[ MUSIC ]>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODEL SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALLED 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>> COMIC-CON IS IN FULL SWING DOWNTOWN AS HOLLYWOOD MAKES A GRAND RETURN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT IS A SHIFT FROM THE SCALED- DOWN VERSION WE SAW LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE ACTORS AND WRITERS STRIKES.

ALEXANDER IS LIVE AT COMIC-CON, ALEX, HOW ARE FANS REACTING TO HOLLYWOOD BEING BACK THIS YEAR?

>> WE TALKED TO FANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, THEY ARE EXCITED TO SEE THEIR FAVORITE HOLLYWOOD STARS AT THIS YEAR'S COMIC-CON, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, WALKER SCOBELL, RYAN REYNOLDS AND HUGH JACKMAN, AND OF COURSE, THIS YEAR'S COMIC-CON, YOU CAN CERTAINLY FEEL THE EXCITEMENT.

TAKE A LOOK.

HOLLYWOOD IS BACK IN A BIG WAY.

THESE FANS GOT A SNEAK PEEK INTO THIS TRANSFORMERS MOVIE, RELEASING IN SEPTEMBER.

MAGGIE CAME FROM MEXICO TO SEE CHRIS HEMSWORTH IN PERSON.

SHE WAS THERE LAST YEAR, BUT FELT SOMETHING WAS MISSING.

ON THE MAIN CONVENTION FLOOR, VANCOUVER AND LAST YEAR'S FIVE.

THE CROWDS AND THE ENERGY IS BACK TO ITS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

FOR ARTISTS, HOLLYWOOD BEING BACK COULD BE A MIXED BLESSING.

LOCAL ARTIST PATRICK ALREADY HAS A STRONG FOLLOWING, SO HE SAYS IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT HIM, BUT FOR NEW ARTISTS, IT CAN.

>> YOUR TOWNS ARE GOING TO BE SHOWN IN DISPLAYS, THERE ARE ART DIRECTORS, PEOPLE LOOKING TO HIRE SOMEONE.>> BACK HERE LIFE, COMIC-CON IS STILL GOING STRONG, MANY ATTENDEES ARE STARTING TO MOVE TOWARD THE GASLAMP ORDERS FOR THE MANY AFTER PARTIES HAPPENING THIS EVENING.>>> WITH HOLLYWOOD BEING BACK, ARE THE ORGANIZERS DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT WITH THE PANELS?>> YES, DEFINITELY, THE MOST ANTICIPATED PANEL IS THE WOLVERINE PANEL WITH RYAN REYNOLDS AND HUGH JACKMAN.

ORGANIZERS ARE CLEARING OUT THE HALL BEFORE THE PANEL.

IT'S A TICKETED EVENT, IT'S AN EXPERIMENT.

WE ARE MONITORING THINGS, FOR NOW.

LIVE IN SAN DIEGO, ALEXANDRA GWEN.>> WE HAVE MORE COMIC-CON COVERAGE COMING UP.

NEED A LOCAL CREATOR WHO BLENDS ART WITH FANDOM TO BRING CHARACTERS TO LIFE.>> IT HAS BEEN PRETTY STEAMY OUT THERE, WE'VE HAD SOME LIGHTNING SPARKED WILDFIRES, EVEN EVOLVING INTO EVACUATIONS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY OVER THE LAST 18 TO 24 HOURS, LARGE FIRES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IN PARTS OF OREGON.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN TO SEE TEMPERATURES BACK OFF, 70s IN SAN DIEGO, UPPER 60s IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

ADVISORIES WILL BE ENDING THIS EVENING.

DETAILS AHEAD.

>>> FIRE CREWS ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN A WILDFIRE NEAR PALOMAR MOUNTAIN, IT IT - - IT EXPLODED OVERNIGHT.

THE FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES WHILE FIGHTING THE FIRE.

