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COMING UP DANGEROUS BY DESIGN AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT INTERSECTIONS THAT THREATEN PEDESTRIANS AND ALSO HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND MEET THOSE WHERE HEALTH IS NEEDED AND SERVICES ARE HARD TO COME BY.

PIÑATA'S AS AN ART FORM AND SEE THE CREATIVE WORK ON DISPLAY AT A BREWERY.

WE START IN NORTH COUNTY WHERE SOME RESIDENTS AND HOSPITAL ARE PUSHING BACK FOR PLANS FOR A BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY PLAYING OUT AFTER A RECENT FIRE TOOK SEVERAL DAYS TO EXTINGUISH .

WE TALK TO AN EXPERT ABOUT THOSE CONCERNS AND HOW A RECENT DEVELOPMENT COULD DERAIL THE PROJECT.

>> YOU HAVE THE HOSPITAL HERE A QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY AND THIS WOULD EXTEND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THIS DIRECTION PAST THIS HOUSE.

>> Reporter: HE IS THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AT THE U.S. GAS AND POWER AND DEVELOPED LARGE SCALE ENERGY FACILITIES FOR THE COMPANY INCLUDING BATTERY STORAGE AND SAID THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHERE A FACILITY SHOULDN'T BE LOCATED.

>> IT SHOULDN'T BE NEAR RESIDENCES OR HOSPITALS OR SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: HE SAID LARGE SCALE ENERGY STORAGE FACILITIES SHOULD BE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THE PROPOSED STORAGE PROJECT IS 22.5 ACRES AT THE SITE OF A FORMER HORSE RANCH IN EDEN VALLEY NEAR HOSPITAL.

>> THE LARGER THE FACILITY IS THE MORE LIKELY A FIRE WILL OCCUR IN THE MORE FREQUENTLY FIRES WILL OCCUR SO TO PUT A FACILITY LIKE THIS ONE QUARTER OF A MILE DIRECTLY UP WIND NEAR A MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY AND ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS IS A BAD IDEA.

>> THESE ARE NOT YET TYPICAL FIRES.

>> BATTERIES EMIT HYDROGEN FLUORIDE AND CYANIDE.

>> Reporter: WHEN HYDROGEN FLUORIDE COMES IN CONTACT WITH WATER IT FORMS HETERO FLOOR CASTED AND RELEASED IT'S ONE OF THE STRONGEST ASSETS KNOWN AND PART OF THE REASON WHY RESIDENTS HERE ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT AS EVIDENCE AS SIGNS LINE THE STREET AND PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY ARE AGAINST IT IN THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD NOT HAVE APPROVED AN EASEMENT.

>> THIS IS THE OPPOSED -- PROPOSED SITE FROM THE HOSPITAL AND WE ARE UP WIND FROM THE SITE.

IT MEANS THEY WOULD FLOW TO THE MEDICAL CENTER.

>> I KNOW THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS THAT THE DISTRICT, HOSPITAL DISTRICT CAN RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY AND THEY EITHER SHELTER IN PLACE OR TOTAL EVACUATION.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND A FORMER FIREFIGHTER AND SAID THE FIRE CEMENTED THE DECISION.

AND WE ARE ON THE WINDWARD SIDE OF IT SO HERE IT MOST LIKELY WOULD CARRY ANY SMOKE BYPRODUCTS INTO OUR CAMPUS.

WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOOD TO PUT THIS COMMUNITY AT RISK AND NOT TO PUT THE PATIENTS AT RISK.

>> THE PROJECT NEEDS THIS TO CONNECT THE TRANSMISSION LINES TO THE SUBSTATION AND THE EASIEST WAY IT IS TO GO THROUGH PART OF THIS PROPERTY AND IN A STATEMENT TO US THE DIRECTOR FOR THE PROJECT SAID IT IS EVALUATING ALL OPTIONS AND WE ARE EAGER TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS AS WE ADVANCE THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR THIS PROJECT.

>>> WE DO HAVE TWO STORIES THIS WEEK AND TAKING A DEEP LOOK AT HOW WE SHARE THE ROADS AND HOW WE REIMAGINE THEM.

