>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE LOOK AT THIS BEST ORIGINAL REPORTING FROM KB PS NEWS THIS WEEK.

WE HAVE A LOOK AT HOW SAN DIEGO WEATHERED THE PANDEMIC.

TROOPS ARE LEAVING AFGHANISTAN >> Reporter: MANY LOCAL FAMILIES ARE STILL COPING WITH THE LOSS.

A COUPLE WHO LOST A SON 15 YEARS AGO DESCRIBES THEIR ONGOING STRUGGLE.

>>> REMEMBERING A SAN DIEGO ICON.

KPBS LOOKS BACK ON THE LIFE OF FATHER JOE CARROLL.

WE WILL START WITH THE STORY OF OUR TIME.

ONE THAT IS FAR FROM OVER.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS SAN DIEGO, HAS BEEN HAD A RISE IN COVID-19 CASES.

HOW VACCINE IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: ON TUESDAY, THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACCEPTED A $24 MILLION GRANT.

THAT WILL BE USED TO ADDRESS COVID-19 DISPARITIES AMONG UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

THIS COMES AS CASES ARE ON THE RISE.

THE COUNTY IS NOW SEEN AT DOUBLE THE CASES THAN A MONTH AGO.

HOSPITALIZATION HAS INCREASED BY 36%.

WEDNESDAY, GOVERNOR NEWSOM, PLEADED FOR RESIDENTS TO GET VACCINATED.

>> TO THOSE NOT VACCINATED.

THOSE IN THE HOSPITALS.

THEY ARE OVERWHELMINGLY, PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: VACCINE HESITANCY BE CONTINUES TO BE A VARIANT IN FIGHTING THE VIRUS.

WITH THE RECENT COUNTY SURVEY ABOUT THE RESIDENTS VIEWS ON THE VACCINE.

>> ABOUT ONE IN FIVE ADULTS TELL US THEY ARE NOT ONLY VACCINATED YET, THE MAJORITY SAY THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF GETTING VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THOSE HESITANT OUR YOUNGER FOLKS WHO DO NOT SEE COVID AS IT RIGHT.

THEY'RE ALSO NOT CONFIDENT OF THE VACCINE.

>> AND COVENANT AND SAFETY OF THE VACCINE.

THE WORRY ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS AND THEY FEEL THE DEVELOPMENT WAS TOO RUSHED.

AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WHAT THE LONG-TERM RESULTS MIGHT BE.

>> Reporter: VACCINATION EFFORTS NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON THOSE OPEN TO GETTING THE VACCINE.

>> I THINK, WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON, FIRST OF ALL, THE 20% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED.

WHOSE STILL FEEL VERY LIKELY TO GET VACCINATED.

LONG-TERM ISSUES CAN OCCUR IF THESE PEOPLE AREN'T VACCINATED.

AND FOCUS ON HOW THIS CAN IMPACT THEIR LIVES.

>> 40% OF THOSE SURVEYED SAY THEY ARE LIKELY TO GET THE VAX TEAM.

>> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW ARE STILL THINKING ABOUT GETTING A COVID-19 VACCINE.

KPBS, CAN BE A RESOURCE.

WE HAVE A MAP ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WAS SO YOU WERE TO GET A VACCINE IN OUR AREA.

IT IS PART OF OUR KPBS COVERAGE AT KPBS.ORG.

CLICK THE VACCINES LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE REMINDERS OF THE COVID-19 WITH THAT COVID WILL BE WITH US A LITTLE LONGER.

SEATING AREAS KNOWN AS PARTNERS.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME DOWN THIS WEEK.

MELISSA MAY, EXPLAINS WHY THEY NEED MORE TIME.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE AREN'T ENJOYING THE SUMMER AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

SEATING IN PARKLAND, THAT MANY SAN DIEGO RESTAURANTS PUT UP.

>> SITTING OUTSIDE, ENJOYING A GLASS OF WINE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S, LITTLE ITALY NETWORK BUILT SOME REALLY NICE OUTDOOR DINING SPACES.

>> IS LITERALLY, LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE HAVE OUR FOOD OUT.

THEY WANT TO COME IN.

>> Reporter: JEFF ROSATI, IS THE GENERAL MANAGER IN LITTLE ITALY.

AND IT COST ABOUT $10,000 TO BUILD.

