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>>> THINGS ARE SLOWLY GETTING BACK TO NORMAL AFTER A MASSIVE TECH OUTAGE KNOCKED OUT COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

A BOTCHED CYBER SECURITY FIRM SOFTWARE UPDATE LED TO FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS AS WELL AS DISRUPTIONS TO HOSPITALS AND POLICE AGENCIES.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WYNN HAS MORE ON THE IMPACT HERE IN THE COUNTY.

>> THERE WERE LONG LINES WITH EMPLOYEES TRYING TO REBOOK FLIGHTS AND DIRECTING PEOPLE.

AS THE DISPLAY BOARDS SHOW CANCELED AND DELAYED FLIGHTS.

>> SEAN GLEASON WAS IN TOWN FOR THE CONVENTION HE AND 20,000 OF HIS FELLOW CONVENTION ATTENDEES ARE TRYING TO GET HOME.

>> MY FLIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE IT THIS MORNING BUT THERE WAS SOME GLOBAL IT GLITCH.

>> IT WAS A BUG IN THE SOFTWARE UP DATED THAT AFFECTED WINDOWS COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.

>> WE KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

WE ARE RESOLVING IT.

IT'S RECOVERING SYSTEMS OUT THERE.

>> THE CEO OF CROWD STRIKE, A CYBER SECURITY COMPANY AT THE CENTER OF THE OUTAGE ON FRIDAY.

>> WE ARE WORKING WITH EVERY CUSTOMER TO MAKE SURE WE COULD BRING THEM BACK ONLINE.

>> THE OUTAGE AFFECTED AIR TRAVEL, BANKS, HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND BAIT BANK STATE AGENCIES.

A CYBER SECURITY PROFESSOR AT USD SAYS THE OUTAGE WASN'T A HACK BUT RATHER CROWD STRIKE NOT TESTING THEIR CODE BEFORE PUSHING THE UPDATE AND IT WILL TAKE TIME TO FIX IT.

>> IN ORDER TO REMEDIATE THIS, IT'S A MANUAL PROCESS.

YOU'VE GOT TO GO AROUND TO EACH ONE OF THE COMPUTERS, GO INTO A SPECIAL MODE AND EITHER WAIT OR ALTER AND MODIFY CERTAIN FILES WITHIN THE SPECIAL MODE.

>> THE OUTAGE LET THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT DIMINISHED BOOKINGS FOR A FEW HOURS.

THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD TO TAKE CALLS AND REPORTS THROUGH A MANUAL BACKUP SYSTEM.

IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR, SCRIPTS HEALTH SAID COMPUTERS WERE AFFECTED THAT PATIENT CARE WASN'T AND ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS ARE STILL ACCESSIBLE.

PULL OMAR HEALTH SAYS THE DISRUPTION WAS MINIMAL AND NOW ALL SYSTEMS ARE NORMAL.

AT THE SAN DIEGO AIRPORT THERE WERE 175 DELAYS WITH 36 FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AS OF THIS AFTERNOON.

>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S OUT OF MY CONTROL.

YOU'VE JUST GOT TO BE PATIENT.

>> AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAY TO CHECK THE FLIGHT STATUS BEFORE GOING TO THE AIRPORT.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOOKING AHEAD TONIGHT, DROPPING DOWN TO THE LOW OF 68 AND HANGING ONTO THOSE CLOUDS.

JUST A HEADS UP, YOU MAY RUN INTO SOME SLOW OR TRICKY TRAVEL LATE IN THE DAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO HEAT UP WITH AREAS FURTHER INLAND.

WE TELL YOU HOW HOT IT'S GOING TO GET OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS COMING UP.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO'S 50th ANNUAL PRIDE PARADE FESTIVAL IS JUST HOURS AWAY AND HILLCREST IS ALREADY IN FULL PARTY MODE AND OUR KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL IS LIVE WITH A PREVIEW FOR US.