THEY SAY FUNDING FOR A PROGRAM TO RECONNECT COMMUNITIES DIVIDED BY FREEWAYS IS IN JEOPARDY BUT FIRST WE POKE WITH THOSE DEMANDING SAN DIEGO DO MORE TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS.

>> Reporter: FOUR YEARS AGO A DRIVER HIT AND KILLED JASON GORDON WHILE WALKING IN SHERMAN HEIGHTS.

HE WAS 41.

HE LEFT BEHIND TWIN DAUGHTERS AND HIS WIFE.

>> IT WAS TRAGIC FOR A FAMILY.

TO BE A SOLO MOM AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

HE WAS THAT FAMILY GUY AND THE FRIEND GUY AND A LOVING PERSON AND HE IS SO MISSED.

YOU KNOW.

>> Reporter: GORDON AND OTHERS RALLIED AT THE SITE OF HIS DEATH FRIDAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARKET AND 19th STREET, ONE OF THE 15th DEADLY IS INTERSECTIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS IN SAN DIEGO AND ADVOCATES CALL THEM THE FATAL 15.

THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET PUTS $33 MILLION TOWARD EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC DEATHS INCLUDING ADDING TRAFFIC SIGNALS GUARDRAILS, BICYCLE FACILITIES AND PROJECTS.

ADVOCATE SAY SEVEN OF THOSE A FATAL 15 INCLUDING WHERE HE WAS KILLED AREN'T ON THE LIST.

AND THEY ARE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADD THEM FOR THREE KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS INTERSECTION AND STRIPES, SIGNALS AND SOUNDS WHICH MEANS WHITE STRIPES AT CROSSWALKS, COUNTDOWNS AND SOUNDS LETTING PEDESTRIANS KNOW WHETHER TO WAIT OR GO.

>> THIS IS A HUGE INTERSECTION AND THERE IS NO COUNT DOWN.

>> CIRCULATE SAN DIEGO ESTIMATES THE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD COST $100,000 PER INTERSECTION.

AND ANOTHER DEADLY INTERSECTION IS THAT THIS STREET AND THE MIDWAY DISTRICT AND CIRCULATE SAN DIEGO POLICY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CROSSWALK HERE.

>> THERE IS NO TRAFFIC SIGNAL HERE AND THERE IS ONE OVER HERE AT ABOUT 1/8 OF A MILE THIS WAY AND THAT WAY BUT NOWHERE TO CROSS AND PEOPLE DO CROSS THE INTERSECTION PRETTY FREQUENTLY.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID ADDING MORE VISIBLE CROSSWALKS DOWN A BUSY ROAD CAN HELP REDUCE SPEEDING.

>> THEY CAN SEE IF THEY GO DOWN THE ROAD THAT THERE WILL BE MANY POINTS WHERE THEY STOP OR THEY WON'T GO SPEEDING DOWN THE ROAD IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO STOP WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO.

>> SMART GROWTH AMERICA PUBLISHED A REPORT ANALYZING THE MOST RECENT TRAFFIC AND THEY FOUND THAT HERE MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF TRAFFIC DEATHS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS WERE THEM AND IT WAS HIGH.

>> AT THIS POINT IT IS A DECISION ON WHERE TO ALLOCATE BUDGETS AND INVESTMENTS AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND HERE IT'S TIME THAT WE ARE TIRED OF CANDLES ON SIDEWALKS AND IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR THIS MANY PEOPLE TO DIE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID ELECTED OFFICIALS DO HAVE THE POWER TO FIX STREETS HE CALLS DANGEROUS BY DESIGN AND ADVOCATE SAY THAT IF LEADERS DONE ALLOCATE MORE FUNDING SOME INTERSECTIONS WILL REMAIN DEADLY FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR.

>> IT IS A SMALL INVESTMENT AND CAN GO A LONG WAY.

>> WE ARE IN THE HEART OF MOUNTAIN VIEW AND THE HEART OF THE WATERSHED.

>> Reporter: I AM WALKING ALONG THE CREEK BY THE JACKIE ROBINSON FAMILY YMCA.

REYNOLDS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO, AND IT IS DEVELOPING PLANS TO RESTORE NATIVE HABITATS HERE AND BUILD A WALKING AND BIKING TRAIL ACROSS INTERSTATE 805 AND EVENTUALLY THAT IS MEANT TO FOLLOW THE CREEK ALL THE WAY TO SAN DIEGO BAY.

