>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY, ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR.

PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO APPLIANCE.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR HELPING CUSTOMER SINCE 1978.

>>> AND BY THE CONRAD PELVIS AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ON THE HEELS OF PRESENT BIDENS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, VLADIMIR PUTIN IS STEPPING UP HIS ATTACK ON UKRAINE.

THE CASUALTY COUNTS NIGHT IS CLIMBING AS UKRAINE IS BEGGING THE WEST TO STOP THE ONSLAUGHT.

OUR COVERAGE START WITH OUR REPORTER.

>> ANGUISH AND DEVASTATION.

RUSSIA EXPANDS ITS ASSAULT ON KEY UKRAINIAN CITIES.

THE YOU CRANIA PRESIDENT PLEADING FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IS STAYING RESILIENT.

>> WE HAVE HARDLY SLEPT FOR SEVEN NIGHTS.

WE SLEEP BUT ANXIOUSLY.

>> UKRAINE'S THE STATE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IS MORE THAN 2000 UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED DURING THE INVASION.

100,000 REFUGEES HAVE FLED.

>> WE HAVE SEEN VIDEOS OF RUSSIAN FORCES MOVING EXCEPTIONALLY INTO UKRAINE.

THAT HAS NO PLACE ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

THAT INCLUDES WALKING BOMBS WHICH ARE BANNED UNDER THE GENEVA CONVENTION.

>> SEES OF HEROISM.

THIS VIDEO SHOWING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TALKING RUSSIAN FORCES FROM ACCESSING A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.

>> WE ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE READY TO FIGHT JUST KEEP HELPING US PROTECT RUSSIAN RESELLS WHICH ARE DESTROYING OUR HOSPITALS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

>> AS THE U.S. LOOKS FOR MORE WAYS TO PUNISH RUSSIA, BIDEN SAID THAT SANCTIONING RUSSIAN OIL IS ON THE TABLE.

>>> MUCH OF PRESENT BIDENS FIRST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS FOCUSED ON UKRAINE.

KPBS REPORTER HAS REACTIONS FROM SAN DIEGO PEOPLE.

>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE TOOK CENTER STAGE AT PRESIDENTS JOE BIDEN'S FIRST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ON TUESDAY.

>> RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN -SHAPED VERY FOUNDATION OF THE FREE WORLD.

THINKING HE COULD MAKE IT BEND TO HIS MENACING WAYS.

HE BADLY MISCALCULATED.

>> THOSE IN ATTENDANCE SHOWED SOLIDARITY BY WEARING COLORS OF UKRAINE AND HOLDING THE COUNTRY'S FLAG.

THE AMBASSADOR OF UKRAINE SAT NEXT TO THE FIRST LADY AND GOT A WARM WELCOME FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

BIDEN HAD TOUGHED WORDS FOR THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WHEN HE ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA INCLUDING AMERICAN AIRSPACE WOULD BE CLOSED OFF TO RUSSIAN AIRLINES IN A CRACKDOWN ON RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS IN AMERICA.

>> WE ARE COMING FOR YOU.

>> WHILE HE COMMITTED AID IN SUPPORT HE MADE IT CLEAR HE WOULD NOT SEND AMERICAN TROOPS TO FIGHT ON UKRAINIAN SOIL.

>> WE STAND WITH YOU.

>> NADIA WHO LIVES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BUT HAS ROOTS IN LOVED ONES IN UKRAINE DID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE ADDRESS.

SHE SAYS HER LOVED ONES ARE STAYING IN UKRAINE TO FIGHT.

>> I THINK THEM AND BLESS THEM.

ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO STAY.

>> WHILE SHE APPRECIATED THE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, AID IN SANCTIONS, SHE SAYS THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH.

>> UKRAINE IS FIGHTING THIS WAR FOR ALL OF EUROPE.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

I THINK IT'S THAT THEY ARE GOING TO NEED MORE PERSONNEL.

>> THIS IS AN EXPERT IN WHITE HOUSE MEDICATION SAYS THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON UKRAINE HIT THE MARK.

>> TO SHOW STRENGTH AND RESOLVE IN THEIR STRENGTH NOT ONLY HERE IN THE U.S.

BUT IN OTHER NATO ALLIES.

