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>>> THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT IS DEBATING WHETHER PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN IN THE U.S.

QUALIFY AS CITIZENS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI, AND WE HAVE COVERAGE AT THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL OF TODAY'S HEARING IN WASHINGTON ROOTED IN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S PUSH TO LIMIT BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.

IT'S PART OF HIS LARGER EFFORT TO REMAKE AMERICA'S IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

WE START IN OUR CROSS-BORDER REGION.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN LOOKS AT WHAT THIS CASE MEANS FOR CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> IT'S CLEAR THAT BIRTH RIGHT CITIZENSHIP IS FOR EVERYONE.

>> Reporter: KATHLEEN WAS BORN IN SAN DIEGO TO CHINESE VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANT PARENTS.

UNDER CURRENT LAW, THAT MAKES HER AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

HER CONCERN IS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PREVAILS AT THE SUPREME COURT.

>> THERE'S DEFINITELY THAT WORRY OF HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT THE, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE UNITED STATES FOR OVER 150 YEARS.

WOULD THIS BE IMPACTED ALL THE WAY UP OUR FAMILY TREE?

>> Reporter: ON HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING CHILDREN BORN TO PARENTS IN THE UNITED STATES UNLAWFULLY OR TEMPORARILY ARE NOT U.S.

CITIZENS.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF LAW DEAN ROBERT SHAPIRO SAYS THE ORDER UPENDS THE TRADITIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHO IS A CITIZEN, STEMMING FROM THE 14th AMENDMENT AND THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING IN UNITED STATES V. ARC IN 1898.

>> EVEN THOUGH HE WAS BORN IN THE STATE, BECAUSE HIS PARENTS DID NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF PERMANENT STATUS THAT HE WAS NOT A CITIZEN.

AND THE SUPREME COURT WITH THE LANGUAGE OF THE OPINION SAID THAT, OH, YES, HE IS A CITIZEN.

>> Reporter: THAT CASE WAS SETTLED NEARLY 130 YEARS AGO, BUT NOW IT'S BEING DRAGGED INTO THE PRESENT WITH SOME OF THE SAME ARGUMENTS BEING MADE.

HE SAYS THERE COULD BE A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS.

>> AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO TO THE FEELING IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS AND HOW SECURE THEY FEEL HERE AND THE UNCERTAINTY THAT THAT MIGHT INJECT INTO THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT FEELING IS MORE ACUTE THE ASIAN COMMUNITY, DESPITE SOME FAMILIES HAVING BEEN HERE MORE THAN 150 YEARS.

>> THE HISTORIC RACISM AT THE TIME, WE CAN'T FORGET THAT, THERE'S STILL SOME SOCIETAL AND RACIST FEELINGS PRESENT HERE FOR ASIAN AMERICANS TODAY.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER ISSUE THIS BRINGS UP IS WHAT HAPPENED TO FOULINGS, OR TO CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS WERE FOUND TO BE HERE TEMPORARILY OR UNLAWFULLY.

>> SO TRYING TO DOCUMENT AND PROVE WHO WAS A CITIZEN AND WAS NOT A CITIZEN WOULD BE A MAJOR ISSUE UNDER THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER.

>> Reporter: AN ISSUE THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR THE JUSTICES AT THE SUPREME COURT TODAY.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ATTENDED PART OF TODAY'S HEARING.

KARIN CAIFA CONTINUES OUR COVERAGE WITH MORE FROM WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE COURTROOM.

>> Reporter: SOLICITOR JOHN SAUER MAKING THE CASE TO THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT THAT THE 14th AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION WAS INTENDED TO GRANT CITIZENSHIP TO THE CHILDREN OF FREED SLAVES, NOT IMMIGRANT THERE IS THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.

>> UNLIKE THE NEWLY FREED SLAVES, THOSE VISITORS LACKED DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES.

>> Reporter: THE CASE STEMMING FROM A CHALLENGE TO TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED IN JANUARY 2025 RESTRICTING THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE BORN IN THE U.S.

TO BE U.S.

CITIZENS.