>> Reporter: WE ARE AT WHAT YOU MAY CALL GROUND ZERO WHEN IT COMES TO PRIDE EVENTS, WE ARE AT THE CORNER OF NORA AND UNIVERSITY.

IN THE SPIRIT OF STONEWALL RALLY, IT WILL HAPPEN HERE AT THE HILLCREST PRIDE FLAG WITH A BIG BLOCK PARTY.

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HEAR THE ALL THE MUSIC THAT'S ROCKING AND ROLLING.

THEY WILL HOST A PRIDE FLAG TOWARD THE RALLY.

THIS WILL BE FOUR TIMES THE SIZE.

IT'S GOING TO REALLY BE SOMETHING TO SEE.

THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS ARE HUGE UNDERTAKING FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

THE RALLY, OR REALLY EXCUSE ME, THEY REALLY START PLANNING FOR THE NEXT YEAR AS SOON AS THE CURRENT ONE IS OVER AND WE WATCHED AS SOME LAST-MINUTE SETUP HAPPENED HERE WITH THE NORMAL BLOCK PARTY UNDERWAY.

EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE IS IN A PARTY MOOD, THERE'S SOME SERIOUS UNDERTONES THIS YEAR.

YOU MAY RECALL A SERIES OF PELLET GUN SHOOTINGS OUTSIDE OF THE VARIOUS BARS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO SO SAFETY IS OF COURSE ON EVERYONE'S MIND BUT HILLCREST BUSINESS ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BENJAMIN NICHOLS, SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT IN THE SAN DIEGO PD ABILITY TO PROTECT THE EVENT AND SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER TO SHOW SOLIDARITY.

>> COME OUT AND NOT BE AFRAID.

THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO INTIMIDATE US WIN SO WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON PRIDE, THE LIFESTYLE YOU WANT TO LIVE.

BEING YOUR OWN GENUINE SELF.

THAT'S WHAT HILLCREST IS ALL ABOUT.

>> THE PRIDE PARADE KICKS OFF RIGHT HERE AT UNIVERSITY AND NORA AT 10:00 TOMORROW.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO WATCH, GET HERE EXTRA EARLY BECAUSE OF COURSE PARKING WILL BE DIFFICULT.

DEBTOR YET, TAKE RIDESHARE OR A CAB.

REPORTING LIVE IN HILLCREST, JOHN CARROLL.

KPBS.

>> I LOVE YOUR SHIRT.

I THINK THAT HIS LAST YEARS KPBS PRIDE SHIRT AND I THINK KPBS WILL BE MARCHING IN THE PRIDE PARADE AGAIN THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: WE ARE INDEED AND WE WILL PRE-BE PREMIERING A NEW PRIDE SHIRT AND A LOT OF US WILL BE IN THE FESTIVAL AT THE KPBS BOOTH SO IF YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT, COME ON BY AND SAY HELLO.

>> AS PRIDE WEEKEND KICKS OFF HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE VIRAL DISEASE THAT COULD SPREAD THROUGH YOUR CLOSE OR INTIMATE CONTACT.

IT'S A HEALTH ISSUE WITH A HEIGHT RATE OF INFECTION.

A LOCAL PERFORMER WHO GOES BY THE STAGE NAME JUSTIN RENAISSANCE SAYS HIS MUSIC IS ABOUT SELF-LOVE WHICH INCLUDES HEALTH AWARENESS.

>> I WAS AT A CLUB .

SOMEBODY THERE WAS IN FACT AFFECTED.

IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE VACCINATED BECAUSE I WAS PROTECTING MYSELF AS WELL AS OTHERS.

>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPORTED FIVE NEW CASES JULY 15.

PUBLIC HEALTHCARE WORKERS WILL BE A PRIDE PROVIDING THE VACCINES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

>>> 40 YEARS AGO, A GUNMAN KILLED 21 PURGEABLE 21 PEOPLE AT A McDONALD'S.