>> Reporter: IT ALLOWED RESTAURANTS TO BUILD PARKS LIKE THESE OUTSIDE OF THE RESTAURANTS.

TO ACCOMMODATE FOR OUTDOOR SEATING.

THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED, LAST NIGHT THAT THEY WOULD EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO AUGUST 2nd.

FOR RESTAURANTS TO RESTRUCTURE THE PARKING LOT TO STAND UP TO STATE LAW.

>> Reporter: JULY 19th WAS THE DEADLINE FOR THEM TO BRING THEIR RESTAURANTS UP TO.

BUSINESS OWNERS WHO DID NOT COMPLY COULD HAVE FACED UP TO A $10,000 FINE.

WE'RE LUCKY.

WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY IN THE STATE.

IF IT MEANS CUTTING THE ROOFS OFF.

AND GETTING IN COMPLIANCE.

THAT'S OKAY.

ORWELL.

WE WILL DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

>> Reporter: WITH THE EXTENSION, RESTAURANTS HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

TO COMPLY TO FIT WITH LOCAL, FEDERAL AND FIRE CODES.

INCLUDING REMOVING ROOFTOPS.

>> WE ARE ON CITY PROPERTY.

THERE IS A GRAY AREA.

WHO IS LIABLE?

ALL IN ALL WE ARE THANKFUL THE CITY ALLOWED US TO DO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

FOR THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY IS STILL TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC.

>> WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT, THIS LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE TO HANDLE COME AND FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY TO GO WITH IT.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, IS WORKING WITH BUSINESS GROUPS, TO BRING THEM UP TO CODE.

THE CITY SAYS, COMMUNICATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN.

FOR FUTURE PARTS LET'S IN SAN DIEGO.

>>> THIS IS A HUGE WEEKEND FOR ONE SLICE OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANT SCENES.

SAN DIEGO'S BARS, LIKE MOST BUSINESSES HAD ENOUGH DURING THE EVENT PANDEMIC.

AS THE CITY CELEBRATES PRIDE.

HOW THESE SAFE HAVENS ARE REEMERGING.

>> Reporter: IT WAS MID JUNE.

TWO DAYS AFTER CALIFORNIA LIFTED ITS REALLY AND THEY WERE READY TO CELEBRATE AFTER A LONG 16 MONTHS.

IT HAS BEEN A HARD ROAD BACK.

SAN DIEGO'S OLDEST BAR HAS IT SURVIVED ATTACKS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC.

MOST RECENTLY, THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS.

WHEN THE 2020S PRIDE WAS CANCELED.

THAT'S WHEN THEY THOUGHT THE RUN MIGHT BE OVER.

>> THAT TO ME, WAS A HARD BLOW.

NOT JUST COVID, IT WAS LOSING PRIDE.

LOSING PRIDE TO ANYONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUSINESSWISE, IS HUGE.

WE BANK ON THAT ENTIRE WEEK.

IT'S JUST BIGGER THAN MOST PEOPLE CAN IMAGINE.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE ROLE IS CLOSED SHE DID SOME MINOR REPAIRS.

AND MADE AN EFFORT TO TAKE CARE OF THE STAFF.

SHE MADE THE MEALS EACH DAY, UNTIL THEY WERE ON UNEMPLOYMENT.

SOME RECEIVED APP A LOAN AND SOME COME SHE SAYS THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN SHE SAID SHE WOULD CONSIDERED CLOSING FOR GOOD.

>> I WOULD COME IN, I WOULD WALK AROUND THE BAR, AND THINK, I CAN'T DO THIS.

I WOULD JUST BE IN TEARS.

I STILL AM.

HONESTLY, SORRY.

IT'S OVER.

IT'S OVER, WE HOPE IT IS OVER.

WE ARE PASSIVE.

EVERYONE IS HEALTHY.

>> Reporter: NOT ALL GAY BARS MADE IT THROUGH LAST YEAR'S LOCKDOWN.

A LOUNGE KNOWN FOR SPECIALTY DRINKS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES.

ANNOUNCED IN OCTOBER, THEY WERE DECLARING BANKRUPTCY.

OVERALL, SAN DIEGO'S LBGTQ ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE SHOWN REMARKABLE RESILIENCE.