IT'S SINCE BEEN BLOCKED BY LOWER COURTS.

TRUMP MADE AN UNPRECEDENTED APEERNTS AT THE COURT, A FIRST FOR A SITTING PRESIDENT, BUT LEFT DURING PLAINTIFF ARGUMENTS, WHO LAID OUT WHAT'S POTENTIAL AT STAKE.

>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN BABIES WILL IMMEDIATELY LOSE THEIR CITIZENSHIP.

IF YOU CREDIT THE GOVERNMENT'S THEORY, THE CITIZENSHIP OF MILLIONS COULD BE CALLED INTO QUESTION.

>> Reporter: CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS PRESSED SAUER WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS QUIRKY ARGUMENTS, LEANING ON EXCEPTIONS TO EXCLUDE A MUCH LARGER GROUP.

>> AND THEN YOU EXPAND IT TO A WHOLE CLASS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE HERE IN THE COUNTRY, I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW YOU CAN GET TO THAT BIG GROUP FROM SUCH TINY AND SORT OF IDIOSYNCRATIC EXAMPLES.

>> Reporter: JUSTICE BROWN JACKSON.

>> HOW DOES THIS WORK?

ARE YOU SUGGESTING WHEN A BABY IS BORN PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE DOCUMENTS, PRESENT DOCUMENTS, IS THIS HAPPENING IN THE DELIVERY ROOM?

>> Reporter: SAUER SAID PARENTS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISPUTE DENIALS OF THEIR CHILDREN'S CITIZENSHIP.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>>> CATHOLICS GATHERED OUTSIDE SAN DIEGO'S FEDERAL COURTHOUSE THIS MORNING TO REAFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO ACCOMPANY MIGRANTS INSIDE.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE SAYS THAT'S DESPITE WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS INCREASED RESTRICTIONS IN RECENT WEEKS.

♪ ♪ >> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S FEDERAL COURTHOUSE TOWERED OVER THE DOZENS GATHERED OUTSIDE.

THEY LAID PALM BRANCHES DOWN THE PATH MIGRANTS WOULD WALK INSIDE.

IT'S A HOLY WEEK REENACTMENT OF HOW JESUS WAS WELCOMED INTO JERUSALEM WHERE HE FACED TRIAL BEFORE BEING CRUCIFIED.

>> JUST EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY WITH THE POLICIES OF IMMIGRATION COMING DOWN FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION.

AND I HAD TO TAKE A STAND.

>> Reporter: SISTER FRANCINA VIVIER VOLUNTEERS ACCOMPANYING MIGRANTS TO THEIR IMMIGRATION HEARINGS AND INTERVIEWS.

SHE SAYS MANY MIGRANTS COME ALONE, WITHOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION OR FAMILY, OFTEN THEY SPEAK LIMITED ENGLISH.

SHE SAYS GOING IN WITH THEM TO THE COURTROOM DIDN'T USE TO BE AN ISSUE WITH STAFF.

>> IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO IN AUGUST I WOULD GO UP AND TELL THEM I WAS HERE TO BE -- TO OBSERVE, JUST TO SIT IN THE BACK COURT.

AND THAT WAS VERY -- IT WAS VERY EASILY DONE.

>> Reporter: BUT SHE SAYS RESTRICTIONS HAVE TIGHTENED IN RECENT WEEKS.

SHE'S ASKED TO WAIT OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, SOMETIMES FOR HALF AN HOUR.

AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WHERE INTERVIEWS AND DETENTIONS TAKE PLACE -- >> THEY'VE PUT UP A SIGN THERE THAT SAYS NO LOITERING.

AGAIN, TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE, AND IF I DIDN'T, I WOULD BE ESCORTED OUT BY FEDERAL POLICE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS ONE VOLUNTEER RECEIVED A CITATION FOR STANDING AND PRAYING FOR MIGRANTS.

THIS MORNING BISHOP MICHAEL PHAM REAFFIRMED THE CHURCH'S COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE COMING ANYWAY.

>> WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY.

WE ARE NOT AFRAID.

>> Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY ANSWER KPBS'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE RESTRICTIONS.

KATIE, KPBS NEWS.