THEIR STORIES MAY REFLECT WHAT A GROWING NUMBER OF MASS SHOOTING SURVIVORS ARE FACING, A WARNING THIS STORY INCLUDES GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF VIOLENCE.

>> WENDY FLANAGAN'S WALLS ARE COVERED IN BUTTERFLIES AND SAYINGS LIKE, LOVE EVERY MOMENT, LAUGH EVERY DAY.

SIGNS OF A 40 YEAR EFFORT TO FIND PEACE.

THE SUMMER OF 1984, FLANAGAN WAS CHOSEN FOR VARSITY CHEERLEADING.

>> I WAS LOUD AND I WAS HAPPY.

I'D NEVER EXPERIENCED LOSS.

>> Reporter: THIS McDONALD'S WAS HER FIRST JOB.

JULY 18 CHANGED EVERYTHING.

>> IT WAS THE LARGEST MASS SHOOTING IN U.S. HISTORY THEN.

THE GUNMEN KILLED 21 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED 19 OTHERS.

FLANAGAN HID IN A CLOSET WHEN OFFICERS ESCORTED HER OUT, SHE WAS A DIFFERENT PERSON.

>> I WAS LIKE I DON'T WANT TO BE POPULAR OR NOTICED.

WON THE NEXT DAY SHE WENT TO WORK AT A DIFFERENT McDONALD'S.

EVERYTHING WAS A REMINDER.

THE FRENCH FRY ALARM, THE FLOOR TILES.

>> ANY LITTLE THING , I THOUGHT EVERYONE WAS SHOOTING AT ME.

>> Reporter: THEY SENT HER HOME, SHE SWITCHED SCHOOLS BUT DIDN'T FIND THE NORMALCY SHE CRAVED.

>> THEY WERE LIKE OH YOU'RE THE GIRL FROM THE SHOOTING AND I WAS LIKE I'M OUT OF HERE AND BEGAN DITCHING CLASS.

>> Reporter: SHE BOUNCED BETWEEN WAITRESSING JOBS FOR DECADES.

>> I NEVER SUCCEEDED IN ANYTHING AND I FELT LIKE A LOSER .

I WAS LIKE WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME LIKE GET OVER IT.

BUT I NEVER REALLY COULD.

>> SHE TURNED TO CRYSTAL METH.

>> I WAS JUST TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN ANY WAY THAT I COULD.

I DIDN'T GO OUT OF MY HOUSE EVER AT THE TIME AND WHEN I DID I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE 2 1/2 HOURS TO GET READY.

FULL MAKEUP, HAIR, NAILS, EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT.

THIS SO I CAN PRESENT MYSELF TO THE WORLD LIKE I WAS OKAY BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME I WASN'T OKAY.

>> WHEN HER MOTHER LOST HER HOUSE, FLANAGAN BECAME HOMELESS.

DURING THAT TIME SHE SAID SHE FOUND JESUS AND ASTONISHING EMPATHY.

>> I KNOW THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE SHOOTER .

I THINK HE WAS A VICTIM AS WELL.

I DO.

ANY PERSON WITH THAT MUCH HATRED.

>> Reporter: IN HER WORRIES SHE LEARNED THE WORD FOR WHAT DERAILED HER LIFE, PTSD.

IT QUALIFIED HER FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS.

CASEWORKERS HELPED HER TO GET RENT ASSISTANCE.

SHE SAYS IT ISN'T TRUE THAT TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS.

SHE'S HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE WITH THEM.

>> I SAID WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, I WANT TO BE A NORMAL GIRL.

A MOMMY AND A TEACHER.

I ENDED UP NOT BEING A NORMAL GIRL, NOT BEING A MOMMY, OR A TEACHER.

HOW IS THAT?

IT WASN'T MY DOING.

WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, IT KEPT ME FROM THOSE DREAMS AND FULFILLING THOSE DREAMS.

I'M NOT BITTER.