HELD UP BY THIS DOCUMENTARY SAN DIEGO'S GAY BAR HISTORY.

HE SAID THAT IF THE BARS ARE SEEN FOR A LOT MORE THAN JUST DRINKING.

>> GAY BARS ARE MORE THAN JUST REGULAR BARS FOR THEIR SANCTUARY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HIS EXPERIENCE A LOT OF PREJUDICE GROWING UP.

THAT IS SOMETHING THE STRAIGHT POPULACE AND HASN'T EXPERIENCE.

BEING THE MAJORITY OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC.

>> Reporter: THEY SERVE AS HUBS FOR THE GAY MOVEMENTS BAITING BACK TO THE 1960S.

PROTEST, AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, AND EVEN SAN DIEGO'S FIRST PRIDE WERE IN THE DARK AND DUSTY CORNERS OF THESE CLUBS.

BEAT BEFORE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT STEPPED UP.

TO DO WITH HIV AND AIDS AND STUFF.

THE COMMUNITY DEALT WITH IT THEMSELVES.

THAT IS A REASON THAT AN OLDER TELEVISION OLDER GENERATION OF LBGTQ HAVE A WARM SPOT FOR THE BARS.

>> Reporter: WHILE LBGTQ PEOPLE TODAY HAVE BEEN WORKED TO THE SHADOWS AND WAYS THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN INCONCEIVABLE A GENERATION AGO.

GAY BARS ARE STILL ESSENTIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ALVIN TORRES HAS COME TO THE RAIL ROUGHLY 6 YEARS.

BEAT MYSELF, AND MY PARTNER.

I MEAN, YEAH, IT IS HOME.

YOU KNOW?

IT'S LIKE COME COME PARENT GOING HERE TO SUMMER DOWNTOWN.

LIKE AT THE RAIL.

IS NOT THE SAME AS I GOING TO BARNEY'S, DOWNSTAIRS.

IT'S NOT THE SAME AS COMING HERE.

>> Reporter: TORRES, AND MANY OTHERS ARE ABOUT EXCITED ABOUT PRIME 2021.

THERE PUT TOGETHER A FULL SLATE OF EVENTS THAT SHOULD KEEP KATE GAY BARS BACKDROP THE WEEKEND.

>> Reporter: THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THEY WILL BE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE NEW AZTEC STADIUM.

IT IS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE MASSIVE SDSU EXPANSION IN MISSION VALLEY.

JOHN CARROLL, WITH A LOOK AT A SPECIAL MILESTONE ALONG THE WAY.

>> Reporter: UNDER A HOT JULY SUN, WORK IS MOVING AHEAD ON AZTEC STADIUM IN MISSION VALLEY, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PLAYED OUT AND WHAT WILL BE KNOWN AS BASHEAR TO FIELD.

BEAT WHAT AN AMAZING A COPPERSMITH WE HAVE HERE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA GINNY SOME CIVIC BOOSTERISM.

>> THE ENTIRE EXPANSION OF THE SDSU'S EXPENSE IS BIG, IT IS BOLD, IT IS EXCITING.

IT IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE DOING.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE SPEECHES, THE BIG EVENT.

THE RAISING OF A STEEL BEAM.

THEY DID WITH THE SIGNATURES FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO FIND.

AN AMERICAN FLAG, WITH A TREE ON TOP.

THE TREE AN ANCIENT SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK IN CONSTRUCTION.

YOU CAN SEE ITS ENTIRE JOURNEY TO THE TOP.

LOOKING AROUND HIS UNFINISHED STADIUM, ONE COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR BEING SKEPTICAL.

THAT IT WILL BE OPEN AND READY BY SEPTEMBER 3rd OF NEXT YEAR.

SAN DIEGO STATE PRESIDENT, IS IT ONLY COMMENTED THAT SHE IS SURE OF IT.

>> I AM WILLING TO BET ON IT.

THAT IS HOW MUCH I'M WILLING TO SAY I'M CONFIDENT ABOUT IT.

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: WITH ALL THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE NEW STADIUM TIME IT EASY TO FORGET THERE IS MUCH MOVING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT THE SITE WILL BELONG TO A NEW RIVERPARK, A RESEARCH INNOVATION HISTORY, 4000 NEW HOMES, AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WHICH LEADS TO A PRETTY OBVIOUS QUESTION, TRAFFIC IN MISSION VALLEY IS ALREADY HORRIBLE.

