There was a shooting at the garlic festival earlier and the fbi has opened a domestic terrorism investigation saying that in each case the alleged gunman had explored violent ideologies. Thomas before he opened fire ata thart the el paso gunman posted a rmanifesto ng of an hispanic invasion of texas. Join me for the perspective on these attacks. A military veteran healing from one of these communities. This retid marine and gilroy native, richard ruiz. Welcome. I saw a tape f you speaking in gilroy at the vigil tonight after the shooting at the garlic festival. I remember yoasking your neighbors if they treat people different frthem with love. What were you getting at . Brian, at that time i was thinking about the rts of evil. It seemed like we tended to default to someone with Mental Illness and i kept thinking, are we going to stop this . What can we do fferently . We look in the mirror and say whadare we ng wrong as a society . What can we do differently . For me it was a sense of lo and compassion for the people, just listening to someone you may disagree with. That seems to be something that people dont to nowadays. You are a marinecorps veteran. You served in afghanistan and you are also the son of mexican immigrants. In light of the fbi investigation of these shootings as an act of domestic terrorism, how have u been thinking about these shootings . For me it has been an interpersonal dilemma because of the dichotomy i feel that we are experiencing. Having homegrown White American terrists heretargeting people who are o almerican. More importantly, even some who have sacrificed for this country now becoming a target in a place that is re, this is and i read that is, and i really that is ifficult to comprehend. Was excited, ais inciting this heat and violence . What is inciting this . S many criti President Trump said it is his rhetoric and what he says that eourages white supremacists. When he talks about an invasion by immigrants from mexico, is he lking about your parents, do you think . Ablutely. Unfortunately, istha the way that this works. You can have someone who in list and becomes commission and serves honorably who could be froms parents that are immigrants from mexico. I dont want to put all the blame on trump which people immediately do because we know that there racism, but i would argue that when you label entire race as invaders and drug cartel members, it becomes a difficult thing. Or the fact that it may have influenced a person who is ectly said that he targeting those that are invading the country. That is will be learned that the gunman in el paso told enforcement after the shooting after he was picked up at the shooting in the walmart in el pasav. You a friend a lot like you from el paso, also a retired marine also having served in afghanistan and also a son of mexican immigrants who came tois country when he was age 2. He lives in el paso. What have you heard from him about how h community has been processing this . We were in contact immediately. He told me that what immediately happenea result is, there was an attempt to divide thecity between those of mexican descent anho that are white. He recognized that. Immediately addressed it and brought that to the table to let everyone know look, just because is person is white you cant automatically assume or label them as a part of the white supremacist agenda. S reaction he was evastated but his instinct was, how do we stop this . How do we circumvent this type of ate and divisive action . That was his reaction. We had a long conversation about how we serve to come back home to the same type of terrorism we were fighti overseas. We hear a lot about gun control in the aftermath of these shootings. As military veter s who hand firearms in the military, what do you think should be done . A lot of people wont like ha what i to say. There is no political agenda to this, but for military members such as myself have had to endureweeks of training and psychological evaluations to think that this weapon of war can easily be purchased with a simple background check or safety check to me is a little bit iulting almost. Because this is a weapon that can cause serious harm. If we know as the military enganization and gover that this is the type of training required, standards you must meet, if we are doing that becausewe know w dangerous this is, why are we disrespecting the weapon by giving to someone like its a toy . Mister ruiz, that you very much for joining us. I know it has been a difficult couple of weeks. We really appreciate you thbein us. I appreciate you having me. It means a lot. This week the metropolitan Transportation Commission sent thelfind lyft 200,000 for not having enough shared es available. Tothey are supposed have about 2000 bikes with docking stations throughout San Francisco. Adlately writers have ha tough time. In april they removed about half of the fleet after plates over braoblems and last week lyft pulled its electric bikes off the streets aftets reporof some catching fire. For the latest i went out on the street to meet our transportation editor. We are supposed to be talking about