>> SO IN THE WATERSHED, YOU FIND PEOPLE DISPLACED HERE BY THE INTERSTATE 5 AND INTERSTATE 15 AND THE STATE ROAD AND NONE OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAD ANY VOICE WHEN THE FREEWAYS WERE PUT IN.

>> Reporter: HALF A CENTURY AFTER THEY BUILT THE FREEWAY NETWORK, THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH DEAFENING NOISE POLLUTION.

AND THIS IS LINKED WITH HIGHER RATES OF DEMENTIA AND ALSO AT A HIGHER RISK OF ASTHMA AND HEART DISEASE FROM AIR POLLUTION.

>> THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO CAN'T GET TO THE YMCA UNLESS THEY ARE DRIVEN HERE BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY SAFE ROUTES AND THERE AREN'T ANY TO SCHOOLS OR CHURCHES OR TO OTHER GATHERING PLACES AND COMMUNITIES.

SO THE DEVASTATION HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS ON ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES DIVIDED BY THESE FREEWAYS.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WHY THE GOVERNMENT CREATED THE CONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM MEANT TO FUND PROJECTS LIKE THIS AND EVEN REMOVING OR REENGINEERING FREEWAYS TO STITCH COMMUNITIES BACK TOGETHER AND HELP THEM HEAL.

IN MARCH THEY ANNOUNCED SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF THREE CITIES CHOSEN FOR THE PROGRAM BUT UNDER THE LATEST BUDGET PROPOSAL OUT OF SACRAMENTO, THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM WOULD BE CUT TO $50 MILLION WHICH IS ONE THIRD OF ITS ORIGINAL SIZE AND SAN DIEGO'S SHARE OF THESE FUNDINGS IS UNCLEAR.

>> IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT THE COMMUNITIES OF CONCERN COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR LIMITED FUNDING WHEN WHAT REALLY WE NEED TO ASPIRE TO IS EQUITABLE INVESTMENTS TO CREATE SOME SORT OF EQUALITY AND LINK THE COMMUNITIES WITH RESOURCES THAT ARE ABUNDANT AND OTHERS.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE UNTIL JUNE 15 TO ADOPT A BUDGET THAT CLOSES AN ESTIMATED DEFICIT OF $27 BILLION.

>> MUCH OF THE RECENT WORK IS FOCUSED ON THIS TOPIC AND FOR A DEEPER DIVE YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE FREEWAY EXIT PODCAST STREAMING ON ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS AND AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS THEY SAY READMISSION RATES FOR PATIENTS FROM RURAL AREAS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INCREASED BY 8%.

OUR HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI TELLS US ABOUT A PROGRAM AIMING TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER.

>> Reporter: ON A RECENT THURSDAY MORNING A TEAM OF PUBLIC COUNTY HEALTH NURSES AND A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC DRIVE- THROUGH DUSTY AND PAVED ROADS TO VISIT A PATIENT WHO WAS RECENTLY DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

>> DO HAVE THE MEDICATIONS THEY SENT YOU HOME WITH FROM THE HOSPITAL?

>> YES.

>> Reporter: MICHAEL IS 69 AND RECENTLY WENT TO THE ER BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING.

HE HAS BEEN LIVING IN BOULEVARD FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS.

THIS IS HIS FIRST VISIT SINCE BEING DISCHARGED.

>> IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE UP HERE AND IT'S A HARD THING TO DO.

>> THIS IS PART OF A PILOT PROGRAM TO READ DUES HOSPITAL READMISSION RATES AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES AND FIREFIGHTERS DO SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN THE MOST RURAL AND DISADVANTAGED AREAS AND THE TEAM MONITORS PATIENTS FOR UP TO 30 DAYS AFTER THEY LEAVE THE HOSPITAL AND TO MANAGE CONDITIONS AND RESOLVE ISSUES AT HOME.

HE DID SAY THAT HAVING THE TEAM DRIVE MORE THAN 55 MILES TO CHECK ON HIS RECOVERY -- >> IT MAKES A BIG DEFENSE.