CAL FIRE AND MISGENDERS BELIEVE A LIGHTNING STRIKE MAY HAVE SPARKED THE FLAMES.>>> THERE IS AN ESTIMATED 180,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A AND EXECUTIVE ORDER GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ISSUE TODAY, ORDERING THE CLEARING OF ALL HOMELESS CANDIDATES STATEWIDE, FOLLOWING A SUPREME COURT RULING ALLOWING CITIES TO BEEN SLEEPING IN PUBLIC SPACES.>> TENTS AND MAKESHIFT SHELTERS LINE CITY STREETS, PARKS, AND FREEWAY UNDERPASSES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM'S NEW ORDER INTENDS TO CLEAR THEM.>> WE HAVE TO WORK AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO CLEAN THIS UP AND FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> HE SAYS THERE'S $3.3 BILLION IN STATE GRANT MONEY TO SUPPORT CITIES.

JoANNE STANLEY IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS, SHE SAYS THIS ISN'T A SOLUTION, IT'S CREATING ANOTHER PROBLEM.

WE ARE ALREADY AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE LIVING IN VERY DANGEROUS PLACES, HIDING OUT, TRYING TO BE SAFE SOMEWHERE.>> A RECENT STUDY FOUND DISMANTLING THE CHEMICALLY THAT THE AREA TEMPORARILY, BUT HAD LITTLE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE POPULATION.

JOHN BRADY IS FORMERLY HOMELESS.

HE SAYS PEOPLE ARE JUST BEING SHUFFLED AROUND.

HE SAYS THE IN CAMPING BAN PROVES THIS.

WE FOCUSED RESOURCES TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO LIVE DOWNTOWN, BUT OUR CITY, LEMON GROVE IS UP IN ARMS.

THEY WENT FROM 20 OR 30 PEOPLE TO OVER 300 AND LATEST COUNT.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.>> TAUGHT GLORIA ISSUED A STATEMENT, WELCOMING HIS SENSE OF URGENCY.

FOR NOW IT'S UNCLEAR HOW THE BORDER WILL BE ENFORCED, OR IF THERE WILL BE PENALTIES FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT DON'T HEAR HOMELESS CAMPS.

>> A VOTE WILL NOW WAIT UNTIL AT LEAST SEPTEMBER.

ON MONDAY, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO BRING THE TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK.

MARY TAUGHT GLORIA SAID HE WOULD TAKE MORE TIME TO REFINE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 1000 BED SHELTER.

AN ANNUAL THREE AND HALF PERCENT INCREASE.

STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS ARE CONTINUING THEIR CALLS FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MOVE NUCLEAR WASTE AWAY FROM THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.

THEY ARE CONSIDERING A STATE RESOLUTION.>> IS A LANDMARK MOST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND HAVE SEEN WHILE DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE COAST, THE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION WAS SHUT DOWN IN 2013 AFTER A RADIOACTIVE STEAM LEAK.

3 1/2 MILLION POUNDS OF NUCLEAR WASTE IS STORED THERE.

IT IS IN STEEL CANISTERS SIGNED BY CONCRETE.

>> THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAD A PLAN, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BECAME AN ADVOCATE.

AN ADVOCATE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THINGS WOULD START TO HAPPEN.

>> THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS ON RADIATION LEVELS OF THE SITE.

THE PLANT OWNER SAYS IT CLOSELY MONITORS THE SAFETY OF THE STORAGE CONTAINERS, ALONG WITH COASTAL EROSION AND SEA LEVEL RISE.

EDISON ALSO WANTS TO SEE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOVE THE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.

THE FEDERAL LAW REQUIRED THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO START ACCEPTING NUCLEAR WASTE BY 1998, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

UTILITIES SUED THE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY WON.

AS A RESULT, ALL TAXPAYERS IN THE UNITED STATES, WHETHER YOU EVER RECEIVED A KILOWATT OF NUCLEAR POWER OR NOT, ARE NOW HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS STORAGE THAT YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAD TO IMPLEMENT.>> THE DEFERMENT IS LOOKING FOR PLACES TO TEMPORARILY STORE NUCLEAR WASTE FROM DOZENS OF PLANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO PRIORITIZE DUAL REMOVAL AND IN ACTIVE FAULT LINES.

LAWMAKERS HAVE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION.>> IT SIMPLY A TOOL TO SHOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THE WORLD LARGEST ECONOMY IS READY FOR THEM TO START ACTING AND DOING THE JOB THAT THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTING FOR OVER TWO DECADES.