Something Else but you pull up on a scooter. Why is that . We have a shared bikes shortage here in San Francisco. I grabbed the nearest two wheeler which happened to be a cooter. Why is there a shortage . We have the bike Share Network one by lyft and they have been having problems the last few month. Three or four months ago they had problems with brakes on the eltric sist bicycles. These are very popular in fran cisco because of our hills. So, they had to take half the bikes off the street. They just introced a new fleet. These bikes have pink wheels. A few days after that the batteries died and they took bikes out again. Wh we are seeing is a little unusual. A full cbike if there had been one where i was, i would have written a bike here. A lot of these bikes still have nson them. What is the arrangement with n ancisco and the bay area . Is a bit complicated. Here is what is happened. This company made n exclusive agreement with the metropolitan transportation district. Is the agens that handl funding for large transportation projects ithe bay area. With this agreement it covered San Francisco and san jose and emeryville. They put these bikes on stthe et with expensive docking stations and they would want toc up all of the cost and we would enjoy the benefits. There is some dissatisfaction here in San Francisco because month of the bike shortage. We can reverse engineer the numbers and the ridership revenue for the system last year was about 3 million. Lyft is very big company. They just went public this year. They spend hundreds of millions of dollars, and in fact they reported a loss for the most recent quarter yesterday close to 900 e llion for quarter. So, 3 million isnt real ig in the scheme of things. Its not just the revenu. Strea there is more. What they get from their customers is the data. Even though its not peeonally ifiable data they get a lot of information about peoples travel patterns and peoples credit card numbers and a lot of consumer data they want or someone else wants that they can sell. Longterm that may be the real financial situation for these two biplayers like lyft and uber. It is these consumers walkin by the sidewalk. Anthody that uses e services, that is one thing they are giving up. They can tell where people are going. It actually helps them in their business knowing where they need to serve people andt can inform decisions about Consumer Behavior and where people are going and when and the sorts of services and ods they are looking for. Ydo feel like San Francisco and san jose and emeryville have been victims of this . Its mixed bag. There was a big appetite for a o bicycle n done in a controlled way. With this system you need a docking station and people come ere and pick up a bike and drop off a bike. They will not lve it on the sidewalk or Something Like that. With the scooters and ductless bikes that are coming people have had more heartache and heartburn about that. There has been a widespread experience where they re introduced with people leaving them were ever. People dont like that. That is probably something they will not get used to. In San Francisco with the ooters the companies at are operating agreed system for you have to walk up a bike. Usually takes care of the obstruction problem. I was there when they first started to appear and there was a lot of backlash. It almost seemed like they were a sign oof gentrifica as that faded, are they becoming a part of the fabric of the community . There is something about this. Lyft is a big corporation. There is an undertone of anticorporate sentiment among the people in San Francisco. Even though we all live in the shadow of that. Is something that is there. For the ost part these things are being accepted. The incidence of vandalism, for instance, on these new bikes, th the one the battery fires, there has been some vandalism but not ch. It has calmed down a lot. You have talked a lot of people that write these bikes regularly. What are they saying about th . About the shortage they are bikes. Here t when they talk about the system in place they are saying why is there a monopoly . Can we something about that . And about the bikes lvthems, they are quirky. They are happy. They are not that special. But, they do the job e and peo like them. Are they more ready for this . Yes. I think the e biaring network is something that all these cities involved have water. I think the next thing of the dockless bicycles and the scooters which people can leave everywhere that people werent ready for is what they are having heartbn over. Ese things have been strewn with people are walking. This is our transportation editor. Thank you. Youre welcome. The san jose stjazz summer kicked off this weekend. 