HOW WOULD THE VALLEY STRAIN TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, HANDLE ALL THOSE EXTRA PEOPLE?

>> HAVE A LOT OF DEGRADATION IN QUALITY IN LIFE.

THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION WE ADOPT THIS YEAR I HOPE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

>> SEPTEMBER, 2022, IS THE DATE IS SET TO OPEN.

THEY WILL PLAY ARIZONA.

THE GAME, IS ALREADY SOLD OUT.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT IS NOT JUST AMERICAN TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY WILL LOCATE SEVERAL AFGHANISTAN'S WHO HELPED THE UNITED STATES DURING THE 20 YEAR WAR.

THE U.S. WILL BE FULLY WITHDRAWN BY THE END OF AUGUST.

ONE OF THE U.S. TOP MILITARY LEADERS, SCOTT MILLER, TOOK THIS PHOTO AS HE LEFT THE COUNTRY, THIS WEEK.

FOR THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONE IN THIS WORK, COPING IS STILL A STRUGGLE.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER, STEVE WALSH, HAS ONE COUPLE STORY.

>> Reporter: JUSTIN O'DONNELL, WAS 24 YEARS OLD WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY.

HE HAD GRADUATED CALLED THIS.

HIS PARENTS STILL HAVE HIS PICKUP TRUCK OUT FRONT.

THEY DROVE IT HOME TO SAN DIEGO AFTER VISITING BEFORE HE DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2006.

>> WE TOOK THEM OUT TO DINNER, AT HIS FAVORITE CHINESE RESTAURANT.

THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAW HIM ALIVE.

>> IT HAS BEEN 15 YEARS SINCE JUSTIN DIED IN A FIERY HELICOPTER CRASH IN COLLIER, PROVINCE.

ALONG WITH NINE OTHER SOLDIERS.

>> FATHERS, OR NOT SUPPOSED TO BURY CHILDREN.

THERE IS NO CLOSURE FOR THAT.

THERE IS A IN JOURNAL KERNEL ENDEAVOR.

THAT IS STILL FILLED WITH GRIEF.

>> Reporter: JUSTIN O'DONNELL, WITH THE CALORIES SCOUT.

HIS PLATOON WAS ON THE MOUNTAIN AT NIGHT AT THE PAKISTANI BORDER.

ONE OF HIS PLATOON MATES, NICK PELOSI, SAYS THE MAN IS ALWAYS ONLY LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE WHEELS TO TOUCHDOWN PUT ON THE THIRD TRY, THE ROTOR STRUCK A TREE TOP.

>> JUST TUMBLED AND EXPLODED.

THERE WAS THIS MASS, MASS CARNAGE, BASICALLY.

>> Reporter: THEY HAD BEEN IN THE FIELD FOR WEEKS.

AT OPERATION MOUNTAIN LINE.

THE GOAL WAS TO TAKE TERRITORY CAPTURED BY AL QAEDA, AND THE TALIBAN.

>> WE COULD GET OUT IN THE, WE WERE YELLING.

IF YOUR HEART, AND STILL ALIVE, MOVE OR MAKE A SOUND.

WE WILL COME DOWN AND GET YOU.

>> Reporter: IN THE MORNING, THE SURVIVORS CAME DOWN TO RECOVER THE BODIES.

PELOSI, WAS INJURED AFTER HE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF THE HELICOPTER, DURING AN EARLIER ATTEMPT TO LAND.

>> AT THIS POINT, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.

>> Reporter: PELOSI, LED THE ARMY AFTER THAT FIRST 18 MONTHS OF DEPLOYMENT.

HE IS NOW LIVING ON IT FARM, IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

NEAR WHERE HE GREW UP.

>> THE DAMAGE, IS UNBELIEVABLE.

NONE OF THESE FAMILIES ARE EVER GOING TO BE THE SAME, AFTERWARDS.

>> FINAL MESSAGE.

>> Reporter: JUSTIN, LEFT UNLESS VOICEMAIL BEFORE HEADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO AFGHANISTAN.

JUST TO TELL HIS PARENTS HE WAS OKAY.

THEY ARE A MILITARY FAMILY, JUSTIN'S FATHER SPENT HIS CAREER IN THE NAVY.