GOD HAS REPLACED WHAT I LOST BY OTHER MEANS.

LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT LIKE FUN AND I GO OUT AND POPULAR AND PRETTY THING AND EVERYTHING ANYMORE BUT I'M AT PEACE.

>> IN THE CLOSET WITH FLANAGAN THAT DAY WAS SOMEONE WHO HAD JUST WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CHULA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL.

>> I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SENIOR YEAR AND TRYING TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY.

IT WAS WIPED OUT COMPLETELY THAT DAY.

>> THE BULLET TO JUST MISS HIS HEART AND SPINE.

>> I SAW THE BABIES, MOMS, FATHERS, YOUNG KIDS , THEIR LIVES TAKEN FROM UNDERNEATH THEM AND THERE WAS NO ONE TO HELP THEM.

>> YOU CRAWL TO THE CLOSET WHERE HE MADE A DEAL WITH GOD.

>> IF YOU DON'T TAKE ME AWAY, I'LL DO GOOD IN MY LIFE.

>> HIS WOUNDS LEFT HIM BEDBOUND.

>> MY DAD STATED HOME FROM WORK TO TAKE CARE OF ME.

>> THE COMMUNITY RALLIED.

.

>> THEY PUT THE FOOD ON THE TABLE AND PUT MONEY TO THE BILLS.

>> HE SAID HE HAD NIGHTMARES FOR YEARS AND ONE NIGHT HE CAME ACROSS A BURNING VEHICLE AND HEARD SOMEONE INSIDE.

PROTOCOL IS TO WAIT FOR FIREFIGHTERS BUT HE REFUSED TO BE POWERLESS AGAIN.

HE REACHED INTO THE FLAMES.

>> I PULLED THEM OUT AND I DRAGGED THEM AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE.

>> HE SAVED THE MAN AND THE NIGHTMARES STOPPED BUT STILL THE SHOOTING FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY .

A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE 1984.

HE'S A SAN DIEGO POLICE CAPTAIN NOW.

OFFICERS HAVE SWAT EQUIPMENT AND THEY ARE TRAINED NOT TO WAIT TO TAKE DOWN THE ACTIVE SHOOTER.

THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROJECT SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 164 MASS PUBLIC SHOOTINGS IN THE U.S.

SINCE LEAVING COUNTLESS MORE SURVIVORS WHO LIKE FLANAGAN AND LEO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE WITH THESE WOUNDS.

>>> A WORLDWIDE TECH OUTAGE DISRUPTS FLIGHTS, HEALTHCARE, AND BUSINESSES, THAT'S COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>>, CON STARTS IN LESS THAN A WEEK AND WILL REMAIN IN SAN DIEGO.

THE MARICOPA UPDATES US ON THE STATUS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER IS THE, CON'S HOME IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> THIS CAME WITH A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY WOULD REMAIN IN SAN DIEGO.

THE TOURISM AUTHORITY WAS LOOKING FOR A TWO-YEAR EXTENSION WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR 2027 THE ISSUE IS FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS THAT SAN DIEGO HASN'T DONE A GOOD ENOUGH JOB TO PROVIDE --.

IS ANOTHER THING THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH IS IN AUGUST, ON AUGUST 24, THE OLD MEASURE PASSED THE HOTEL TAX WHICH WOULD INCREASE AND BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE EXPANSION THAT WILL BE RULED ON IN AUGUST 24.

AND A JUDGE WILL RULE WITHIN 60 TO 90 DAYS.

THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT FOR THE 2025, CON CONVENTION.

>> TOMORROW IS OPENING DAY OF THE DELMAR RACETRACK.

THE FIRST TIME THE EVENT WILL LAND ON A SATURDAY SINCE 1953.

ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS ARE LEFT FOR THE WEEKEND'S ATTENDANCE.

IT'S CAPPED AT 23,000 VISITORS EACH DAY.

