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>> >>DWANE: HI, I'M DWANE BROWN. TONIGHT ON KPBS EVENING EDITION, TWO COUNTY AIRPORT TOWERS
HAVE BEEN SPARED FROM FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS. GET A LAST MINUTE REPRIEVE. WE HAVE AN UPDATE
ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF ALLEGED ABUSE BY A BORDER PATROL AGENT.
>> >>: TONIGHT A LOOK AT NATHAN FLETCHER'S POLITICAL HAT TRICK, CHANGING PARTIES ONCE
AGAIN, AND WE'LL TELL YOU HOW SOCIAL MEDIA HELPED PUSH DISNEY TO CHANGE ITS PLAN TO TRADE
MARK A MEXICAN HOLIDAY. >> >>: IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC, I THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING FOR NORTH COUNTY.
>> >>DWANE: ESCONDIDO IS THE STARTING POINT THIS WEEKEND FOR MAJOR CYCLING RACE COVERING
750MILES. CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY ECAPTIONS. >> >>DWANE: HELLO, GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR
JOINING US. FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE CANCELED PLANS TO CLOSE REGIONAL AIRPORT TOWERS INCLUDING
THE ONES AT BROWN FIELD AND THE RAMONA AIRPORT. THE CLOSURE PLAN WAS PROMPTED BY FEDERAL BUDGET
CUTS. CONGRESS APPROVED A CHANGE, ALLOWING THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THE PLAN TO CLOSE
THE TOWER IN RAMONA, AN ARIEL FIGHT FIRE FIGHTING SQUAD RN IS BASED THERE. COUNTY SUPERVISOR
DIANE JACOB WAS A STRONG OPPONENT OF THE CLOSURE. SHE'S CALLING FOR A MORE PERMANENT FUNDING
FIX. THE FAA WAS TARGETING TOWERS AT SMALLER AIRPORTS WITH FEWER TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS.
KPBS AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOUND A MOTION REQUESTING A COPY OF A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
USED IN A CASE BY AN ALLEGED ABUSE BORDER PATROL AGENT. JILL REPLOGLE JOINS US FROM
THE NEWS CENTER. FIRST, GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS CASE.
>> >>: SURE, SO ON JULY�26, 2011 A MEXICAN CITIZEN NAMED ADOLFO CEJA WAS OBTAINED BY
BORDER PATROL. WHILE HE WAS BEING PROCESSED HE SAYS AN AGENT BY THE NAME OF FONC RKS SECA
KNEED HIM SEVERAL TIMES. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO CHARGED
CHARGES AGAINST THE AGENT FOR EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE. A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WAS USED AS
EVIDENCE. >> >>DWANE: WE HAVE THAT VIDEO, SO LET'S TAKE
A QUICK LOOK AT THAT. FONSECA >> >>: YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AGENT KNEES CEJA,
BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL IF HE ACTUALLY CHOKED HIM BECAUSE THE AGENT'S BODY BLOCKS THE CAMERA.
>> >>DWANE: WHERE DOES THE CASE ACTUALLY STAND RIGHT NOW?
>> >>: A JURY ACQUITTED FONSECA LAST MONTH BUT A DISCIPLINARY REVIEW BOARD IS EXAMINING
EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE WHETHER HE VIOLATED ANY AGENCY POLICIES.
>> >>DWANE: OUR FRONTERAS REPORTER JILL REPLOGLE. YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE AS
WELL, KPBS.ORG. A STATE WIDE DRIVE TO BAN PLASTIC BANS FROM
MOST STORES GOT A BOOST FROM THE CALIFORNIA GROCIERS ASSOCIATION THIS WEEK. LEGISLATION
BY STATE SENATOR ALEX PADILLA SAYING IT PROVIDES CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABLY FOR CONSUMERS.
HE WAS IN SAN DIEGO FOR A VISIT WITH MAYOR AND COUNTY OFFICIALS. HE SAYS HIS PROPOSAL
WOULD BAN PLASTIC BAGS IN GROCERY STORES AND PHARMACIES AND SUPERCEDE ROUGHLY 70 PLASTIC
BAN ORDINANCES IN CITIES ACROSS THE STATE, ENCOURAGING SHOPPERS TO BRING RI USEABLE BAGS
OR PAY 10 CENTS A POP FOR PAPER. >> >>: THIS BILL IS SORT OF AN ODE TO MY GRAND
MOTHER'S. MY PARENTS ARE FROM MEXICO. I REMEMBER GROWING
UP VISITING GRANDMA HAVING THESE REUSABLE BAGS THAT WE USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN GOING
TO THE GROCERY STORE, TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE ON A NEARLY DAILY BASIS.