HIS BROTHER KYLE, A NAVY PILOT.

HIS MOTHER PAM, SAYS SOME DAYS ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS.

>> I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE WAR.

BECAUSE, I THINK A LOT OF BOYS GOT KILLED FOR NO REASON.

WE DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY.

WHY WERE WE THERE?

I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: THE O'DONNELL'S, SET AROUND THE SAME DINING ROOM TABLE WHERE ARMY OFFICER SAID TO TELL THEM THE WINDINGS OF THE CRASH, NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO.

>> THEY SAID THE HELICOPTER CRASHED IN OUR SON WAS ALIVE.

>> Reporter: EIGHT REPORT OF THE CRASH REPORTS THAT TWO SERGEANTS TOLD THE LEADERSHIP THEY CONSIDERED THE NIGHT MET IN HIGH RISK, DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS BEING ATTEMPTED.

THE EFFECTIVE END OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, DOES NOT OFFER ANY SOLACE TO THE O'DONNELL'S.

>> YOU DON'T FOR GET.

YOU DON'T IGNORE, YOU DON'T LET IT SLIDE BY, FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

I HAVE AN APARTMENT IN ME, THAT IS BUSTED.

>> Reporter: IT IS STRETCHED ON FOR SO LONG, THAT THE PARENTS OF FALLEN SOLDIERS, WERE STILL WATCHING THE WAR ON TV, LONG AFTER THE CHILDREN HAD DIED.

AS THE AFGHAN WAR FINALLY COMES TO AN END.

THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD.

WITHOUT MOVING ON.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> COVID-19, STORIES ARE STILL A ONE AMONG OUR MOST READ AT KPBS.ORG.

THAT INCLUDES THE BACK AND FORTH ON WHETHER KIDS WILL HAVE TO WEAR MASKS IN SCHOOLS.

THE STATE IS LEAVING IT UP TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>>> THE TOP ENOUGH STEARMAN AT THE NEW AZTECS ARENA.

AND OUR LOCAL STORY ABOUT LOCAL SOCK SIGNINGS >> Reporter: PLENTY OF ATTENTION.

HERE IS WHAT KPBS'S REPORTER FOUND IN DELMAR.

>> Reporter: CAN UBER HAS BEEN SURFING DELMAR BEACHES MOST OF HIS LIFE.

HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE MORE THAN JUST THE DAILY SURFERS.

>> I'VE BLEW THE DRONE DOWN PAST VICKI STREET AND IMMEDIATELY SAW TWO JUVENILE WHITE SHARKS.

>> Reporter: WITH THOSE WHAT IS A CURE IS 19-YEAR-OLD DO?

>> WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE PADDLE BOARDS.

WE'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT SHARKS.

I LIKE ALL RIGHT, I'M DOWN.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FOOTAGE THEY GOT WHILE IN THE WATER THIS WEEK.

>> AS WE KEPT PADDLING AROUND, SURE ENOUGH.

THEY CAME BY.

TO ABOUT IT SO ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT, TOLD HER.

>> Reporter: HE DID NOT FEEL SCARED WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED THE SHARKS.

>> I KIND OF KNEW THIS MOTHER JUVENILE SHARKS ARE LESS AGGRESSIVE.

AND GENERALLY AFTER SMALLER THINGS LIKE STINGRAY FISH.

IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE, FOR SURE.

>> Reporter: DR. CHRIS LOWE, IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SHARK LAB AT LONG BEACH.

THE SHARKS HAVE BEEN INCREASING ALONG THE COAST OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

BECAUSE WE PROTECT THEM.

COMMERCIAL FISHING, AS A RESULT SHARK FISHES ARE COMING BACK.

TAKE A LITTLE WHITE SHARKS.

WHICH IS KIND OF COOL.

>> Reporter: HE SAID A GROUP OF JUVENILE WHITE SHARKS HAVE MADE DELMAR, THEIR HOME.

>> WE ARE LEARNING, THE SHARKS, THESE YOUNG ONES HAVE FAVORITE PLACES.

AT THE BEACH, ANY GIVEN SUMMER, THEY ARE THERE, THEY WILL BE THERE, DAY AND NIGHT FOR MONTHS AT A TIME.

THEN, SOMETHING CHANGES.