>> WE ARE GOING TO BE OKAY.

>> THAT WAS A REALLY POWERFUL STATE MEANT TO MAKE.

>> ONLY ONE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS WAS CRITICAL OF THE SPEECH.

ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CRITICIZED THE PRESIDENT'S ORDER POLICY, MILITARY VACCINE MANDATES AND OVERSPENDING.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, PRESIDENT BIDEN DID AN AMAZING JOB OF LEADING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THIS MOMENT.

>> THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN SAYS BEING THERE WAS SPECIAL AND YOU COULD FILL THE BIPARTISAN UNITY THAT HATTON BEEN FELT IN A LONG TIME.

>> THERE WAS SO MUCH ENERGY IN THE ROOM AND A REAL SENSE OF UNITY.

>> FREEDOM WILL TRIUMPH OVER TYRANNY.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AMERICA'S BEST-KEPT SECRET.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER WAS ON CAMPUS THIS MORNING FOR THE REACTIONS OF STUDENTS.

>> A MESA COLLEGE T-SHIRT IS ONE OF THEIR FREE GIVEAWAYS AT THIS ORIENTATION SESSION.

STUDENTS ARE BACK GETTING REMINDERS OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CLASSROOM AGAIN.

OR FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CAMPUS.

SHE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL ONLINE AND FINISHED IN A ZOOM ROOM.

>> SCHOOL FINISHED JUNIOR YEAR IN COMING HERE WAS SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE.

HAVING TO ADJUST TO GOING ONLINE, I'M NOT REALLY A TECH PERSON.

>> THERE ARE REORIENTATION'S HAPPENING AT ALL OF THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS.

ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENT AMBASSADORS ARE NOT ONLY GIVEN DIRECTIONS, THEY ARE OFFERING A REMINDER OF RESOURCES AS WELL.

MESA COLLEGE HAS THE STAND ON CAMPUS WHICH IS THE FOOD PANTRY, CLOTHING CLOSET AND FOOD COUNSELING CENTER TO HELP STUDENTS MAKE ENDS MEET.

THAT'S WHY THERE IS HOPE YOU'RE PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL KEEP A CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO FORGIVE COLLEGE LOAN DEBT.

>> THE FINANCIAL BURDEN WILL INCREASE IN HAVING THE OPTION, I FEEL LESS STRESS AND FEEL MORE LIBERTY AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE UP OTHER COURSES I WANT TO TAKE ENOUGH RESTRICTED.

>> I TOTALLY SUPPORT FORGIVING STUDENT LOANS.

THIS MEANS HE IS IN STORE FOR PLENTY OF LEARNING AND FINANCIAL LIABILITY.

>> WITH STUDENT LOANS, THAT PUTS PRESSURE ON STUDENTS LIVES WHICH MAY AFFECT THE WAY THEY CAN SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY.

IT LEAVES ME WITH A LOT OF PRESSURE AND MAKES ME FEEL MORE SUPPORTED.

>> BIDEN DID NOT MENTIONED STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.

HE DID CALL FOR INCREASING PELL GRANTS AND SUPPORT FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

>> IS THE DIFFICULT MOMENTS IN LIFE THAT MAKE A STRONGER.

I THINK SOME OF THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES WILL BE THE RESILIENCE THAT LIVING THROUGH THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS DONE.

>> ARE YOU HOPEFUL?

>> YES I AM HOPEFUL.

>> REORIENTATION TO A PLACE THAT JUST MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE NORMAL.

BACK TO YOU.

>>> WITH MASKS SET TO COME OFF IN SCHOOLS ACROSS CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK, NEW RESEARCH SHOWS PROTECTION BY COVERT VACCINES MAY HAVE WANED DURING THE WAVE.

FULLY VACCINATED KIDS AGE 5 TO 11 THEY GOT COVERED WITH 46% LESS LIKELY TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM OR URGENT CARE AS COMPARED TO UNVACCINATED CHILDREN.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH TRANSLATIONAL INSTITUTE SAYS THE RESULTS ARE NOT SURPRISING CONSIDERING McCRUM'S ABILITY TO INVADE A NEW SYSTEM.