WE'VE COME AWAY FROM THOSE HABITS AND I THINK THEY HAD A POINT AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK
OUR WAY BACK THERE. >> >>: I KNOW PEOPLE ARE USED TO CREATURES
BY HABIT ONE THING AND THEY DON'T LIKE A CHANGE, BUT HONESTLY, I THINK IT'S A GREAT CHANGE.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO TO PAPER, LESS ISSUES. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO CARE A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT IT. HONESTLY Y THINK IT'S A GREAT MOVE.
>> >>DWANE: SOLANA BEACH IS THE ONLY CITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNT TEE BAN PLASTIC BAGS, BUT
SOME BUSINESSES SAY IT'S HURTING SALES. NOW THE CITY'S FORMER MAYOR IS PUSHING TO GET
IT REPEALED. NOW, SENATOR PADILLA IS SPAWNS SPONSORING
ONE OF TWO STATE WIDE PLASTIC BAG BANS MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE. WE
TOLD YOU ABOUT FORMER ASSEMBLYMAN NATHAN FLETCHER'S DECISION TO SWITCH POLITICAL PARTIES AGAIN.
AMITA SHARMA IS IN FOR PEGGY PICO TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT THE POLITICAL SHUFFLE. STIRKS
FORMER ASSEMBLYMAN AND MAYORAL CANDIDATE NATHAN FLETCHER HAS CHANGED HIS POLITICAL AFFILIATION
TWICE IN JUST ONE YEAR. WHILE RUNNING FOR MAYOR, FLETCHER BECAME AN INDEPENDENT, AND
LAST WEEK HE ANNOUNCED HE'S A DEMOCRAT. WHAT'S DRIVING THE POLITICAL CONVERSIONS?
FOR SOME INSIGHT WE TURN TO VOICE OF SAN DIEGO'S SCOTT LEWIS. WHEN NATHAN FLETCHER SWITCHED
FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LAST YEAR, DURING THE SAN DIEGO MAYORAL RACE TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT,
HE CONDEMNED BOTH PARTIES. WHY DOES HE THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
A GOOD FIT NOW? >> >>: YOU KNOW F YOU READ HIS MANIFEST O,
HE PUT IT ON FACEBOOK, THIS LONG THING ABOUT WHY HE WANTED TO JOIN THE PARTY, HE SAID AND
ADMITTED THAT UNLIKE BEFORE WHERE HE SAID HE HADN'T CHANGEED AND IT WAS JUST THE PARTIES
THAT HAD CHANGED. WHAT HE SAID NOW IS YEAH, I DID CHANGE.
IF YO LOOK AT IT IT'S KIND OF WRITTEN AS THOUGH HE WAS COMING OUT. IT HAS A LOT OF IT SAME
LANGUAGE AS SOMEBODY WHO'S COMING OUT WITH OTHER THINGS THEY KNEW ABOUT THEMSELVES THEY
WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH COMING OUT ABOUT. IT WAS KIND OF FASCINATING THING, AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE SAYING DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, PEOPLE ADVISING HIM TO TRUST MIM HIM TOO, DEAL WITH
THE CRITICISM, IT WAS A FASCINATING WAY TO TRY TO QUELL THE CONCERN OR THE CRITICISM
HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO GET. HE WAS BE AN OPPORTUNIST AND CYNICAL.
>> >>: WHAT MADE HIM CHANGE? >> >>: YOU KNOW, THERE'S FOUGHT A LOT OF MEAT
IN THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION. HE SAYS HE BECAME A FATHER, HE SAYS HE FEELS LIKE THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOW THE PARTY THAT ONLY IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE IT, NOT
NECESSARILY OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T MADE IT, IN A SENSE OF WEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE SIDE OF THINGS LIKE IMMIGRATION AND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR GAYS AND LESBIANS.