THE 85th SUMMER RACETRACK SEASON WILL RUN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 8 AND THEN THE BREEDERS CLUB WILL RETURN TO DELMAR IN NOVEMBER.

>>> FILIPINO AMERICAN MAKER FILMMAKER AIRED A FILM.

THE FILM OPENED AT THE DIGITAL JIM CINEMA.

>> THE SECRET ARM OF HUMAN FLIGHT CONSUMED BY GRIEF OVER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE.

>> TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE FEELING?

>> I FEEL BAD.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

IT'S GOOD THAT YOU FEEL BAD.

>> IN THOSE FIRST 3-5 MINUTES.

>> THE FILM AND DIRECTOR ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT AND FRESH IN A STORY ABOUT DEATH.

>> I NEVER WANT TO BE THE DEATH GUY AND WALK INTO THE ROOM AND SAY HEY LET'S COMMISERATE ABOUT HOW HORRIBLE THE WORLD IS.

I'M NOT MAKING FUN OF ANYTHING.

THESE FEELINGS.

>> HIS NEIGHBOR OFFERS ONE WITH COPING WITH THOSE REAL AND PAINFUL FEELINGS.

>> ANYTHING CAN BE MUNDANE OR INSANE.

YOU JUST NEED TO FIND A THING.

SEE IT THROUGH.

>> HE LEAPS INTO THE INSANE AFTER FINDING A VIDEO.

>> ARE YOU TIRED OF LIFE AS YOU KNOW IT?

>> MEETING SOMEONE WHO PROMISES TO TEACH THEM TO FLY.

>> THERE'S NO PLAN INVOLVED.

THE FILM DAZZLES WITH ORIGINALITY AS IT REFUSES TO FIT NEATLY WITH ANYONE GENRE.

>> PEOPLE SAY IS THIS A HORROR FILM OR COMEDY OR WHAT IS THIS?

AND I SAY YES.

WHATEVER YOU THINK IN THE MOMENT IT'S THAT.

>> IT DISPLAYS AN ACHING SWEETNESS AND DELIGHTFUL WHIMSY.

>> WHIMSY THAT MAKES PEOPLE CHUCKLE OR LAUGH ISN'T COMEDIC.

IT'S A LIGHTNESS THAT YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT TO FEEL AMONGST ALL OF THE DEATH.

>> THE SECRET ART OF HUMAN FLIGHT MAY NOT TEACH YOU HOW TO FLY WITHOUT A PLANE BUT IT MAY SHOW YOU HOW TO SOAR.

>>> I WANT TO START YOU OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND.

IT'S GOING TO BE HOT AND MOSTLY DRY.

THIS WILL ALLOW FOR NO POP-UP SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THE FURTHER EAST YOU GO BUT A LOT OF THE AREA WILL WATCH THE ACTION AND WITH THAT, IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOT THOUGH WE ARE TRACKING LOWS FOR THE CLOUDS LATE EARLY IN THE DAY AND A HEADS UP YOU COULD RUN INTO TRICKY TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK WE TRACK A RETURN OF THAT MONSOONAL MOISTURE WITH CHANCES FOR MORE STORMS THAT INCREASE AS WELL.

LOOKING AT TONIGHT ACROSS THE ZONE, LOOKING AT A LOW OF 66.

IN RAMONA YOU'RE AT 65.

BOTTOMING OUT THOUGH IN THE MID TO UPPER 80s.

IT'S GOING TO BE HOT UP AND DOWN THE WEST AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK AND WITH THAT THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.

THIS IS GOING TO BE DANGEROUS HEAT.

BE SURE YOU THAT YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF.

DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND REMAIN HYDRATED AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE TAKING PLENTY OF COOLING BRAKES AS WELL.

FLIRTING WITH THE TRIPLE DIGITS IN RAMONA, SAN DIEGO, OCEANSIDE REMAINING IN THE 80s ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AS WELL.