THE FULL ASSEMBLY CAN TAKE IT UP FOR ABOUT AND THEIR LEGISLATIVE SESSION RESUMES NEXT MONTH.>>> FANS OF COMIC- CON WHO DIDN'T GET A TICKET MAY GO AHEAD TO BORDER X BREWING, IT INCLUDES A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH CREATIVE'S WHO ARE BREAKING BARRIERS.

OUR PRODUCER HAS THE PREVIEW.>> I'M THE TOP, I'M THE FIRST COMIC STRIP.

THE BIG NAMES THIS WEEKEND, HE PRODUCED A RECENTLY ANIMATED FILM, HE'S ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS NATIONALLY SYNDICATED DAILY COMIC STRIP STRIP.

HE SAYS HE IS DRIVEN BY THE NEED TO SPEAK UP AGAINST RACISM AND INJUSTICE.>> IT IS ON US TO DEFEND PEOPLE THAT CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES.

IMMIGRANTS ARE UNDER ATTACK AGAIN.

A LOT OF MY WORK IS THAT.

AND THEN STEPPING UP FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN'T SPEAK OR DEFEND THEMSELVES.>> GUTIERREZ, THE DIRECTOR OF THE ANIMATED HIT BOOK OF LIFE SAYS HE IS HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LATINX CONTENT, AND AUDIENCES CAN HELP.>> WE ARE IN A GOOD TIME FOR OUR PEOPLE TO SPEAK WITH THEIR WALLET AND SUPPORT, JUST LIKE YOU TAKE A CHANCE ON A MOVIE YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT, LATINO CULTURE, LATINO DIRECTORS AND ACTORS, TAKE A CHANCE, DON'T WAIT.>> SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THIS CONTENT IS DAVID FAVELA, HE SAYS HE STARTED THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AFTER NOTICING HOW HARD IT WAS TO GET A TICKET TO GO TO COMIC-CON.

>> I SAID WHY NOT POST A VERSION OF IT HERE IN LOGAN EMMA BECAUSE WE ARE SO CLOSE, AND MAKE IT ABOUT THE KIDS, AND BRING THAT COSPLAY COMIC BOOK FANTASY MAGIC HERE.

SO THEY HAVE MORE SUPPORT SATURDAY EVENING.

>> OVER THE YEARS, THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY HAS EVOLVED INTO A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.

MATTHEW BOULDER TELLS US WHAT NEW WAY THE INDUSTRY IS ADAPTING TO SAN DIEGO'S CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS.>> YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME.

>> I DO, PETER.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM, I WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOU.>> THE SIMPLE JOY OF READING A COMIC BOOK IS A WINDOW TO SO MUCH MORE.

THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY IS VALUED AT MORE THAN $14 MILLION.

IT'S EXPECTED TO GROW.>> WONDERING IF YOU HAD A SECOND TO AFTER A STATEMENT.

>> JUST LIKE THE STORIES, THE READERS HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS.

>> IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, MR. PARKER.>> CENSUS DATA SHOWS MORE THAN 20% OF PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO SPEAK SPANISH.

IN CHULA VISTA, THAT NUMBER IS CLOSER TO 50, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND COMIC BOOKS IN SPANISH ON THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER.>> WHEN WE FIRST OPENED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WE WOULD GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR FOLKS FOR COMICS COMICS IN SPANISH, IT WAS A MOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ORDER ANYTHING.>> THAT THE OWNER OF NOW OR NEVER COMICS.>> HISTORICALLY COMICS HAVE BEEN DOMINATED BY STRAIGHT, WHITE MEN, AND THAT IS CHANGING IN TERMS OF THE CREATORS, THAT IS CHANGING IN TERMS OF THE CHARACTERS, IN TERMS OF THE AUDIENCE.>> MANY ARE TOLD THE SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSIONS OF THEIR FAVORITE STORIES DON'T EXIST, BUT IF YOU CAN CROSS THE BORDER, YOU CAN FIND THEM.

SO WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF THOSE, FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER.>> NAME EAT CORTEZ IS THE MANAGER OF UTOPIA COMICS.

THEY CAN GIVE THE READERS THE COMICS THEY WANT, LIKE AVENGERS, BATMAN, SUPERMAN, SPIDER-MAN.