>> Reporter: -- WHILE THE NURSE CHECKS VITALS HE CLEARS THE WEEDS IN THE FRONT YARD.

THIS IS TO MAKE SURE HE IS SAFE.

THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED LAST JUNE AND IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN SEVERAL HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS.

ALSO IT IS BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES.

THE PROGRAM IS FREE AND QUALIFY, PATIENTS HAVE TO HAVE BEEN RECENTLY RELEASED FROM SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL AND RESIDE IN ONE OF NINE RURAL ZIP CODES INCLUDING BOULEVARD, CAMPO AND IS GONE SO.

AMY IS ONE OF THREE NURSES.

>> WE TALKED TO HIM AND WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES AND THEN THAT FIRST VISIT IS GETTING TO KNOW THEM AND THEIR NEEDS AND AN OVERALL PICTURE OF THEIR HEALTH AND WHAT THEIR SITUATION IS.

>> SHE IS 68 AND LIVES OFF THE GRID AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE IS MEETING THE TEAM.

>> THERE WAS INFECTION IN MY HAND FROM WORKING TOO HARD.

AND IT CAUSES THIS SMALL BLISTER.

AND IT GOT INFECTED.

>> SHE WORKS THE LAND AND HER ONLY COMPANIONS ARE HER TWO DOGS.

IN SOMETIMES I THINK I COULD STROKE OUT.

TOOK TODAY SHE REPLACES THE FIRE ALARMS FOR HER AND THE NURSE GIVES HER A NEW BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR.

>> YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS PERFECT.

>> Reporter: THE NURSE GOES OVER HER MEDICATION AND HELPS HER SET UP WITH THE APPOINTMENTS.

>> SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS OR A PHARMACY SO THIS IS WHEN WE COME IN AND WE MAKE SURE THEY STAY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

>> Reporter: THEY CAN ONLY SEE ABOUT FOUR PATIENTS EACH DAY DUE TO THE LENGTHY STRETCHES OF HIGHWAY BETWEEN THEIR HOMES AND SINCE JUNE THEY HAVE SEEN 150 PEOPLE AND DRIVEN ABOUT 10,000 MILES.

>> FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS A NICE HOME AND SOMEBODY WHO IS A TRAILER WHICH IS FALLING APART AND HAS HOLES IN THE ROOF WHERE THEY CAN'T EVEN SLEEP WHEN IT IS RAINING AND THE YOUNGEST WE HAVE HAD IS 27 AND THE OLDEST IS 96.

>> Reporter: RESIDENTS FACE DIFFICULTIES ACCESSING HEALTH CARE AND THERE ARE FEWER RESOURCES AND LONGER TRAVEL TIMES TO HOSPITALS AND PHARMACIES.

NICK JOHNSON IS ONE OF TWO FIREFIGHTERS IN THE PROGRAM.

>> SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE 50 OR 60 MILES AWAY FROM HOSPITAL AND MANY THE PEOPLE WE SEE DON'T EVEN HAVE TRANSPORTATION OR ACCESS TO THAT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES WHERE THERE IS NO ONE FOR THE OTHERS TO CALL OTHER THAN 911.

>> Reporter: ABOUT 40% OF DISCHARGED PATIENTS HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN THE MAJORITY ARE MANAGING CHRONIC DISEASES AND IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS PATIENTS HAD FEWER TRIPS BACK TO THE HOSPITAL.

JUST 4% COMPARED TO 14% FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T ENROLL.

HE IS 79 AND LIVES WITH HIS DAUGHTER.

HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF AN ENLARGED PROSTRATE AND TODAY HIS -- IS HIS LAST VISIT.

HE SAID HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP AND THE NEW SMOKE DETECTOR.

>> A LOT OF THEM ARE ISOLATED AND THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO BE THERE FOR HIM OR THEM AND SIT AND TALK TO THEM AND THAT MAKES THE DAY.

>> Reporter: HE IS FEELING BETTER ENOUGH TO SING TO THEM AS THEY LEAVE.

>> WHAT AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE.