I SAID WE COULD SEE A POP-UP SHOWER OR STORM THERE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS BUT OVERALL, A LOT OF US WILL DODGE THE RAINDROPS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK STARTING OFF ALONG THE COAST, IN THE 80s AND EVEN THROUGH NEXT WEEK TEMPERATURES REMAIN STEADY THOUGH IT WILL BE BRIGHT.

AREAS WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE HOTTER, THAT IS INLAND.

SATURDAY AT 93.

SUNDAY AT 90.

GOING INTO MONDAY, TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO DROP SLIGHTLY AT 88 DEGREES.

OVERALL THE HEAT DOES STICK AROUND FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

BACK TO 91 DEGREES BY WEDNESDAY.

FOR THE MOUNTAINS WE ARE IN THE 80s THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

WE DIPPED DOWN TO THE 70s AS WE DO GO INTO NEXT WEEK.

FOR THE DESERTS WE WILL REMAIN HOT.

YOU DO SEE TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY INTO NEXT WEEK, YOU WON'T FIND TOO MUCH RELIEF OF THE HEAT AS WE GOING INTO MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY.

>>> SAN DIEGO IN SCHOOL SOON BE ABLE TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE ZOO'S TWO GIANT PANDAS.

GUESTS COULD VISIT THEM IN THEIR NEW HABITAT ON AUGUST 8.

THEY WERE SENT TO THE U.S. FROM CHINA HAS ASSIGNED A FRIENDSHIP AND ARE THE FIRST GIANT PANDAS TO ENTER THE COUNTRY IN TWO DECADES.

SAN DIEGO IS HOME TO ONE OF THE OLDEST GAY BARS THIS YEAR AND IT TURNS 100 THIS YEAR.

>> IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THE BIG CELEBRATION TO BEGIN , PRIDE PARADE AND FESTIVALS SYMBOLIZING THE PROGRESS MADE BY SAN DIEGO'S LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

THAT HAS FLAGS ARE WAIVED AND THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING AN IMPORTANT PART OF LOCAL LGBTQ HISTORY IS NOT FOUND IN HILLCREST.

IT'S HERE IN POINT LOMA ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHAT IS NOW LIBERTY STATION, A BELOWGROUND BAR, ORIGINALLY CALLED THE 19th HOLE, A TIP OF THE HAT TO THE GOLF COURSE ACROSS THE STREET WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

>> 1924, A STAR BACK AS WE COULD FIND THIS .

>> KAREN SHERMAN HAS OWNED THE PLACE SINCE 2000 BUT TOOK OVER RUNNING IT IN 2015.

>> IT WAS STARTED BY SOME NAVY WIVES WHO WERE AVID GOLFERS.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT UNTIL 1933 AT THE END OF PROHIBITION.

IT WAS A SPEAKEASY DURING THAT TIME.

>> SHERMAN SAYS IT WAS THE 19th TOLL UNTIL THEY BLEW DOWN THE SIGN.

IT BEGAN SIMPLY KNOWN AS THE WHOLE.

IT'S A NO MAS TO ITS ORIGINAL NAME.

>> I'M PROUD OF IT AND THE HERITAGE.

>> CROSBY ROPER, THE GENERAL MANAGER HERE, HE'S ALSO KAREN SHERMAN'S SON.

>> FAMILY AND BUSINESS CAN BE ROUGH BUT WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND DESPITE EVERYTHING, WE ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK.

>> MOTHER AND SON SHARE THE MISSION WHEN IT COMES TO THE WHOLE, A COMMON PURPOSE.

>> THIS BAR IS SUCH A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> SEEING OUR COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER .

THE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A LOT IN COMMON FIND THIS COMMON GROUND, BEING ABLE TO REACH EACH OTHER ON A HUMAN LEVEL.

>> LONG BEFORE THE INTERNET, GAY BARS WERE THE PRIMARY PLACES IN SAFE SPACES WHERE THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY COULD COME TOGETHER.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HAS EVOLVED.