>> WE HAVE HEARD ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE ARRESTED WHILE SHOWING UP TO FEDERAL COURT FOR GREEN CARD HEARINGS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING A MOM FROM SACRAMENTO EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND.

SHE'S BACK IN CALIFORNIA AFTER BEING DEPORTED.

>> THERE'S NOTHING THAT I DIDN'T MISS MORE THAN MY DAUGHTER.

>> Reporter: EMOTIONS STILL RAW FOR MARIA DE JESUS JUAREZ, SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING DEPORTED TO MEXICO.

>> THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS DETAINED DURING A GREEN CARD POINT AND DEPORTED FEBRUARY 19th.

HER DAUGHTER SAYS SHE'S LIVED IN THE U.S.

SINCE SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD AND IS A DACA RECIPIENT.

>> SHE HAS BUILT HER LIFE HERE WITH HONESTY AND HARD WORK, BUT INSTEAD OF COMING HOME, SHE WAS DETAINED AND DEPORTED IN LESS THAN A DAY.

WE DIDN'T GET TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: MARIA'S LAWYER CALLS HER DEPORTATION UNLAWFUL, ARGUING THAT DECISION WAS BASED ON A 1998 REMOVAL ORDER THAT WAS NEVER FINALIZED.

>> WHEN WE GOT THE PAPERWORK, NOT ONLY WAS THERE THIS REINSTATEMENT ORDER BUT ALSO YOU LOOK AT THE 1988 EXPEDITED REMOVAL ORDER, AND THE SUPERVISORY BOX ISN'T CHECKED.

IF IS SUPERVISOR DOESN'T REVIEW THE DOCUMENT, IT'S NOT A FINAL ORDER.

>> Reporter: A LAWSUIT FOLLOWING HER DEPORTATION WAS FILED MARCH 10th.

ON MARCH 23rd, A COURT ORDER THAT MARIA BE RETURNED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.

>> THIS IS REALLY A CASE WHERE THE LAW WAS NOT FOLLOWED.

IT'S NOT QUESTIONABLE.

THAT'S WHAT'S SO FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING IS THAT DACA WAS THERE TO PROVIDE A SENSE OF SECURITY FOR PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE AS CHILDREN SO THAT THEY COULD WORK AND RAISE FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: WHILE MARIA IS BACK HOME WITH HER DAUGHTER, SHE SAYS BEING SEPARATED FROM HER HAS TAKEN A TOLL.

>> YOU CAN'T ENJOY LIFE WHEN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR LIFE IS IS NOT THERE.

>> Reporter: SHE'S VOWING TO FIGHT FOR THOSE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS.

>> WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO ANYONE.

I AM HOME NOW, AND I WILL USE MY VOICE TO MAKE SURE OTHERS THAT ARE SILENCED OR TAKEN AWAY THE WAY I DID.

>>> CALFRESH BENEFITS ARE NOW AT RISK FOR THOUSANDS WHO RELY ON FOOD ASSISTANCE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

STARTING TODAY NONCITIZENS ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

NEW FEDERAL RULES CALL FOR A PHASED ROLLOUT.

CURRENT RECIPIENTS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO USE THEIR CALFRESH CARDS, BUT THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO RECERTIFY.

LOCAL FOOD BANKS SAY THEY EXPECT TO SEE INCREASED DEMAND AS A RESULT.

>> THIS IS REALLY POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON LOW INCOMES, YOU KNOW, HAVE RELIED ON THOSE BENEFITS, NEED THOSE BENEFITS, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM AND ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FALL INTO THAT NONPROFIT SOCIAL SAFETY NET BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE PROVIDING THOSE BENEFITS FOR THEM.

>> THE NEW RULES ALSO APPLY TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY ESTIMATES 13,000 PEOPLE WILL BE AFFECTED LOCALLY.

>>> WE DRY OUT AND CLEAR OUT TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN TO THE LOWER 60s.

COMING UP, WE'VE GOT SOME WIND AND SOME WARMER WEATHER.

I'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THE WEEKEND IS SHAPING UP.

