND ATTACH TO YOUR PAIN RECEPTORS AND REALLY START SETTING YOU OFF.

>> Reporter: LIFEGUARDS SAY THE BEST WAY NOT TO GET STUNG IS TO DO THE STINGRAY SHUFFLE.

>> IT IS A REAL THING, TAKING SMALL SLIDING STEPS WILL CAUSE THE VIBRATIONS AND THEY WILL SEND YOU ARE COMING AND THEY WILL SCURRY AWAY FROM YOU.

>> I'M SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME FROM ARIZONA THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: IF YOU GET STUNG, SEEK TREATMENT AT A LIFEGUARD TOWER OR SOAK YOUR FEET IN HOT WATER.

IT CAN TAKE UP TO ONE HOUR FOR THE PAIN TO SUBSIDE.

LIFEGUARDS SAY YOU SHOULD ALSO GET CHECKED AT THE ER BECAUSE THE STINGRAY BARBS CAN GET STUCK INSIDE THE WOUND.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TEMPERATURES LATER ON TONIGHT WILL BE SLIPPING DOWN INTO THE MID-60s.

THAT IS THE BIG DROP IN RAMONA AFTER A VERY HOT AFTERNOON.

THAT IS THE DRY AIR IN PLACE, VERY EFFICIENT AND COST OF AND HEATING UP.

MEANWHILE, WE STATE BUT IN THE 80s AROUND BORREGO SPRINGS AND DROPPED INTO THE MID-60s AROUND OCEANSIDE AND TOWARD CHULA VISTA.

THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUDS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST, EVEN TO A CERTAIN DEGREE FOR SOME OF THE FAR INTERIOR WESTERN VALLEYS.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE FUTURE RADAR AND SATELLITE.

MOST OF THE MOISTURE STATES TO THE EAST.

WE CANNOT RULE OUT AT LEAST A STRAY SHOWER OR DOWNPOUR AS WE VENTURE OUR WAY TOWARD THE LATTER HALF OF THURSDAY.

TRAVELS TAKING YOU AND ARIZONA, OR PERHAPS NORTHBOUND INTO NEVADA, CHECK AHEAD.

THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME DELAYS.

MEANWHILE, HEAT ALERTS CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

HEAT ADVISORIES STRETCHING THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR VALLEYS.

THROUGH THE DESERTS, AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

HIGH TEMPERATURE UP TO 100 DEGREES IN RAMONA.

IF ANYTHING, WE COULD BE A DEGREE OR TWO HIGHER TOMORROW FOR SOME SPOTS.

114 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

MEANWHILE, SOME COASTAL COMFORT, NOT FROM OCEANSIDE TO CHULA VISTA.

THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE WILL STAY PUT HERE INTO THE MID-80s.

STILL RUNNING A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE HISTORIC AVERAGE.

WE WILL SEE THE NUMBERS COME BACK DOWN.

MORE CLOUDS, A LITTLE LESS SUNSHINE IN THE WEEKEND.

HIGH TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK INTO THE MID-70s.

IN THE MEANTIME, THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR VALLEYS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY WILL BE THE HOTTEST.

WE START TO SEE NEIGHBORS DROP AS WE GO INTO SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND ALSO MONDAY.

PERHAPS EVEN SOME CLOUDS MAKING THEIR WAY MORE PERSISTENTLY INTO THE INTERIOR VALLEYS.

MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS, PERHAPS A SPOTTY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM HERE IN THE SHORT TERM.

OTHERWISE, DRY AND COOL AS WE GO TOWARD THE WEEKEND.

NUMBERS LOWERING A BIT THROUGH THE DESERTS AS WELL.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I MURAL METEOROLOGIST JUST DEPLOYED.

>>> KPBS REPORTER KATIE HANSEN SAYS THESE WRESTLERS JUST NEED MONEY TO GO TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN POLAND.

>> Reporter: IN LINCOLN HIGH WRESTLING JIM, COACH CHRISTINA GRIFFIN JONES LEADS ONE UP.

SHE GREW UP NEARBY AND STARTED THE SUMO CLUB THIS YEAR.

>> TO BE ABLE TO BRING A GIFT LIKE THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY IS EVERYTHING BECAUSE I KNOW FOR SURE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN A CHAMP IF THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT MY HIGH SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS COMPETITIVE SPORTS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT SKILL BUT ACCESS TO RESOURCES.

SHE IS THE FIRST AFRICAN- AMERICAN WOMAN TO MEDDLE IN INTERNATIONAL SUMO.

>> THAT IS WILD.

THAT IS WILD.

I AM REALLY HAPPY I WON'T BE THE LAST.

>> Reporter: SHE THINKS THESE YOUNG WRESTLERS ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR MORE DIVERSITY IN SUMO.

THEY COULD ATTEND THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE LINCOLN HIGH HOSTED IT.

FRESHMAN MAILY LO WON HER DIVISION.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE AT FIRST.

THE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO POLAND.

I WAS LIKE WHAT?

THEY WERE LIKE GO TALK TO JJ.

>> Reporter: MAILY LO'S OLDER BROTHER HAS BEEN TRAINING HER IN WRESTLING .

>> IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE MY BROTHER NOT BEING ABLE TO GO PERFORM IN SPORTS BECAUSE OF MONEY AND FINANCIAL ISSUES WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

IT IS LIKE AN HONOR TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GO.

>> Reporter: THE TEAM NEEDS TO RAISE $10,000 TO GO.

THE DEADLINE IS IN AUGUST.

STILL, GRIFFIN JONES IS OPTIMISTIC AND NOT JUST FOR THIS YEAR.

>> I LIKE THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME WE WILL SEE LINCOLN HORNETS COMPETING ON THE WORLD STAGE IN SUMO.

>> Reporter: KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

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