>> Reporter: A HISTORIAN OF SORTS, HE RUNS AN ONLINE COMPENDIUM OF GAY BARS PAST AND PRESENT.

HE SAID THE WHOLE IS LIKE A LOT OF GAY BARS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED NEAR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

YOU MAY KNOW LIBERTY STATION USED TO BE THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AND OF COURSE THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT IS STILL AROUND, JUST DOWN THE STREET.

>> THESE PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME WERE DISPLACED FROM THEIR FAMILIES.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR HISTORY AS A COUNTRY, FOR DECADES, CENTURIES EVEN, PEOPLE REMAINED CLOSE TO HOME AND WHEN THE WAR CAME ON AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE CRAWLING OUT AND WHEN THEY RETURNED THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT AND THEY GOT TO EXPLORE A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THEMSELVES.

SO I GUESS WE COULD GIVE THE WAR SOME CREDIT FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE GAY COMMUNITY.

>> SMITH SAYS THE WHOLE IS AT LEAST THE THIRD OLDEST GAY BARS IN THE COUNTRY.

THE PROBLEM HE SAID IS THAT IT'S HARD TO PIN DOWN THE DATES OF WHEN GAY BARS ACTUALLY OPENED.

>> WE HAVE TO RELY ON DOCUMENTS LIKE POLICE RAIDS, EXPOSES IN THE MEDIA.

A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE MILITARY NOTICES.

THE MILITARY WAS INFAMOUS FOR BANNING PEOPLE FROM GOING TO BARS THAT THEY SUSPECTED WERE YOU KNOW, INAPPROPRIATE PLACES FOR THE MILITARY WHICH USUALLY MEANT THAT THEY WERE GAY OR LESBIAN.

>> ONE THING HE IS CERTAIN IS THAT THE WHOLE IS THE OLDEST GAY BAR THAT'S ALWAYS OPERATED IN THE SAME PLACE.

AT THE BAR, IT'S IMPRESSIVE HISTORY ASIDE, THERE ARE THE DAY-TO-DAY CHALLENGES AND ANNOYANCES OF DOING BUSINESS HERE.

>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE PLAIN NOISES.

WE WILL PAUSE.

>> LIKE MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE POINT LOMA AREA, THE WHOLE SITS UNDER SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONALS TAKE OFF FLIGHTPATH BUT WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK IS A NEGATIVE, KAREN SHERMAN SAYS IS ACTUALLY A POSITIVE.

>> THE AIRPLANES IN SOME WAYS HAVE SAVED US FROM NOISE COMPLAINTS.

EVERYONE AROUND HERE, EVERY RESIDENTIAL UNIT AROUND HERE AND COMMERCIAL UNITS AROUND HERE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FAA AMID THE NOISE MITIGATION.

>> WE SHOT THE STORY ON A THURSDAY, EARLY IN THE EVENING THE RUGBY AND SOFTBALL TEAMS, THAT THE BAR SPONSORS WERE HERE AND AS THE SUN SET THINGS PICKED UP.

THERE WAS KARAOKE.

>> IT'S A REALLY CARING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT.

PEOPLE COULD COME IN AND FEEL SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.

>> DID YOU KNOW IT'S 100 YEARS OLD?

>> IT'S 100 YEARS OLD TONIGHT?

THIS YEAR.

WOW, HOW COOL.

>> FROM PRE- PROHIBITION TO THE SUPPOSEDLY DRY YEARS OF PROBATION TO WORLD WAR II RIGHT THROUGH THE REST OF THE 20th CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF THE WAY THROUGH THE 21st, SAN DIEGO'S OLDEST GAY BAR SURVIVES AS NOT ONLY A REPOSITORY OF LOKI LOCAL HISTORY BUT A PLACE TO FEEL SAFE, TO BE A COMMUNITY, AND TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> YOU COULD FIND THE STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE ON KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

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