>>> A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH TODAY FOR NASA IN FLORIDA AS A CREW OF FOUR ASTRONAUTS BEGIN THEIR MISSION TO THE MOON.

>> TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, RS 25 ENTRANCE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, BOOSTER IGNITION.

AND LIFTOFF.

THE CREW OF ARTEMIS II NOW BOUND FOR THE MOON.

>> THE ARTEMIS II MISSION IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

THE CREW WILL FLY NEAR THE MOON, GATHERING INFORMATION THAT'S CRITICAL FOR A FUTURE MOON LANDING.

SAN DIEGO WILL PLAY A ROLE WITH A SPLASHDOWN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN OFF OF OUR COAST.

A CREW FROM NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE RECOVERY, AND YOU CAN BET WE'LL BE COVERING THAT PART OF THE STORY IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

>>> TWO SAN DIEGO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS HAVE WON FIRST PLACE IN A CSPAN COMPETITION FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER.

PENNER FELLOW EMMY BURRESS TALKED TO THE WINNERS.

>> Reporter: HARPER HAYDEN AND HELENA ARE EIGHTH GRADERS AT CORREA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEIR FIRST-PLACE DOCUMENTARY FOCUSES ON CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TODAY'S NO KINGS PROTEST AND THE COUNTRY'S FOUNDING.

>> IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS A NO KINGS MOVEMENT IN AND OF ITSELF BECAUSE IT WAS THE AMERICAN COLONISTS SAYING THAT THEY WANTED TO CUT THEIR TIES WITH BRITAIN AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE RULED BY A MONARCHY.

>> Reporter: THE TWO SPENT MONTHS INTERVIEWING, FINDING FOOTAGE, AND EDITING.

THEY TALKED TO LOCAL OFFICIALS AND ADVOCATES.

>> I JUST, LIKE, HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NEW PERSPECTIVE AFTER LISTENING TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT REALLY INSPIRED ME TO GO OUT AND JUST LIVE IN THE WORLD, JUST EDUCATE MYSELF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: INTERVIEWEES EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

BOTH HOPE IT CAN SHOW PEOPLE THE SAME AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> I THINK EXPRESSING OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IS PROBABLY THE MOST AMERICAN THING WE CAN DO.

>> Reporter: THEY MADE THEIR DOCUMENTARY IN A CLASS AT CORREA MIDDLE TAUGHT BY KINSLY AND CLARK.

>> THEY'RE OUR FUTURE LEADERS, SO THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEIR VOICE, THEY HAVE A VOICE AND THAT IT MATTERS.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THEIR SECOND YEAR ENTERING THE COMPETITION.

LAST YEAR THEY RECEIVED SECOND PLACE FOR THEIR FILM ABOUT FENTANYL AND THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER.

NOW THEY'VE BOTH DEVELOPED A LOVE OF FILM MAKING THEY HOPE TO PURSUE.

KPBS NEWS.

>> AND THIS STORY IS PART OF KPBS'S CONTINUING HISTORY COVERAGE AHEAD OF THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES THIS JULY 4th.

THE STUDENTS' DEMOCRACY TITLED THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE WILL AIR ON CSPAN APRIL 17th.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVES A PRIMETIME ADDRESS ON THE WAR WITH IRAN.

THAT'S COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD SEAL, YOU MIGHT THINK OF THE ANIMALS ALONG THE COST LINE.

PUT THE WORD NAVY IN FRONT OF IT, AND THE HUMAN BECOMES HUMAN, A VERY SPECIAL KIND OF HUMAN.

FOR APRIL'S MUSEUM A MONTH, KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TAKES US TO A PLACE THAT TELLS THE STORY OF SOME OF THE MOST ELITE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

.

>> Reporter: ACROSS THE STREET FROM DOWNTOWN SANTA FE DEPOT IS A 10,000-SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT PROVIDES ITS OWN KIND OF TRANSPORTATION.

INSIDE THESE WALLS, VISITORS ARE TRANSPORTED INTO THE FORMERLY SECRETIVE WORLD OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY'S SEA, AIR, AND LAND TEAMS, THE SEALS.