SO I THINK HE'S TRYING TO TOW THAT FINE LINE OF BEING ULTRA SINCERE AND KNOWING EVERYONE
KNOWS HE HAS LEFT THE TEAM. HE HAD TWO OPTIONS. HE COULD TRY TO FORM AN
INDEPENDENT NETWORK OR PARTY OF SOME KIND OR JOIN THE DEMOCRATS. AND IT'S A LOT EASIER
TO JOIN THE DEMOCRATS THAN TO BUILD A MOVEMENT THAT NOBODY HAS SUCCEEDED IN BUILDING.
>> >>: WHY NOW? WHAT'S THE POLITICAL CALCULATION HERE?
>> >>: I THINK IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY DECIDING TO BE A PADRES FAN. NOT THAT THE DEMOCRAT
DEMOCRATS ARE HAVING A LOSING SEASON, BUT YOU WANT THE FEELING YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FOR
A SPECIFIC RACE OR CALCULATION. ALSO, JUST, WHY NOT. IT WAS GOOD TIME TO KEEP HIMSELF
IN THE NEWS. HE AND CARL DEMAIO, SINCE THEY LOST THE MAYOR'S
RACE HAVE TRIED TO STAY ON THE RADAR, Y AND HE SUCCEEDED. IT WAS A WAY TO KEEP HIMSELF
GOING AND TO KEEP THE DISCUSSION GOING. >> >>: OPEN THE BAY FOR A FOR ANOTHER POLITICAL
RUN? >> >>: ALSO IT WAS THE DAY OF THE BIG DEMOCRAT'S
PARTY THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAD A BIG DINNER THAT HE HAD A STANDING OVATION AT,
HE PROBABLY WANTED TO GET THAT. WE'LL SEE WHAT HE AIMS FOR. MAYBE CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
SOME TIME, SUSAN DAVIS, MAYBE MAYOR'S RACE IN 2016. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS A GOOD TIME
TO DO IT, SO IT WASN'T JUST PART OF A RACE. >> >>: OBVIOUSLY WE CAN NEVER KNOW FOR SURE.
BUT LET'S SPECULATE FOR A MOMENT. LOOKING BACK A YEAR AGO IN APRIL, IF HE HAD
DECIDED TO BECOME A DEMOCRAT INSTEAD OF AN INDEPENDENT, MIGHT WE HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT
OUTCOME IN THE SAN DIEGO MAYORAL RACE? >> >>: I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THAT WAS
A HAIL MARY AND HE GOT AS FAR AS HE COULD WITH ANY KIND OF HAIL MARY, THE HE THREW.
I THINK YOU KNOW, THEY� THE PROBLEM IS THE PRIMARIES. PRIMARIES ARE SO POWERFUL BECAUSE
SO FEW PEOPLE VOTE THAT THE IT'S JUST THIS YOU HAVE TO BE VERY LOYAL TO PARTIES, HAVE
THE GRASS ROOTS, HAVE TO HAVE THE ORGANIZATION AND MONEY TO PULL IT OFF. HE COULDN'T BE CARL
DEMAIO OR BOB FILNER WHO ARE BOTH VERY PARTISAN THROUGH THIS THIRD ROUTE. SO IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN SEEN AS JUST AN EVEN MORE OPPORTUNIST THAN IT WAS.
>> >>: HOW IS THIS GOING TO SWITCH BY LEADERSHIP� TELL ME ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP.
>> >>: OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY? THEY LOVE IT. THEY'RE SO EXCITED. PEOPLE LIKE JUAN VARGAS
WORKED ON HIM FOR MONTHS. >> >>: MIGHT THE VOTERS THINK THIS GUY'S FLAKY?
>> >>: THIS IS GOING TO BE HIS HUGE PROBLEM GOING FORWARD IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. HE'S
GOING TO FACE PRIM PRIMARIES WHERE HE'LL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR WHY WAS HE BROS WITH NEWT GINGRICH
AND GROVER NORQUIST, AND ON BOARD WITH THIS TEAM, AND HOW CAN WE TRUST HIM IN THE FUTURE.
HE'S JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT IF HE WANTS TO WIN.
>> >>: THERE IS NOT ANOTHER SWITCH LEFT FOR HIM IN THE FUTURE, IS THERE?
>> >>: WHO KNOWS, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S RELIGIOUS SWITCHES OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S� LOOK, HE SAYS THAT THIS IS HIM BEING MORE TRUE AND CLEAN AND OPEN THAN HE HAS AND
SO IF HE'S LIKE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT BEFORE MAYBE HE'LL THRIVE.