>> WE HAVE TO CHANGE WHAT TO EXPECT WHICH IS PROTECT THOSE INFECTIONS DURING SEVERE LEAVING ANY PERSON TO WIND UP IN THE HOSPITAL.

>> NEW COVID CASES AMONG CHILDREN CONTINUE THEIR DECLINE FOLLOWING THE TREND.

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS IS ABOUT 100,000 CHILDREN ARE STILL GETTING INFECTED EVERY WEEK.

>>> IT'S WHAT PADRES FANS HAVE BEEN FEARING FOR WEEKS AND NOW IT'S OFFICIAL.

THE 2022 MAJOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON WILL NOT START ON TIME.

KPBS FANS AS A BUSINESS OWNERS THAT RELY ON GAMES OR CRYING FOUL.

>> THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS THE PADRES FANS IN EVERY MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR, SIGHTS AND SOUNDS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BEGIN AT PETCO ON MARCH 31st BUT NOT NOW.

THIS CHAIRMAN AND OWNER RON THE TEAM'S FACEBOOK PAGE AND SAID WE ARE BUILDING A WINNING TEAM THAT YOU DESERVE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BE TOGETHER WITH YOU AGAIN.

THE TEAM NEEDS FANS SUPPORT.

THAT SUPPORT IS TENUOUS SHOWS FANS ARE UPSET WITH PLAYERS.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD ADDRESS THE OTHER OWNERS AND MAKE SURE ALL THE FANS DON'T NEED BASEBALL, BASEBALL NEEDS FANS.

AT THIS TIME I DON'T CARE IF THERE IS A SEASON OR NOT.

SOCIETY HAS HAD ENOUGH GOING ON WITH AND PUTIN.

SALLY THE FANS ARE THE REAL LOSERS HERE.

THAT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A LOT OF FANS AND FAMILIES TO ATTEND A GAME.

>> HERE AT PETCO PARK MAINTENANCE CONTINUES.

THEY JUST RESTARTED THE LAWNS.

THEIR THING KEEPING THINGS NICE AND CLEAN.

BUSINESS OWNERS HERE SO THEY ARE LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A DISASTER.

>> WE ARE ALL PRETTY DEFLATED.

>> CRENSHAW SAYS THERE IS PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND.

>> WE HAVE BILLIONAIRES FIGHTING BILLIONAIRES.

>> THE FIRST TWO SERIES OF GAMES OR 91 AND TOLD HER ALL CANCELED.

CRENSHAW SAYS THAT'S ALL IT TAKES TO TAKE THE STEAM OUT OF OPENING-DAY.

>> WHEN FANS COME TO A NEW OPENING-DAY THEY COME LATER NOW .

IS NOT THE SAME.

>> BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE FANS WONDER IF BASEBALL BE THE SAME AND IF IT CAN WITHSTAND A SEASON DELAY.

>>> NEW RULES ARE COMING FOR STREET VENDORS IN SAN DIEGO AS KPBS SPEAKS AT A HIGH SCHOOL .

SOME STREET CART OPERATORS SAY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT ON THE PLAN.

>> THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED LEGISLATION ON STREET BENDING.

THE STREET VENDOR BUSINESS IS OPERATING INCLUDING LARGE CUTBACKS AND POPULAR TOURIST AREAS.

THIS IS A CHINESE IMMIGRANT AND STREET VENDOR WHO SOLD JEWELRY SIX MONTHS AGO.

>> DURING COVID I LOST A LOT OF CUSTOMERS.

THE VENDING HELP ME PICK UP MY LIFE.

WHEN I DO MY JEWELRY, THE PEOPLE IN OUR WORK.

>> STREET VENDORS ACKNOWLEDGE THE UPCOMING CHANGES IN SAN DIEGO.

THEY SAY WILL HELP WITH LICENSING AND PERMITTING.

HE SAYS LOW COST FOOD ITEMS COULD PRICE OUT MANY PARK VISITORS AND PUT STRESS ON HIS LIVELIHOOD.

>> TO HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB AS WELL BUT THIS ABLATION HAS BEEN BUILDING UP.

I HAVE MY SON IN THE BACK HAVE TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY.

WE CAN DO FOR THE CHILDCARE.

>> THE COUNCIL PASSED ORDINANCE AFTER FEATURING LIVELY VOICES FROM BOTH SIDES WHAT'S BECOME A DIVISIVE ISSUE.