MAYBE THE WATER TEMPERATURE DROPS.

THEY WERE MOVED TO ANOTHER FAVORITE SPEECH.

>> Reporter: HE HAS PARTED WITH DELMAR LIFE GUARDS TO TRACK THE ACTIVITY OF THE SHARKS FOR RESEARCH.

>> NOW, THAT WERE TAKING THESE SHARKS WITH TRANSMITTERS.

THE LAST 10 YEARS.

WE ARE STARTING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE HEARS OF SHARK SIGHTINGS ALMOST EVERY DAY.

>> OUR BEACHES ARE AN AWESOME NURSERY FOR WHITE SHARKS.

THEY ALSO HAPPEN TO BE OUR FLAVOR.

>> Reporter: DR. LOWE, THINKS THE SHARKS WILL STICK AROUND.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE GROWN FOND OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

IF YOU'RE GOING OUT TO THE BEACH OR SURFING, ALWAYS BE RESPECTFUL.

IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER THEM.

AND GO OUT IN GROUPS.

IN DELMAR, TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LAST WEEKEND, THE FIRST AMERICAN TO WIN A STATE AT TOUR DE FRANCE.

IT IS MORE THAN A CENTURY OLD.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN A SPORT IS NOT EVOLVING.

A NEW KIND OF BIKE RACE CALLED TRUCK LACROSSE.

>> CHRIS NOBLE, TRUCK LACROSSE, WORLD TOUR.

TRUCK LACROSSE, IS WRITING A CYCLE ACROSS AN INSPIRED COURSE.

>> Reporter: ON A TRACK BIKE CYCLOCROSS, IS A TYPE OF WRITING WHERE THEY SHORT-CIRCUIT COURSE THAT GOES SUPER AS PER THEY JUMP OVER BARRIERS, THERE IS DIRT.

THERE'S GRASS, THERE'S STEPS, ALL SORTS OF FUN STUFF.

TRUCK PIKE, IS A EXTRA GEAR BIKE.

WE DON'T USE BRAKES.

SO NOBODY CRASHES INTO EACH OTHER.

IT IS MORE CHALLENGING.

IT TAKES A PRETTY EASY COURSE AND MAKES IT SUPER HARD.

YOU WON'T SEE $1000 WHEELS OUT HERE.

IT IS ALL ABOUT HAVING A GOOD TIME.

I'M SUPER EXCITED TO GET BACK OUT RIDING WITH FRIENDS.

AFTER WAY YOU HAVE OF NOT.

THERE IS GOING TO BE, A MALE/OPEN CATEGORY.

IN A SECOND CATEGORY FOR WOMEN, TRANCE, AND GENDER NONCONFORMING.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A JUMP COMPETITION.

IN A SKID COMPETITION.

IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME.

THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR THE WINNERS.

THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR THE LOSERS AS WELL.

WHOEVER GETS DEAD LAST WILL GET A PRIZE.

>> WILL.

>> THE STORY WAS FROM KPBS VIDEO , WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW ON YOUR PLAYLIST.

>>> THE KPBS JUNKIE PODCAST IS BACK FROM FIGHT I ADA.

I ADA.

WITH A SPECIAL LAUNCH PARTY ON TWITCH.

THERE ARE ALSO COMPANION SERIES YOU CAN STREAM ON YOUTUBE.

>> I AM THAT I, PART HOST OF THE KPBS CINEMA JUNKIE PODCAST.

I JUST RELAUNCHED THE PODCAST WITH SOME NEW FEATURES.

ONE IS A VIDEO CALLED GEEKY GOURMET.

FOR EACH PODCAST I WOULD DO A VIDEO.

THAT WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE SOME SORT OF FOOD OR DRINK ITEM, THAT IS THEMED TO THE TOP OF THE PODCAST.

OKAY, WE WANT TO SET THE OVEN TO 350.

THEN, YOU PUT THEM ON A COOKIE SHEET.

IN POP IN THE OVEN FOR ABOUT 11 MINUTES.

YOU WANT THEM TO BE A TOUCH GOLDEN AROUND THE EDGES.

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO NOW, THIS IS WHERE THE MARKERS COME IN HANDY.

YOU WANT TO GIVE IT A BLACK OUTLINE THAT IS SO ICONIC OF A COMIC BOOK IMAGES AND GRAPHICS.