>> >>: THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US. >> >>DWANE: BIKE RACING FANS WILL FLOCK TO
ESCONDIDO THIS WEEKEND FOR THE START OF TOUR OF CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 70,000 FOLKS ARE EXPECTED
TO WATCH THE START ON SUNDAY. >> >>: IT'S GOING TO BE BROADCAST AT 220 COUNTRIES.
WE WILL TAKE THAT, AND ESCONDIDO WILL BE ON THE MAP. IT'S A GREAT EXPOSURE FOR OUR CITY.
>> >>DWANE: THE TOUR COVERS 750MILES FROM ESCONDIDO ALL THE WAY UP TO SANTA ROSA IN
THE BAY AREA OVER EIGHT DAYS. REMEMBER THAT RARE BALD EAGLE NEST WE SHOWED YOU AWHILE
BACK IN RAMONA? IT HAS A NEW OCCUPANT, ONE BABY BALD EAGLE. FOLKS AT THE WILD LIFE RESEARCH
INSTITUTE SAY A CHICK IS ABOUT A MONTH ODE. THERE WAS A SECOND EGG IN THE NEST, BUT DIDN'T
HATCH. THE EAGLE CHICK IS EXPECTED TO STAY THERE FOR ABOUT 10 WEEKS BEFORE IT STARTS
FLYING. MORE SEA LIONS ARE BACK IN THE WILD TONIGHT.
THIS VIDEO COMES FROM THE NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL CENTER WHICH SAYS MORE THAN 1300 YOUNG
SEA LIONS HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS YEAR.
FEDERAL RESEARCHERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GIANT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY TRIES TO TRADE MARK THE NAME OF A POPULAR
MEXICAN HOLIDAY? IT GOES VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE PLAN CHANGES AS AMITA SHARMA EXPLAINS.
>> >>: ONLINE OUT RAGE FORCED DISNEY TO DROP ITS BID TO TRADE MARK THE PHRASE DIA DE LOS
MUERTOS. THE MEGA COMPANY FOUGHT EXCLUSIVE DOMAIN TO SELL MERCHANDISE WITH THE NEW PICKS
AR FILM INSPIRED BY THE HOLIDAY. THE MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY WASN'T HAVING
IT. AND SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE TWITTER AND FACEBOOK INSURED THEIR VOICES WERE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.
JOHN ROSSMAN SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR FOR KPBS FRONTERAS DESK JOINS ME NOW. THIS IS YET AGAIN
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA. BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, TELL ME THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THIS HOLIDAY FOR MEXICANS AND CENTRAL AMERICANS. >> >>: RIGHT, SO DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IS CELEBRATED
ALL THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA. IT ORIGINATED IN MEXICO AND IS A HUGE NATIONAL HOLIDAY THERE.
THE HOLIDAY IS REALLY ABOUT CELEBRATING AND COMMEMORATING THOSE IN YOUR FAMILY WHO HAVE
PASSED AWAY. BUT IT'S ALSO KIND OF ABOUT RECONNECTING WITH THEM.
IT'S A DAY WHERE YOU SOME BUILD ALTERS, YOU BRING PHOTOS, MAKE THEIR FAVORITE MEAL, AND
IT'S A DAY WHERE IT'S MORE THAN JUST REMEMBERING YOU'RE ABLE TO KIND OF CONNECT WITH SOMEONE
WHO'S PASSED AWAY. SO IT'S A HALL DAY THAT'S REALLY AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE EXTREMELY IMPORT TONIGHT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
>> >>: DISNEY FILED TO TRADE MARK THIS PHRASE, DIA Y DE LOS MUERTOS, WHAT KIND OF MERCHANDISE
DID IT WANT TO SECURE THIS NAME FOR? >> >>: THEY FILED 10 TRADE MARK APPLICATIONS
AND IT'S EASIER TO THINK OF IT, THEY FILED I THINK LIKE 19 FOR THE MOVIE TOY STORY.
SO IT'S THE SAME THING, T SHIRTS, FRUIT SNACKS, SHOES, THEY WERE FILING THESE TRADE MARKS
BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL TITLE OF THEIR FILM, DIA DE LOS
MUERTOS, SO THEY WANTED TO PROTECT THEIR ASSETS THAT KIND OF FALL UNDER THE TITLE OF THAT
FILM. >> >>: SO WALK ME THROUGH THIS STORY, JOHN.