JENNIFER KAMBER SPEARHEADED THE ORGANIZATION.

>> THIS PERMITS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

>> THERE'S A BETTER SOLUTION FOR STREET VENDORS.

>> IF THE PARKING GIVE US A PERMANENT PLACE.

OF COURSE WE DON'T MIND TO PAY A LITTLE BIT OF A FEE.

THEY CAN PUT US THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT.

>> THE PROPOSAL WAS ADOPTED ON 821 CODE.

THE PROPOSAL WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN MARCH.

>>> FOR CATHOLICS, ASH WEDNESDAY IS THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.

PARISHIONERS A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE PRE-PANDEMIC.

THEY HELD A TRADITIONAL ASH WEDNESDAY INDOORS.

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IS MARKED BY HANDS INSTEAD OF THE USE OF A COTTON SWAB BECAUSE OF COVERED PROTOCOLS.

>> ANY PARISHIONERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME INSIDE AND GATHER AND FEEL THE PRESENCE OF PEOPLE AROUND THEM.

FOR ME THE SIGN OF HOPE.

>> DOWNTOWN CLERGY FOR ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL OFFERED ASHES TO GO PEOPLE COULD WALK UP AND GET THEIR ASHES.

>>> THE CARLSBAD FLOWER FIELDS ARE OPEN.

KPBS REPORTER SHOWS US THE POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT THE FLOWERS WILL BRING.

>> THE CARLSBAD FLOWER FIELDS HAVE OPENED.

THE GENERAL MANAGER SAYS HE'S EXCITED TO OFFER A COLORFUL ESCAPE TO VISITORS.

>> YOU COME HERE AND CAN'T HELP BUT HAVE A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND FEEL LIKE YOUR CARES AND WORRIES ARE LIFTED OFF AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN YOU GET BACK TO REGULAR LIFE.

>> THE INDOOR COVET RESTRICTIONS HAVE PEOPLE FLOODING THE FLOWER DEALS.

THEY EXPECT THE SAME IF NOT MORE VISITORS THIS YEAR.

THEY HAVE MADE TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY.

THE FLOWER FIELDS ARE OPEN FROM NINE A.M. TO SIX P.M. YOU MUST RESERVE A SPOT FOR ENTRY.

THE BIGGEST DRAWS THE PHOTO OPS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN ON INSTAGRAM THE PICTURES OF THE FIELDS IN THE FLOWERS.

THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO BRING SOME OUTFITS TO TAKE PHOTOS HERE.

>> SHE'S VISITING FROM CANCUN.

IN OCEANSIDE RESIDENT DIDN'T HESITATE TO GET TICKETS OPENING WEEK.

>> LET'S GO NOW.

THE WEATHER IS PERFECT.

>> IT'S A SIGN OF SPRING TIME.

>> OPENING OF THE FLOWER FIELDS, VISITORS FROM NEAR AND FAR COME TO TAKE A LOOK.

BUSINESSES FEEL THE IMPACT AS WELL.

WITH THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAY RETAILERS LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPEN WINDOW BUSINESS.

>> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING GOODS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME FOR THAT IS FEEDING OUR RESTAURANTS IN OUR LOCAL HOTELS, ALSO THE RETAILERS IN THE AREA.

IT REALLY DOES DRIVE QUITE A BIT ACTIVITY.

>> BACK TO YOU.

>>> FROM THE BEAUTY OF THE FLOWER FIELDS TO THE FRIGHTENING SIGHT OF FIRE, THEY HAVE SENT AIR RESOURCES TO HELP CREWS BATTLING A 450 ACRE BLAZE IN THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST.

IT'S CALLED THE GYM FIRE AND IS BEING FOUGHT BY LAND AND AIR.

FOREST SERVICE OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE HOPING THE AREA WILL HELP KEEP IT FROM SPREADING.

>>> THE NEWS IS NOT GOOD WHEN IT COMES TO CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT .

A NEW SURVEY FOUND THE SNOWPACK IN THE MOUNTAINS IS ONLY 63% OF AVERAGE.

THAT MEANS UNLESS A LOT OF SNOWFALLS QUICKLY IT'S GOING TO BE A DRY SUMMER.