BACK IN SAN DIEGO, HE THINKS HE KNOWS WHY IT IS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS SPANISH TITLES IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> I WOULD IMAGINE IT IS LARGELY A BUSINESS DECISION, THOSE BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN SPITTING DISTANCE OF US.

IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF WE AT LEAST HAD THE OPTION TO ORDER IT.

SO WHENEVER HE CAN, HE ORDERS SPANISH-LANGUAGE COMICS.>> THE COPIES WE ORDERED FLEW OUT OF THE SHOP IMMEDIATELY, WE WENT BACK TO REORDER THEM AND FOUND THEY WEREN'T AVAILABLE IN THE SYSTEM ANYMORE.>> A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR STORE OWNERS, THEY WEREN'T AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW, BUT THEY SAID IN AN EMAIL WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO OFFER MARVEL COLLECTIONS IN SPANISH.

THE FIRST BATCH WILL BE AVAILABLE IN AUGUST.

THAT'S A SIGN OF WHERE THE INDUSTRY IS GOING.>> I AM COMFORTED, FEELING COMICS ARE MOVING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THERE IS AWARENESS OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES, THEY COULD ABSOLUTELY BE DOING MORE TO SUPPORT THOSE AUDIENCES, IT IS WILDLY DIFFERENT, SIGNIFICANT BETTER THAN IT WAS EVEN 10 TO 20 YEARS AGO.

WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> MATTHEW BOULDER, KPBS NEWS.>> WE ARE COVERING ALL THINGS COMIC-CON, AND WE WILL BE LIVE DOWNTOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL TOMORROW, CAN FIND OUR CONVENTION COVERAGE, JUST CLICK THE COMIC-CON BANNER ON OUR HOME PAGE.>>> SOMETIMES THE BEST MADE PLANS JUST DON'T WORK OUT, AT LEAST NOT THE WAY INTENDED.

KEN KRAMER HAS BEEN SHARING SOME OF HIS STORIES ABOUT SAN DIEGO, AND HE TELLS US NOW HOW A HISTORIC FAILURE TURNED INTO A LASTING SUCCESS.>> A RAILROAD SPIKE LIKE A BIG NAIL THAT HOLDS A RAILROAD TRACK TIGHTLY IN PLACE.

YOU POUND THAT SPIKE IN, THOSE TIES ARE CROSS PIECES OF TIMBER THAT'S SUPPORT THE RAIL.

IMAGINE YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE GREAT RAILROADS, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF TIES, 3000 FOR EVERY MILE, AND TO DO THAT, THE FORESTS AND FOREST OF TREES.

ENTER MR. WALTER HODGES OF THE SANTA FE RAILROAD, WHO LOOKED AT AN AREA NORTH AND EAST OF DELMAR MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO.

HE SAID HOW ABOUT WE PLAN OUR OWN FOREST, AND ON THIS LAND WE WILL GROW EUCALYPTUS TREES.

3000 ACRES, 3.3 MILLION TREES, IT WAS AN ASTONISHING AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT BY MR. HODGES AND THE SANTA FE RAILROAD, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT DIDN'T WORK.

I DON'T MEAN THE TREES DIDN'T GROW, JUST LOOK AROUND THAT AREA TODAY, THERE ARE EUCALYPTUS BY THAT THOUSANDS.

WHAT THE WOOD DIDN'T DO IS HOLD A RAILROAD SPIKE.

NOT ENOUGH MOISTURE, AND IT JUST WASN'T RIGHT FOR THE JOB.

NOW, THE SANTA FE RAILROAD FIGURES IT HAS TO SELL, BUT A LAND DEVELOPER TELLS THEM NO, NOT SO FAST, THINK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GROW THINGS ON THIS LAND, BUILD ORCHARDS AND HOMES, BEAUTIFUL, BIG ESTATES, AND MAKE MONEY ANYWAY, EVEN THOUGH THE EUCALYPTUS EXPERIMENT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

ALL THAT ELEMENT WOULD NEED WATER, OF COURSE.

ON BEHALF OF THE SANTA FE LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, HE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LATER TO BE KNOWN AS LAKE HODGES.

INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THINGS TIE TOGETHER WHEN YOU KNOW ABOUT THE STORY OF SAN DIEGO.>> YOU GOT TO LOVE THAT.>> IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF HIS STORIES, WATCH IT TONIGHT RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

>> WE HAD A LOT OF HEAT OUT HERE LATELY, ACROSS THE INTERIOR.

THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGH GROUND AND THE CARRIER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE SPOTTY THUNDERSTORMS BRING SOME BIG RAINFALL.

THE LIGHTNING HAS BEEN THE CAUSE OF JUST A COUPLE WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS.

THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERN ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING COOLER AIR, THE COOLDOWN IS BEGINNING AS WE STEP OVER TO THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

TONIGHT WE WILL GET DOWN TO 70, LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST IN THE METRO AREA, WE BOUNCED TO 79 IN SAN DIEGO, ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE AS MUCH OF A STRAY CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM TOMORROW.

WE EXPECT THE MOISTURE TO STATE GENERALLY TO THE EAST.

REGULAR SPRINGS, STILL HOT, YOU WILL NOTICE THE FUTURE RADAR, IT SHOWS GENERALLY AND EASTWARD SHIFT FOR THE MOISTURE.

WE GO INTO FRIDAY, MOST OF THE CONVECTION IS GOING TO KEEP ALL THE ACTION TO THE EAST, THE WEEKEND FORECAST LOOKS MORE PLEASANT, STILL WARM, BUT NOT AS HOT AS IT HAS BEEN, NICER AIR, VENTILATION TO IMPROVE THE AIR QUALITY.

THE HEAT IS GOING TO GRADUALLY BE SHIFTING INTO THE PLANES.

BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, SOME AREAS AROUND EASTERN COLORADO AND KANSAS, NORTHWEST TEXAS.

TEXAS WILL BACK OFF, MIDDLE 70s ARE THE ACCEPTED HIGH BY TUESDAY.

THAT WILL BE A NICE CHANGE, INLAND AREAS ARE STILL HOT ON FRIDAY, BUT WE ARE WATCHING IMPROVEMENTS TAKE OVER.

AS WE STEP HAD TO MONDAY, WE GET TO SEVEN DEGREES COOLER, UPPER 70s, BACK TO THE LOW 70s, MID-70s AS WELL, THAT LOOKS GOOD, IN THE DESERT AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME BIG TIME HEAT, HOLDING FOR ANOTHER DAY, 112 DEGREES, WE WILL BACK DOWN TO 107 DEGREES IN THE DESERT BY MONDAY, BY THE WAY, EARLY AUGUST, WE DO EXPECT TO SEE THAT PATTERN SHIPPED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE RETURNING, AND EVENTUALLY THE CHANCE OF SPOTTY SUMS WILL ALSO RESUME IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

I'M GEOFF CORNISH, FOR KPBS NEWS.>> ABRAMS TO WRITE FIELD, JOHNSON COMING IN, HE MAKES THE CATCH.

DYLAN CEASE THROWS THE NO- HITTER, THE SECOND NO-HITTER IN PADRES HISTORY.

THERE WILL BE A SEA OF SAN DIEGO AND CELEBRATING BACK HOME TODAY.

>> AND THERE IT IS, WHAT I'LL CALL BY THE PADRES PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER.

THE PADRES BEAT THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS WITH THE NO-HITTER BY DYLAN CEASE, THE FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN CAPPING A SERIES SWEEP IN D.C.

CAPPING A SERIES SWEEP IN D.C. AS YOU JUST HEARD, IT'S THE SECOND IN TEAM HISTORY AFTER JOE MUSGROVE IN 2021.

CONGRATULATIONS.>>> ADAMS JOURNEY INTO COSPLAY BEGAN WITH A CHILDHOOD PASSION FOR MOVIES IN HALLOWEEN, AND OVER THE YEARS, IT EVOLVED INTO CRAFTING ELABORATE COSTUMES AND PROPS INSPIRED BY HORROR, SCI-FI, AND A SUPERHERO GENRES.

ALICE CASTILLE SHOWS US COSPLAY IS NOT JUST A HOBBY FOR ADAM, IT IS A LIFELONG DEDICATION TO BLENDING ARTISTRY AND FANDOM.