DISNEY FILLS OUT THE TRADE MARK APPLICATION, WHO BROKE THE STORY?
>> >>: SO IT WAS THE SMALL KIND OF TRADE JOURNAL THAT FOLLOWS DISNEY. THEY WROTE ABOUT THEM
FILING THESE TRADE APPLICATIONS AND FOR THIS UPCOMING MOVIE THAT PICKS AR IS MAKING. ONE
OF OUR REPORTERS MONICA FOUND IT AND SHE KIND OF BROUGHT IT UP IN OUR MORNING NEWS MEETING.
WHILE SHE WAS TALKING I LOOKED ONLINE AND SAW THAT IT WAS T KIND KIND OF HADN'T BEEN
UP YET. SO I WROTE AN ARTICLE, I DID A MAD DASH BECAUSE
WHEN YOUR ONLINE AND EVERYTHING HAS KIND OF A RACE TO BE FIRST, AND WHILE MONICA WAS ALSO
KIND OF DOING REPORTING AND WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON IT.
SO WE GOT IT UP, AND THEN JUST KIND OF PUSH TD OUT TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEN IT JUST STARTED TAKING A LIFE ON ITS OWN. I MONITOR WEB TRAFFIC AND YOU CAN JUST
SEE IT SNOW BALLING. IF YOU FOLLOWED US ON TWITTER ON THAT DAY
YOU WERE PROBABLY REALLY ANNOYED BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE WERE REALLY TALK ABOUT.
>> >>: IN FACT, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE RESPONSE TO DISNEY'S PLAN. HERE IT
IS. AND SO NEWS GETS OUT, AS YOU SAID, AND THERE
IS A MEXICAN WOMAN IN COLORADO WHO HAPPENS TO BE A HEALERMENT.
SHE STARTS AN ONLINE PETITION. WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE TO THAT PETITION?
>> >>: IT WAS THE SAME AS EVERYTHING ELSE. IT WAS A PETITION ON CHANGE.ORG, TELLING DISNEY
TO REMOVE THIS. I THINK ALSO JUST BEING COGNIZANT OF HOW IMPORTANT
THIS HOLIDAY IS, AND WHAT A BIG, YOU KNOW, MISSIGHT THIS WAS ON DISNEY'S PART.
TODAY IT HAS OVER 21,000 SIGNATURES. REALLY, WHAT THAT GREW TO BE WAS JUST A TESTAMENT
OF HOW OUT RAGED PEOPLE WERE ON THE SITE. THERE'S ALSO TESTAMENT OF HOW THE NEW MEDIA
ORDER I THERE'S THIS PETITION AND IT'S KIND OF A PART OF THIS GROWING OUT CRY, AND IT'S,
YOU KNOW, SYPHONING THAT, AND THEN ABLE TO BE A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE.
>> >>: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LESSON IS, THE SOCIAL MEDIA LESSON, IN ALL OF THIS?
>> >>: THE SOCIAL MEDIA LESSON, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF LESSONS. FIRST IT'S BEEN REPORTING
THAT THE SLEEPING GIANT THE LATINO POPULATION IN AMERICA IS WAKING UP, AND THEY HAVE A HUGE
VOICE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TAP INTO THAT. FOX NEWS LATINO, NBC LATINO, PITA
LATINO, IT'S THIS GROWING POWER AND I THINK MAYBE DISNEY, YOU KNOW, A PART OF THEM WERE
TRYING TO TAP INTO IT TOO. THEY'RE MAKING THIS MOVIE THAT CELEBRATES
THIS HUGE, IMPORTANT HOLIDAY, MAYBE IT WAS JUST A MISSTEP, BUT BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA,
IT'S FAR MORE TRANSPARENT AND FAR MORE OUT RAGE.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE LEARNED A LOT. >> >>: HAS THERE BEEN SIMILAR EFFORTS BY OTHER
COMPANIES BEFORE TO TRADE MARK A HOLIDAY? >> >>: UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF
A COMPLEX QUESTION. THERE IS ONE TRADE MARK FILING UNDER FOR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, SOME
HOUSTON COMPANY THAT DOES THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEATER THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK DISNEY'S
THEIR REAL TAKE AWAY WE WERE TRYING TO TRADE MARK THIS MOVIE, LET'S MOVE ON. WE WEREN'T
TRYING TO TRADE MARK A HALL HOLIDAY, AND INDIVIDUALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA EMPHASIZED THAT.