>> PAST FORECASTS HAVE RELIED ON HISTORICAL PATTERNS THAT NO LONGER APPLY GIVEN OUR CURRENT CHANGE TO THE CLIMATE CONDITIONS.

>> WE ARE NEARING THE END OF THE WET SEASON AND ENTERING YOUR THREE OF THE CURRENT DROUGHT.

THERE IS SOME RAIN IN OUR FORECAST.

>> THE NEXT STORM IS PRESSING DOWN AND IT WILL LIKELY ARRIVE HERE.

THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY, WE WILL SEE A COOLING TREND WITH THAT.

IN THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BE LIKELY.

TEMPERATURES GET BACK DOWN INTO THE MID-40s.

SAN DIEGO OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE UPPER 50s AND STILL NOT TOO BAD.

WE ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS BELOW 70s.

SAN DIEGO RIGHT AROUND 70 DEGREES.

MID 80s, IT'S LIKELY THE LAST DAY OF THE WARMTH AND TEMPERATURES REALLY TUMBLE AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY.

ALL OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE STORM AND THE MOISTURE IS GOING TO BE PRESSING SOUTH.

WE WILL HAVE SNOW ACROSS THE SEER NEVADA.

THE ONE THING THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BRING US IS BENEFICIAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SAN DIEGO.

NOT A TON OF RAIN OR FLOODING RAINFALL.

THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE HALF AN INCH OR THREE QUARTERS OF AN ISSUE OF RAIN.

TEMPERATURES GO FROM THE UPPER 60s TO 70 DEGREES ON THURSDAY.

BACK INTO THE LOW 60s ON FRIDAY.

50s BY THE TELLY THE SATURDAY.

SUNSHINE RETURNS TO THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

FURTHER INLAND WE GO FROM A LOW 70s ON THURSDAY TO THE 50s ON FRIDAY.

SATURDAY WAS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.

TEMPERATURES REBOUND ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

AND AGAIN A WARMER FINISH TO THE WEEKEND.

AS WE LOOK INTO SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS.

TEMPERATURES FALLING FROM THE 50s INTO THE 30s.

THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW AND RAIN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK END.

A MEISER START TO THE NEXT WEEKEND.

MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE.

TEMPERATURE SEEING A HUGE DROP INTO THE LOW 60s.

WE WILL SEE RAIN THERE GUSTY WINDS AND NICE CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND HEAD INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU.

>>> DR. SEUSS'S LEGACY OF CREATURES, SKETCHES AND FUN RHYMES WILL BE REIMAGINED IN A SERIES OF NEW BOOKS.

THE NEW LINE OF BOOKS WILL BE WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY A DIVERSE GROUP OF COMING AUTHORS.

THEY WILL INCLUDE STORIES INSPIRED BY THE AUTHORS NEVER BEFORE SEEN ILLUSTRATORS FROM THE ARCHIVES.

>> LOOKING AT REVIVING DR. SEUSS'S LEGACY IN SOME WAYS, BUT ALSO RENEWING IT.

THE FACT THEY ARE EMBRACING NEW AUTHORS IN GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE AND CREATE NEW WERE'S FOR A YOUNGER GENERATION NOW.

>> A YEAR AGO, DR. SEUSS AND TITLES THAT WERE THOUGHT TO HAVE RACIST AND INSENSITIVE IMAGERY.

THEY WILL BE HITTING SHELVES NEXT YEAR.

>>> MOVE A BIG BIRD AND MR. SNUFFLE OFF A GUEST, THE WORLD'S LARGEST PUPPET AND IT'S A PORCUPINE NAME PERCY.

THE TWO-STORY PUPPET WAS BUILT IN JIM HANSEN'S FAMOUS CREATURE SHOP.

IT HAS 2000 QUILLS AND WEIGHS MORE THAN A TON.

HE WILL BE AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO NEXT FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW CHILDREN'S ZOO.

>>> NEXT WEEK WE'LL PLAYHOUSE HOSTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A NEW MUSICAL.

A DANCE STYLE THAT MAKES IT INDIAN AND WESTERN INFLUENCES.

WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE PLAYHOUSE'S CREATIVE TEAM.