>> MY THING IS BRINGING HOLLYWOOD QUALITY SPECIAL- EFFECTS TO SAN DIEGO.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTO MOVIES, SPECIAL-EFFECTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT SINCE I WAS A KID.

KIND OF HAVING THAT CURIOSITY, WANTING TO LEARN NEW THINGS, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE COMIC-CON SCENE FIVE YEARS AGO NOW.

FOR ME, NOT ONLY IS THAT HALLOWEEN ALL YEAR, IT'S RIGHT UP MY ALLEY OF BEING ABLE TO BUILD THINGS FOR PEOPLE.

HE'S GOT LITTLE TEETH AND EVERYTHING.

THE PENGUIN I THINK WAS THE FIRST TIME I DRESSED UP AT COMIC-CON.

AS SOON AS I GOT IT ON, PEOPLE JUST STARTED, HEY, CAN I TAKE A PICTURE?

AWESOME COSTUME.

THE WALLS KIND OF CAME DOWN, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS COOL, I'M IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

AFTER THAT, I AUTOMATICALLY START THINKING OKAY, WHAT'S THE NEXT CONVENTION?

WHAT COSTUME AM I GOING TO TAKE?

I WANT TO MAKE THE COSTUME OUT OF QUALITY MATERIALS.

YOU ALSO WANT TO THINK ABOUT READABILITY, TRYING TO MAKE IT LIGHT.

YOU WILL SEE THEM MAKE STUFF OUT OF FOAM, WHICH IS BASICALLY FLOOR MATS.

EACH TIME PRESENTS A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH MATERIALS LIKE LATEX AND SILICONE, SOMETIMES THE TEMPERATURE REALLY PLAYS A PART IN THIS, THESE MATERIALS AREN'T CHEAP.

LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE, WE GOT RACERS FOR THE ARMS, WE'VE GOT CUSTOM SHOES, SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1500 BETWEEN $1500-$3500.

I REALLY LIKE MAKING THINGS LOOK REALISTIC.

THIS WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BLOOD THAT GOES OVER IT.

I THINK IT IS ADDED AFTER.

THIS IS A STONE MOLD.

YOU POUR THE LATEX IN AND JUST POP THESE THINGS OUT AND PAINT THEM, AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SHELL THAT GOES OVER THE CLAY MOLD, AND IN THE LATEX GETS POURED INSIDE OF THAT.

THIS IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THIS GUY RIGHT HERE.

PROPS FROM MANNEQUINS TO FULL ON GUNS, THIS IS MADE OUT OF PVC, AND WOULD, THERE IS NO 3-D PRINTING AT ALL IN THIS, NOW YOU CAN THREE PRINT THIS POWER HELMET HERE, FROM FALLOUT.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN, AND THOSE ARE THE AIRBRUSHES.

THOSE ARE JUST A 10 MATERIAL, AND I USE THE AIRBRUSH TO ACCENTUATE LITTLE LINES, I MADE IT TO WHERE THE MOUTH IS ABLE TO OPEN AND CLOSE.

THE GROUP WAS INTERESTING.

THE COSTUME, IT'S NOT ON STILTS, IT'S ACTUALLY ON STYROFOAM BLOCKS.

THE MOST LIKE YOU ARE WALKING ON A 5 GALLON BUCKET.

THROWING IT ALL TOGETHER, THEY PAINTED IT UP, IT'S REALLY RUDIMENTARY.

I TOOK IT TO COMIC-CON, IT WAS A BIG HIT, I GOT A BUNCH OF COOL FOOTAGE, AND A LOT OF SMILES.

IT'S ALL FUN STUFF, AND YOU LEARN NEW THINGS WITH EVERYTHING, JUST FROM USING THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE HERE, THE FOAM, THE FIBERGLASS, THE LATEX, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF, WE COULD BASICALLY MAKE ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD THINK OF.

>> SO MUCH TALENT, SPEAKING OF TALENT, THAT STORY WAS PRODUCED BY CARLOS CASTILLO.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I MY APPROACHABLE SEE.

GOOD NIGHT.>> MAJOR FUNDING HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, DIVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION , DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.