>> THE MUSEUM'S JOB IS TO PRESENT FACTS AND NOT OPINIONS BUT FACTS.

>> Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NAVY SEAL MUSEUM SAN DIEGO.

HE'S A RETIRED CAPTAIN AND SEAL HIMSELF.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE IN 80 YEARS OF RICH, ADAPTIVE, INNOVATIVE HISTORY AND TELLING THAT STORY ACCURATELY, I DO THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE FIST THINGS YOU SEE AFTER ENTERING THIS TWO-STORY MUSEUM IS THIS, THE SEAL NINE SET, AN IMMERSIVE THEATER EXPERIENCE OF THE INTENSE TRAINING THAT TURNED SAILORS INTO SEALS HERE IN CORONADO.

ABOUT ONE IN FIVE THAT TRY OUT TO BECOME A SEAL ACTUALLY MAKE IT.

>> RIGHT NOW IT'S 70 WEEKS JUST TO GET A SEAL TRY IN.

THEN YOU DO AN 18-MONTH TRAINING CYCLE.

TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF TRAINING BEFORE YOUR FIRST DEPLOYMENT.

>> Reporter: AS YOU WIND YOUR WAY THROUGH THE FIRST FLOOR, YOU COME TO THIS, A REMINDSER THAT THE NATURE OF BEING A SEAL CAN EASILY COME DOWN TO LIFE AND DEATH THIS.

INTERACTIVE MEMORIAL WALL LETS YOU SEE AND READ THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS IN A BLENDED FORMAT.

SO THERE'S WRITTEN WORD, THERE'S ARTIFACTS.

>> Reporter: LOTS OF ARTIFACTS.

THINK EQUIPMENT THE SEALS USED TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSIONS, HIGH-POWERED WEAPONRY, AND EQUIPMENT LIKE DIVER PROPULSION DEVICES, DPDs, AND THIS SDV, A SEAL DELIVERY VEHICLE THAT HAD TO BE BROUGHT IN USING A CRANE THROUGH A SECOND-STORY WINDOW.

ALL OF THIS CRITICAL FOR CLANDESTINE UNDERWATER TRANSPORT, AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE ARE, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T CALL THEM HIGH TECH.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT AS HIGH TECH AS IT GETS, A VIRTUAL REALITY MISSION WHERE YOU SIT IN WHAT'S CALLED A 4D CHAIR TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A SEAL ON A SECRET MISSION.

THIS ONE TO RESCUE HOSTAGES ON A TANKER.

I TRIED IT, AND IT IS DEFINITELY THE NEXT BEST THING TO BEING THERE.

>> WE'RE GETTING FANTASTIC FEEDBACK.

>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM HAS ONLY BEEN OPEN SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, BUT DREXLER SAYS SO FAR SO GOOD.

HE SAYS FROM ACTIVE DUTY TO VETERANS TO JUST EVERYDAY FOLKS, PEOPLE ARE LOVING WHAT THEY SEE HERE.

HE SAYS PART OF WHAT MAKES THE EXPERIENCE OF THIS PLACE SO SPECIAL IS THE VOLUNTEERS THAT INTERACT WITH VISITORS.

>> YOU GOT PARENTS THAT LOVE BRINGING THEIR CHILDREN HERE.

THEY TALK TO OUR DOCENTS.

MOST OF THEM ARE FORMER SEALS AND FORMER S.W.I.F.T.

WITH VAST EXPERIENCE, AND THEY CAN TELL THEM ABOUT THE TEAMWORK, THE DIS DISCIPLINE, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE PART OF THIS.

>> Reporter: THE COMPANION ORGANIZATION TO THE SEALS.

THE GROUPS TRACE THEIR ORIGINS BACK TO THE 1940s WITH SPECIALLY ORGANIZED MARITIME COMMANDO UNITS DURING WORLD WORLD WAR II.

PACIFIC UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAMS WERE ESTABLISHED IN OAHU, HAWAII, TWO YEARS AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.

THE MUSEUM TAKES YOU THROUGH THE EVOLUTION OF THE SEALS SINCE THEN, INCLUDING HIGHLY PUBLICIZED MOMENTS LIKE THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN IN MAY OF 2011.