>> >>PEGGY: THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY; JOHN ROSSMAN.
>> >>DWANE: ADULT PUPPET CAB ARRAY CHALLENGES OUR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT PUPPETRY TO THE TYPE
OF PUPPETS IT USES. BETH ACCOMANDO EXPLAINS. >> >>: HEY, HOW'S IT GOING, SAN DIEGO?
I'M GARY, GARY SAN DIEGO THAT'S MY NAME. >> >>: OKAY, GARY SAN DIEGO MIGHT NOT BE THE
KIND OF PUPPET YOU'D USE FOR A KID'S SHOW, BUT HE'S PERFECT FOR AN ADULT PUPPET CAB RAY?
>> >>: DON'T EXPECT A REGULAR PUPPET SHOW. WE'RE DRAGGING EVERYTHING OUT, AND THE KITCHEN
SINK, AND A LOT OF THE PUPPETS WE'RE MAKING OUT OF GARBAGE, RECYCLED OBJECTS, FOUND OBJECTS,
VINTAGE CAST AWAYS AND THINGS WE'VE FOUND. >> >>: PUPPETEERS FOUNDATION ANIMAL CRACKER
CONSPIRACY. THEY REGULAR STAGED WHAT THEY CALL ADULT PUPPET CABARETS.
>> >>: WE DEFINITELY TRY AND CHANGE PEOPLE'S IDEA UZ ABOUT WHAT PUPPETRY IS. I THINK MOST
PEOPLE ASSUME IT'S FOR KIB KIDS, A, OR HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE MUPPETS.
AND WE BOTH COME FROM A FINE ART BACKGROUND SO IT DEFINITELY HAS THAT ELEMENT TO IT ALSO
WHERE WE'RE REALLY PUSHING BOUNDARIES IN WHAT'S EXPECTED IN PUPPETRY.
>> >>: ANOTHER THING REALLY INTERESTING TO US, IN FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA, THEY HAD SHOWS CALLED DAISIES AND EVENTUALLY MANY OF
THEM WERE CAUGHT AND KILLED BY THE NAZIS. SO PUPPETRY HAS THIS SUBVERSIVE ELEMENT TO
MAYBE POKE FUN AT THE POWERS THAT BE OR TO GET OUT THE WORD OF THE STREET.
>> >>: PUPPETS HAVE KIND OF HISTORICALLY BEEN FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE, WHICH IS
ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY LOVED. >> >>: ADULT PUPPET CABARET IS JUST ONE WAY
OF SPREADING THAT LOVE. >> >>: I'M JUST HANGING OUT, I'M A REGULAR
HERE AT THE PUPPET CABARET. >> >>: WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF
THIS IS YOUR FIRST ADULT PUPPET CABARET RN R.
>> >>: EARLIER THIS YEAR, ROUND TREE AND GUN STAGED AN ADULT PUPPET CABARET AT THE MUSE
QULM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS, AN OUT DOOR STAGE AT SPACE FOR ART IN SAN DIEGO'S EAST VILLAGE.
YOU CAN EXPECT MANY F THE SAME THINGS LIKE A PUPPET MAKING STATION.
>> >>: YOU TAKE A SOCK, AS THE BASE, AND THEN YOU TAKE USUALLY KIND OF A LONGER FUR, YOU
CAN MAKE HAIR WITH IT, MUSTACHE, AND DO LIKE A SCARF, AND THEN YOU TAKE THE GOOGLY EYES
OR YOU CAN USE BUTTONS OR THESE LITTLE PALM PALMS, AS EYES THEN NOSE. THEN YOU CAN USE
THIS FAB FABRIC AS THE TONGUE. >> >>: GUN IS BIG ON USING RECYCLED OBJECTS
FOR PUPPETS. >> >>: SHOPPING BAG CUT INTO LITTLE STRIPS.
>> >>: YOU'RE LOOKING AT MY ELBOW. >> >>: AND CARD BOARD ROLLED UP NEWS PAPER,
AND MASKING TAPE THAT HAS BEEN PAINTED WITH U KRILLIC.