WHEN A PAIR OF LOCAL SAILORS WANTED TO BRING THEIR IDEA FOR AN INVENTION TO LIFE, THEY FOUND EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED IN ONE PLACE, THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS REPORTER ANDREW HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THE CENTRAL LIBRARY DOWNTOWN LASER CUTTER CURVES A SHAPE OUT OF A SCRAP PIECE OF WOOD AND THIS IS THE DEVICE THAT THEY CREDIT FOR MAKING THEIR IDEA REAL.

THEY WERE SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS ON THE USS JASON DUNHAM, A GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER.

HE SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT SHARING A STATE ROOM WITH THEIR DIFFERENT SCHEDULES.

>> I REMEMBER I WOULD BE ASLEEP AND WAKE UP TO ANDY BANGING ON THE SINK TO TRY TO GET THIS CLEAN.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SHAVE EVERY DAY AND HE SAID IT'S SOMETHING THEY ARE INDOCTRINATED WITH FROM THE FIRST DAY OF TRAINING AND SOMETIMES THEY THINK ABOUT THAT A LOT AND HE STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW ANNOYING IT WAS.

>> IT WAS REALLY BEING ON A SHIP HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUES OF SHAVING BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS WORSE ON THE SHIP AND THE WATER PRESSURE AND LIGHTING IS WORSE AND WHATEVER.

TRUCK THEY HAD AN IDEA.

WHAT OF CARTRIDGES COULD BE CLEANED WITHOUT BANGING THEM ON A SINK.

HE BEGAN SKETCHING DESIGNS AND WHAT EMERGED WASN'T EARLY VERSION OF THE RAZOR RINSE HER AND THIS PUSHES WATER THROUGH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGES KEEPING THE BLADES FRESHEN HAIR OUT OF THE SINKS.

>> WE HAD THE GENERAL SHAPE OF IT AS WE LEFT DEPLOYMENT AND IT'S A PUMP THAT SPRAYS WATER THROUGH THE BLADE AND RECYCLES IT THROUGH FILTERS.

>> Reporter: THEY SEPARATELY TRANSFERRED TO SAN DIEGO UNITS IN THE FIRST THING YOU DID WAS LOOK FOR MAKER SPACES.

>> I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE PREDOMINANT ONE IN SAN DIEGO IS AT THE LIBRARY AND FREE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.

>> WE HAVE SEWING MACHINES AND EMBROIDERY MACHINES AND A DIECUT MISSING -- MACHINE AND A SMALL CNC MACHINE.

>> Reporter: SHE IS THE PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN AT THE LIBRARY AND SHOWING ME AROUND THE LAB.

IT HAS EQUIPMENT ANYBODY NEEDS TO BRING THEIR IDEA TO LIFE AND THE STAFF COULD SHOW ANYBODY HOW TO USE IT.

>> WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH AN IDEA, WE HAVE THEM SIT DOWN AND SKETCH IT OUT ON PAPER AND HAVE THEM TALK IT THROUGH AND WE TAKE THEM AROUND AND GET THE BALL ROLLING AND GET THEM THINKING.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY THE LIBRARY PLAYED A PART PANTED DEAN -- PATENTING THEIR INVENTION.

>> I TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THE PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES AND HOW TO PURSUE ONE.

>> Reporter: SHE HELPS PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE PROCESS WHICH COULD BE DAUNTING BUT SHE SAID ANYBODY COULD DO IT IN IF THEY ARE STRAPPED FOR CASH.

>> IS MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS.

>> AFTER A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR THEY HAVE IT.

>> WHEN YOU PUSH IT DOWN THE WATER GETS ACCELERATED.

THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE GASKET AROUND THE OUTSIDE FORCES WATER BETWEEN THE BLADE SO IT FLUSHES THE HAIR AND GUNK OUT.

>> Reporter: BOTH SAILORS JUST SEPARATED FROM THE NAVY AND THEY HOPED TO RAISE $10,000 AND KICK STARTER IN STARTING FUNDING AND WHEN IT ENDED LAST MONTH THEY RAISED ALMOST $70,000 AND FOR MORE THAN 1300 BACKERS.

>> WE ENDED UP EATING LUCKY AND WHERE WE CAN COME INTO A SPACE LIKE THIS TO WHERE WE COULD TAKE THAT IDEA AND START TRYING TO CREATE AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL PRODUCT.