>> INTERCOLLEGIATE UNDER CAN BE A DETECTIVE.

>> I ALWAYS TAKE WRITING CLASSES AND I FOLLOW TEAMS AROUND TO DIFFERENT STATE AND WHEN I MET MIKE I TOOK HIM AND WE DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY.

>> MICHAEL AND HER MAKE A PERFECT COUPLE.

>> THEY ALSO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL PLAYWRITING TEAM.

>> DOING A MUSICAL MAKES SO MUCH SENSE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN PART OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.

WE LOVE DANCING EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T DO IT AT ALL.

IT'S A FASCINATION FOR US.

>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE EVEN TO NEWCOMERS.

>> IT'S REALLY INFECTIOUS AND IS SOMETHING ABOUT WHEN YOU HEAR THAT SOUND YOU JUST WANT TO START MOVING.

>> I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THESE COMPETITIONS.

IT'S SO FULL OF ENERGY AND SO MUCH BEGGING TO BE STAGED IN MUCH DRAMA BEHIND IT.

>> THE ENERGETIC BEAT DRIVES IT .

THAT FOCUSES ON MARY, LIKE THE PLAYWRIGHT SHE'S A YOUNG MIXED-RACE WOMAN.

>> MARY CONNECTS THROUGH DANCE WITH HER CULTURE AS SHE GROWS, SHE HAS NO OTHER OUTLETS.

WHEN SHE GETS TO COLLEGE, SHE FINDS THAT THE COMMUNITY MAKES HER HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HER ROOTS AND TRADITION.

>> THE DIRECTOR IS BIRACIAL AND BINATIONAL.

THEY IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED WITH THE STORY.

>> WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO NOT QUITE FIT IN.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE FROM THE U.S. OR CANADA OR MAYBE YOU ARE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, IT'S A UNIVERSAL IDEA OF HOW TO FIND ONE'S PLACE AND HOW TO FIT IN AND THIS IS A GREAT STORY ABOUT A YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT TRYING TO FIT IN AND TRYING TO FIND HER PLACE WITHIN NOT ONLY THE WORLD OF COLLEGE AND WITHIN HER FRIENDS BUT WITHIN HERSELF.

>> ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS AND COLLEGE TEAMS SORT OF FEEL LIKE IT'S RIGHT FOR A POLITICAL PERSON.

IT'S REALLY JOYOUS.

>> THIS INCORPORATES ALL OF THAT KINETIC ENERGY INTO ITS MOVEMENT AND CHOREOGRAPHY AND TELLS THE STORY THROUGH THIS EXTRAORDINARY DANCE.

>> EXTRAORDINARY AND PHYSICALLY DEMANDING.

>> TRAINING FOR THE SHOW, ESPECIALLY WITH MARY, OUR LEAD OFFICER, WE HAD HER RUNNING EVERY DAY AND ACTUALLY SINGING THE NUMBERS WHILE SHE WAS RUNNING SO THAT SHE COULD TRAIN FOR THE SHOW.

>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S A CULTURAL DANCE FORM VERSUS A CLASSICAL DANCE FORM.

MOST OF THE CULTURAL DANCE FORMS WERE BUILT TO BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

>> THERE'S A SENSE OF INCLUSION THAT MAKES IT ACCESSIBLE.

>> THAT IS WHAT THE PLAY HELPS TO DO AS WELL.

TO SEND A MESSAGE OF INCLUSIVITY ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.

>> I'M WORKING ON A PIECE THAT IS MONUMENTAL FOR THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY.

WE ARE REALLY SETTING A STANDARD FOR SOUTH ASIAN ACTORS TO KNOW THERE IS A PLACE FOR SOUTH ASIANS IN THE MUSICAL THEATER SPACE.

>> I THINK ANYONE THAT COMES TO THE SHOW WILL JUST BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS SO EASY TO EMBRACE THIS DANCE AND MUSIC BECAUSE AS I SAID BEFORE, THE ROOT OF IT IS TO BUILD COMMUNITIES.

ANYONE THAT WALKS INTO THAT THEATER IS GOING TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> AN INVITATION WAITS FOR YOU.

>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY, ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR.

PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN THEIR SYSTEM SINCE 1978.

>>> AND BY THIS FOUNDATION.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.