HERE IS WHAT YOUR COMMENT COOKIES COULD LOOK LIKE.

I WISH I HAD BETTER ARTISTIC SKILLS.

I GUARANTEE YOU, THEY TASTE GOOD.

I ALSO MADE SOME COMIC BOOK TOXINS.

WHICH I THINK, TURNED A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

>> DOES TALK THE ONES LOOK GOOD.

GEEKY GOURMET IS POSTED TO THE KPBS.ORG PAGE.

ALSO STREAM ON THE KPBS SHOWS LIKE CROSSING SOUTH, ALL OF OUR REPORT TO STORIES AND FULL EPISODES OF KPBS EVENING EDITION.

>>> FINALLY, WE REMEMBER A SAN DIEGO ICON.

FATHER JOHN CARROLL DIED RECENTLY.

FOR DECADES HIS NAME WAS ANONYMOUS WITH THOSE HELPING AN EXPERT IN THOSE SUFFERING HOMELESSNESS.

OUR REPORTER CAUGHT UP WITH THROUGH A FEW OF THE MANY WHO WERE TOUCHED BY FATHER DOES WORK.

>> IS A PROGRAM DROP HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS.

FATHER JOE CARROLL, ONE OF THE NAMESAKE OF A SERVICE PROVIDERS DIDO WILL BEGIN AT AGE 80.

IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BRINGING FLOWERS TO HONOR HIM.

REMEMBER, HIS SELFLESS ATTITUDE.

PPS HELP ME OUT, GAVE ME A PLACE TO LIVE.

RESOURCES.

HE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE MISSED.

HE IS AN ICON HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

HE HAS SELF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: FATHER JOE, WAS A CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO MORE THAN THREE DECADES AGO DECIDED TO MAKE HIS WORK HELPING THE HOMELESS.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THE FACT THAT HE WAS SO WELL KNOWN TO BE ABLE TO GATHER FUNDS TO THOSE IN NEED.

HE HAS MENTIONED TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

IT WAS QUITE EASY.

IT WAS EASY, BECAUSE HE WASN'T DOING IT FOR HIMSELF.

>> Reporter: AND JIM VARGAS WAS TEARFUL AND COUNTY ONE OF HIS LAST CONVERSATIONS WITH CAROL.

WHEN HE TOLD THEM ABOUT A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS DEDICATED IMPART TO HIS LIFELONG WORK.

>> HIS LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON.

IN THE WORK WE DO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> Reporter: FATHER JOE'S MODEL, WITH SIMPLE, NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS.

HE WAS NAMED MR. SAN DIEGO BY THE ROTARY CLUB IN 2012.

>> MICHAEL, AND 30 YEARS, THESE ARE NEIGHBORS THAT NEED HELP.

WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR, WHO IS SICK.

THAT'S A NEIGHBOR.

WE HAVE A HOMELESS PERSON THAT IS SICK, THAT SOUNDS FEARFUL.

MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN, WE ARE NEIGHBORS, HELPING NEIGHBORS FOR THAT IS ALL WE ARE.

WE HELP THEM.

>> Reporter: HE CREATED A NATIONAL MONUMENT HE CALLED ONE- STOP SHOPPING.

HAVING SHELTER, JOB-TRAINING AND HEALTH SERVICES ALL IN A SINGLE LOCATION.

>> WE HE SAID WHY DON'T WE HAVE A ONE SITE PER PEOPLE IN NEED.

>> Reporter: HIS SELF-WORTH AND WORSENED OVER THE YEARS.

BECAUSE OF DEPUTIES HE HAD BOTH OF HIS LEGS ABITIBI, AND LOST AN EYE.

THAT DID NOT STORM DOWN.

ATTENDING PUBLIC EVENTS LIKE HIS ANNUAL HOLIDAY DINNER.

>> EVERYTHING AT HIS EVENTS, BEGINS WITH A MEAL.

THIS MEANS ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING FOOD.

IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS.

WHERE WE HOPE TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES.

OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

>> Reporter: DETAILS FOR A PUBLIC MORAL SERVICE WILL BE RELEASED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

MATT HOFFMANN, KPBS NEWS.

>> WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS LOOK AT KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK .

I'M MAYA TRABULSI, THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.