>> Reporter: THIS ISN'T JUST FOR INVENTORS BUT TOOLS TO HELP THEM HAVE MEDIA TO DIGITAL.

>> YOU CAN DO SUPER EIGHT OR 8 MM.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY THE STAFF IS THERE TO HELP.

>> WE ARE A FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE.

TOOK THEY HELP THIS HELPS OTHER INVENTORS.

>> TO BE ABLE TO SAY MATT AND ANDY DID IT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DID AND THESE ARE THE STEPS THEY DID AND YOU CAN DO IT TOO AND YOU CAN DO IT HERE FOR FREE IS REALLY COOL.

>> WHO KNEW.

AND BEST OF LUCK.

>>> A NORTH COUNTY LGBTQ+ RESOURCE CENTER IS GETTING READY TO GO AND GROW.

WE FIND OUT WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON.

>> WELCOME TO OUR LETTER -- LITTLE CENTER THAT COULD AND WE CALLED IT THAT MANY YEARS AGO BECAUSE FROM SUCH A SMALL SPACE WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY.

>> Reporter: HE IS THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LGBTQ+ RESOURCE CENTER WHICH RUNS OUT OF A 2400 FT.2 SPACE IN OCEANSIDE.

>> PEOPLE COME FOR ANY REASON AND WE HAVE PEOPLE STOPPING BY BECAUSE THEY ONE HAVE ACCESS TO OUR LIBRARY OR RESOURCES AND SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE SURVIVING SEXUAL ASSAULT OR TRAFFICKING OR ANY KIND OF TRAUMA THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE.

>> Reporter: 27 STAFF MEMBERS RUN THE CENTER AND SPACE FOR THEM AND THE CLIENTS SERVED IS TIGHT.

>> WE PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WE HAVE TELEHEALTH AND IN PERSON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND IT'S FREE SERVICES AND WE SERVE ABOUT 86 PEOPLE PER WEEK AT THE MOMENT.

>> THIS SPACE IS SHARED WITH YOUTH SERVICES.

>> THIS IS OUR/EVERYTHING SPACE AND ALSO WE DO A LOT OF SERVICES AROUND WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AND LATELY THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND BANNING BOOK SO WE ARE ORGANIZED TO GATHER TO CREATE A PROM EVENT AND EXPERIENCES WHERE THEY CAN FEEL SAFE BUT ALSO WE GO THROUGH THE SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE SAFE AND SUPPORTED.

>> THEY SAY A LOT OF THE WORK IN EDUCATION HAPPENS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CENTER.

>> ALSO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS AND ALSO FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS ARE REACHING OUT TO US BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO BETTER AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR FAMILY IS TREATED THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

>> Reporter: BRIDGER -- BIGGER PROJECTS HAVE COME OUT OF THE SMALL SPACE.

THIS IS THE FIRST PRIDE EVENT, PRIDE BY THE BEACH AND FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SUPPORTIVE ADVOCACY IN THE FRONT LINES.

THIS IS A RANGE OF ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE NORTH COUNTY AND WHILE THEY MADE THIS SPACE WORK, SOMETHING BIGGER IS ON THE WAY.

>> THIS IS 1919 APPLES STREET WHICH IS WHERE WE JUST ENTERED ESCROW AND WE ARE EXCITED AND IT IS A TRANSFORMATION FOR US AND THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.

>> THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS EMPTY AND IN NEED OF REPAIRS BUT IT ALREADY HAS A HISTORY OF SERVING THOSE IN NEED FROM TEMPORARY SHELTERS TO FOOD BANKS.

>> IT IS THE SPACE THAT HAS A LOT OF PROMISES BECAUSE WE ARE IN WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE TRAIN STATION THAT BRINGS PEOPLE FROM ESCONDIDO TO OUR CENTERS AND WE ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICES AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

>> Reporter: THE PRICE TAG WAS $4.5 MILLION AND THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH AN $800,000 DOWN PAYMENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.

>> WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY CENTER AND NOT JUST THE LGBTQ+ CENTER.

>> WE WILL BE HERE FOR EVERYBODY AND THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT WILL HOST WITH A LOT OF CARE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE MORE COLORFUL AND IT WILL BE THE BUILDING THAT WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO EVERYONE.