>> AS YOU WALK THROUGH THESE HALLS AND YOU SEE MEN THAT HAVE MADE SUCH GREAT SACRIFICES.

>> Reporter: DURING YOUR VISIT HERE, AN OVERARCHING THEME BECOMES APPARENT, SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

DREXLER CALLS IT THE STORY OF COMMON PEOPLE WITH AN UNCOMMON DESIRE TO SERVE.

>> YOU HAVE TO WANT IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, SO I THINK IT'S THAT DESIRE TO SERVE, THAT COMMITMENT TO THE TEAM, AND THE DESIRE TO BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF IS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED TO BE IN THIS ORGANIZATION.

>> Reporter: DREXLER AND HIS STAFF ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR SERVICE IN THE SEALS, BUT THE GOAL FOR VISITORS WHEN THEY LEAVE IS INSPIRATION TO SERVE.

YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT FROM THOSE WHO'VE BEEN THERE.

>> AS YOU WALK THROUGH THESE HALLS AND YOU SEE MEN THAT HAVE MADE SUCH GREAT SACRIFICES.

>> Reporter: THOSE ARE MORE THAN JUST WORDS COMING OFF OF A VIDEO SCREEN RIGHT NEXT TO THAT SCREEN IS THIS ONE WHERE YOU CAN PUT THOSE WORDS INTO ACTION.

THIS SCREEN GIVES DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR HOW YOU CAN BE OF SERVICE, IDEAS THAT GO WAY BEYOND JUST THE MILITARY.

>> THE SEALS ARE HIRING IF YOU WANT TO JOIN, BUT SO IS THE NAVY, THE ARMY, THE MARINE CORPS.

IF THAT DOESN'T INTEREST YOU, BE A FIRST RESPONDER.

START A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.

IT'S ABOUT BEING PART OF SOMETHING THAT -- BIGGER THAN YOURSELF.

>> Reporter: AN UNCOMMON MESSAGE FROM A MUSEUM COME TO LEARN ABOUT NAVY SEALS, LEAVE WITH A DESIRE TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE HEADLINES, BECAUSE WE ARE TRACKING SOME CHANGES AFTER WHAT'S BEEN A COOLER, WETTER START TO THE WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO END THINGS A LITTLE WARMER AND DRIER BUT STILL TRACKING AT LEAST SOME COOL AND WINDIER CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AS WE WARM UP AND DRY OUT FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEN EVEN PEEKING AHEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, IT DOES LOOK TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN WHAT THE WEEKEND'S GOING TO FEATURE.

CALMER COMPARED TO THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.

AS WE GO INTO TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 50s, 40s, SO SOME COOLER CONDITION, MOUNT LAGUNA, BORREGO SPRINGS.

CHULA VISTA DOWN TO 58 DEGREES.

A NICE NIGHT AS WE CLEAR OUT A LITTLE BIT HERE, AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY TOMORROW, BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL, TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 60s, MAYBE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES BELOW THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

677 IN BORREGO SPRINGS, 51 IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

THE WIND IS IMPACTFUL AT TIMES.

SEVERAL COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WIND ADVISORY, WHICH DOES CONTINUE UNTIL 11:00 P.M.

ON THURSDAY.

WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR, EVEN 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT'S STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN LIMBS, MAYBE EVEN A FEW POWER OUTAGES, AND CERTAINLY AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

COULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT FOR TRAVEL WITH THOSE KIND OF WIND GUSTS.

AS YOU HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, THE WARMTH BUILDS.

LET'S SEE HOW THAT SHAPES UP.

FOR THE COAST, BACK INTO THE MID-70s FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

SLIGHTLY COOLER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

WE TAKE YOU INLAND WHERE WE'LL BE INTO THE 80s FOR AT LEAST THREE DAYS IN A ROW FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE TEMPERATURES DROP OFF ON MONDAY.

AND WE'LL STAY COOLER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN LOW CASES.

BACK TO THE 60s BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WE APPROACH THE UPPER 80s TO NEAR 90s ON SUNDAY ACROSS DESERT LOCATIONS.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ARIELLA SCALISE.