100 acts over 14 stages. Headliners included in bogue gory porter. Now in its 30th year the festival highlightsthe global appeal of jazz artists from , colombiasweden and japan. For the first time this year festivalgoers can go to a stage dedicated to upandcoming artists. Joining me nois the executive director of central j san jose jazz. Welcome. First, 30 years ago there were eighthe liners and the hope that people would buy a lot of beer. Now youve go 150bands and 14 stages. What has changed about this jazz stival . It has been a Big Community that comes together every year to produce. There are folks that are still involved in the organization from the first year. Their knowledge is still present. These stages are spread throughout downtown. Sometimes we close the streets or have indoor vees and its an undertaking that involves the whole community. City partners and other folks, too. There has been ups and downs in the past 30 years. How has san jose jazz survived and thved . We did change the beer Business Model. It was originally a free festival and we haveadapted to a gated festival with different ticket levels. The Business Model is a s ethingwe need to move in this direction and also the demographics of thvalley. Ere new communities that come in and our programming has been staying abreast of that. Staying relevant. That leads me to ona ques i want to know who is coming now and where thecome from. They come from all over. We arexcited to have a wide range that we are bringing in. International acts. Some outstanding folks. We are excited to see this. Great acts from colombia. We saw them last october and looked into getting them here. It wasnt ea but thgot their visas a couple of weeks ago. They will be in attendance. Bringing in people from all over and also the bay area. We are fortunate to have an embarrassment of riches musically. We have a lot of folks that are regional that are performing as wellis festival mixes in r and b. Jazzpurists would take issue with that and they would quibble with whether acts like these are real jazz. What do you tell the purists . First, its true. Thats right. The festival changes. We go by the san jojazz summerfest. It reflecof the variet music. We will have zydeco and mariachi and there is a great bali would project. There is a wide range that we are representing. Jazz is such a broad realm. We do a lot of latin jazz and a there isswing stage and our jazz beyond programming. Its an opportunity for folk of any interest, and straight ahead fans will find a lot of straight ahead jazz as well. When you expa to include the world anof r b, for example, are there economic reasons . Or is it just if we gepeople close to this maybe they will discover jazz . Yes, its sigreat the crossover has informed so much of Popular American musnn. You pull them apart. The opportunity to present this mfoic that s love and have a connection tto american music. This will be a great weekend. Lets bring in the bassist and bandleader. Based here in San Francisco. Let me ask, are you a jazz purist . I dont call myself that. I love sigood im happy to be on the same stage with the ojays and whoever is there. It doesnt matter to me. I love the type of music that has that type of diversity. It all comes from one place in this country, the blues. The music i play is rooted in the blues. Duke ellington and count basie and Louie Armstrong and bessie smith. These are the same routes that in vogue gets the music from. Im not hung up on thword, jazz, or who is there. Its all music and a celebration of the music that has come from this country. When i listen to your music i say that is jazz. Jazz thy i like to hear it. , for thoser not familiwe have a click from you and your vocalist, tifny stin, performing last year at the summerfest. Ticket out. Check it out. Wow, tiffany austin. Very powerful. Marcus, you are not just involved in this festival but threothers. Are festivals the way that the jazz flames keeps burning . Is this essential t jazz . Yes, it is a big part of it. It is one of the easiest ways to bring a lar Community Together and have diverse groups perform in a block of time. I have done this wh the San Francisco jazz festiva i have been grateful over the last 20 years with the san jose jazz festival. I remember the good old da playing outside in e largest outdoor festival in the world. This festival has the ability to bring small groups into the community and to do education and a larger spectrum of artists. So, when i think about people listening to jazz, people who snap selfies, millennials dont come to mind. Is it a challenge . Is it a challenge reaching out to the young people . Ive been excited the past few years. There is a remendous amount of energy in young performers that are exc tionally talented. They are coming from the pop generation th informs their r terest. So many popuartists are relying on the great jazz artists to help busy. Their you see this all over the world. The london jazz scene is hopping nowadays. We will have a london jazz group that wilbe cool. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. That will do it for us. To buy tickets and to check out these great acts performing this weekend go to summerfe san jose jazz. Org. As always you can find more of our coverage at kqed newsroom. Thanks for joining us. Captioning sponsored by wnet sreenivasan on this edition for sunday, august 11 the latest on jeffrey epstein. In our signature segment music great carlos santana. 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