>> Reporter: HE KNOWS NOT EVERYBODY IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXPANSION.

>> I INVITE THEM IN AND ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND ALL OF OUR BOOKS ARE OPEN AND WE KNOW WHERE THE MONEY GOES AND WE ARE SUPPORTED BY COUNTY AND STATE AND FEDERAL AND LOCAL IN THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE SO INVITE PEOPLE TO BE CRITICAL ABOUT THE RESOURCES THEY PROVIDE BECAUSE WE WANT TO IMPROVE THEM AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND THEY SAY I KNOW WHERE MY MONEY IS GOING AND WE INVITE YOU TO DO SO BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR SPACE TOO.

>> Reporter: THE RESOURCE CENTER HOPES TO MOVE IN AS TENANTS IN SEPTEMBER AND FINALIZE THE PURCHASE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE.

HERE THIS IS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR ITS VIBRANT ARTS AND CULTURE SCENE AND WE TAKE YOU THERE FOR A NEW EVENT CELEBRATING THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

>> PENN YAN IS A CELEBRATION.

THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE BORDER X BREWING.

AND WHILE IT IS A BREWERY FIRST IT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO WHAT FEELS LIKE A PIÑATA MUSEUM.

>> IT HOLDS A LOT MORE THAN VISUAL APPEAL AND IT IS TRADITIONAL VALUE AND CULTURE WE CULTIVATE AND I THINK IT IS AMAZING BEING ABLE TO HOUSE THIS SPACE THAT ALIGNS WITH THESE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: THE FESTIVAL FEATURES VENDORS, LIVE MUSIC AND WORKSHOPS FOR THE PUBLIC LED BY ARTISTS.

SHE HAS A PIÑATA ON DISPLAY THAT HONORS FOR MEXICAN AND INDIGENOUS ROOTS.

>> I WANTED TO BRING THE ELEMENTS OF THIS.

AND THESE HERE BRINGING THOSE FACTORS TOGETHER HOW LIFE HAS A DUALITY IN IT AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO GROW FROM LIFE AND DEATH.

>> THIS EVENT OFFERS THE COMMUNITY TO OFFER HISTORY AND TRY OUT PIÑATA MAKING FOR THEMSELVES AND SEE PROFESSIONAL PIECES THAT STRETCH THE IMAGINATION SAYS THE CURATOR.

>> THERE IS DEFINITELY A FEW DOZEN AND SOME ARE SMALLER AND BIGGER AND SOME ARE DISPLAYED IN THE CORNERS.

AND EVEN THE HANDS, THESE THINGS THINK THIS IS A PIÑATA.

>> HE SAID ALL THE WORK ON DISPLAY IS MADE BY ARTISTS FROM TIJUANA SAN DIEGO AND LOS ANGELES.

>> WE DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THESE AND GET FIND AT THE GROCERY STORE AND DEFINITELY OUT OF THE BOX.

SO THEY DID GET THE ASSIGNMENT AND THEY DID IT AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE ARE AMAZING AND CRAZY.

>> Reporter: THESE ARE SYMBOLS OF IDENTITY AND ALSO A MEDIUM TO TELL STORIES.

THE BREWERY OWNER WANTED TO GIVE THEM A SPACE TO EVOLVE.

>> IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE MEXICAN NUS CULTURE YOU CAN DECODE THE PIECES IN A WAY WHERE THEY TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THIS IS WHAT ALL GREAT ART AT THE END OF THE DAY DOES IS COMMUNICATE.

>> Reporter: WITH THE MAGIC OF PAPIER-MBCHI, CREATIVITY AND LOVE FOR THEIR HERITAGE, THESE ARTISTS ARE LOOKING TO CARRY ON TRADITIONS THAT SHE SAID WOULD OTHERWISE GET LOST.

>> ONE OF MY EARLIEST MEMORIES WOULD BE IN SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE MY MOM MADE ME THIS FROM SCRATCH AND IT WAS MY FAVORITE MEMORY.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST FESTIVAL AND IT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND IT RUNS THROUGH JUNE 9 AND IT IS STILL A FAMILY FRIENDLY FIESTA.

>> BEAUTIFUL ART.

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