>>> THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES ATTEMPTED TO CONDUCT A SNOW SURVEY TODAY, BUT THERE WAS NO MEASURABLE SNOW LEFT.

A RECORD HOT, DRY MARCH WIPED OUT THE SIERRA NEVADA SNOW PACK MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

TODAY'S RESULTS ARE THE SECOND LOWEST APRIL MEASUREMENT ON RECORD FOR PHILLIPS STATION BECAUSE THERE WAS STILL SOME VISIBLE SNOW ON THE GROUND.

WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN THE COMING DAYS, AND HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE ALWAYS A CONCERN FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

AS JOY BENEDICT SHOWS US, ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS TESTING SOUND TECHNOLOGY AS A POTENTIAL TOOL.

>> Reporter: SOUND THE ALARM, THERE IS A NEW WAY TO FIGHT FIRE AS THIS DEMONSTRATION SHOWS THE FLAMES SEEM TO VANISH INTO THE AIR.

FIREFIGHTER RYAN BECKERS WAS THERE WHEN A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY TESTED OUT ITS NEWEST FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY SET TREES ON FIRE, EVEN GREASE, BUT THIS HOSE DOESN'T SHOOT OUT WATER BUT SOUND WAVES.

>> THAT SETS OFF A TRIGGER TO START THE SOUND WAVES.

>> Reporter: IT'S A PRODUCT BY SONIC FIRE TECH, WHICH ALTHOUGH SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION IS REALLY JUST SCIENCE.

>> WE VIBRATE THE OXYGEN AT A RATE WHERE FIRE CAN'T CONSUME IT.

>> Reporter: THE COMPANY'S CHIEF COMMERCIALIZATION OFFICER, HE SAYS ALL FIRES NEED OXYGEN TO BURN BUT REMOVING IT COMPLETELY CAN BE DANGEROUS.

THEIR TECHNOLOGY JUST BREAKS IT UP.

>> WE USE INFRASOUND, SOUND WAVES THAT ARE INAUDIBLE TO THE HUMAN EAR.

>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS STARTING SMALL WITH SYSTEMS BEING BUILT INSIDE HOMES TO REPLACE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS.

>> THE WATER SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS HIGHLY INEFFECTIVE AT PUTTING OF IT A GREASE FIRE.

IT SPREADS THE FIRE AND MAKES IT WORSE.

WE'RE MANDATED TO HAVE SPRINKLERS ABOVE OUR KITCHEN STOVES.

AND SO OUR SYSTEM WAS SHOWN TO SUPPRESS THE FIRE, PREVENT THE IGNITION FROM OCCURRING WITH AN AUTONOMOUS DETECTION DEVICE.

>> Reporter: AND DOING IT WITHOUT WASTING WATER OR LEAVING WATER DAMAGE BEHIND, BUT THE HOPE IS EVENTUALLY THIS TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED ON THE OUTSIDE OF HOMES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES OR POSSIBLY BY FIREFIGHTERS.

>> I HAVE TWO LITTLE KIDS, AND THE THOUGHT OF PUTTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE MEANS WE'RE ROBBING THEM OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRINK THAT WATER IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH THIS COMPANY IS JUST BEGINNING TO MARKET ITS MAGIC, IT'S SOMETHING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS EXCITED TO SEE AND USE.

>> IF YOU KEEP A FIRE SMALL BECAUSE A FIRE WAS DETECTED WHILE IT WAS SMALL AND PUT OUT RIGHT AWAY, THAT'S GOING TO SAVE MONEY, THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH INSURANCE RATES.

>> Reporter: A WIN FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND HOMEOWNERS, AS WE'VE SEEN TOO FREQUENTLY HOW SOMETHING SMALL CAN EASILY SPREAD TO DEVASTATION.

>> WELL, THAT VERY INTERESTING STORY WAS REPORTED BY JOY BENEDICT.

THIS WEEK -- YOU CAN FIND THAT STORY AT KPBS.ORG AND THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

>>> AND ALSO YOU CAN FIND OUR STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

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