>> >>: GUN AND ROUND TREE WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE NEXT PUPPET SHOW AND TRYING TO BROADEN
PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES ABOUT WHAT PUPPETRY IS.
>> >>: THANK THAT CAN BE MOVED BY AN ACTOR TO COMMUNICATE AN IDEA OR A MESSAGE. IF YOU
CAN USE IT AND TELL A MESSAGE OUTSIDE OF YOUR BODY YOU'RE ENTERING THAT KIND OF FABULOUS
GRAY AREA THAT MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY PUPPETRY IS EXPLORING RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A BIT OF
A RENAISSANCE ON. PEOPLE DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
>> >>: TO ME IT'S TAKING THE MATERIAL, WHICH IS AN OBJECT, AND AN MATING THAT.
SO ANIMA IS TO GIVE SOMETHING TO LIFE. WE LOVE IT BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE SO MANY DIFFERENT
THINGS. I THINK PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT AND BE SURPRISED.
>> >>: IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE A COCONSPIRATOR, JUST HEAD OUT FOR THE NEXT ADULT PUPPET CABARET
AND JOIN THE ANIMAL CRACKER CONSPIRACY. BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.
>> >>DWANE: ADULT PUPPET CAB A RKS RET TAKES PLACE NEXT FRIDAY AT SPACE FOR ART IN SAN
DIEGO'S EAST VILLAGE DOWNTOWN. >> >>: ON THE NEXT NEWS HOUR, TURMOIL IN PAKISTAN
AS A CRITICAL ELECTION APPROACHES. PLUS MARK SHIELDS AND MICHAEL GERSON. FRIDAY ON THE
PBS NEWS HOUR. >> >>DWANE: LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF A WRM UP FOR
THE WEEKEND. 70S ALONG THE COAST, PARTLY CLOUDY. INLAND TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S WITH A MIX
OF SUN AND CLOUDS, SUNNY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND TEMPERATURES IN IT TRIPLE DIGITS FOR THE
DESERT. ASPIRING ACTORS LISTEN UP, THERE'S A CASTING CALL TOMORROW FOR THE SEQUEL TO
ANCHOR MAN, THE COMEDY WHERE WILL FERAL TOLD SAN DIEGO TO STAY CLASSY. CASTING DIRECTORS
ARE LOOKING FOR AS MANY AS 300 PEOPLE. THEY'LL BE AT THE DOUBLE TREE IN MISSION VALLEY FROM
NOON TO 4:00�P.M. TOMORROW. BRING SOME PAPERWORK, A FEW PICTURES AND A FRIENDLY SMILE.
THE GATER BY THE BAY FES RL CELEBRATES BLUES AND BIEW MUSIC, NOT TO MENTION LOTS OF FOOD.
ONE SAN DIEGO BAND IS BILLY LEE AND THE SWAMP CRITTERS. THEY STOPPED BY OUR STUDIOS EARLIER
THIS WEEK AND PERFORMED ON KPBS EVENING EDITION. �� �� SHE GOT A HOLD, HOLD, ON ME.
�� �� SHE GOT A HOLD ON ON ME, SHE GOT A HOLD ON
BUT I KNOW WHAT TO DO. SHE GOT A HOLD ON ME, SHE GOT A HOLD ON ME,
YOU CAN HELP ME THROUGH. GONNA TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF LOVING.
GOING TO TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF LOVING. YOU CAN PLAY A PART.
WELL Y WENT TO THE PREACHER, I WENT TO THE EVERYBODY'S TELLING ME YOU'RE IN TROUBLE �� ��
SOME FOLKS THINK I'M CRAZY, FOR LOVING HER I KNOW THAT I LOVE HER I KNOW LOVE IS BLIND.
�� �� I WENT TO THE PREACHER, EVERYBODY'S TELLING ME YOUR IN TROUBLE �� ��
�� �� DEEP, DEEP, DEEP, DEEP, DEEP �� ��
>> >>DWANE: THAT WAS BILLY LEE AND THE SWAMP CRITTERS PERFORMING IN OUR STUDIOS HERE. THEY
ARE PERFORMING THIS WEEKEND AT THE GATER BY THE BAY FESTIVAL.
YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES AND DOWNLOAD THE KPBS APP ALL ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION.
THANKS FOR JOINING US. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY
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