. >> it's a story about two young chicana, bilingual, bicultural growing up in southeast huntington park. they come to meet each other and complete opposites in terms of personalities. they form a friendship and within that friendship, they start to learn about new things, about themselves, and, i think, in particular, what is sort of the main story line there is the attraction that starts to form, the romance that starts to form between them, that they are trying to figure out, they're young, they're 15. there isn't a lot of language around sex and sexuality oftentimes, particularly in the latino community. so it's about sort of the unspoken between them, the gazes, intimacy that starts to form between them. within this working class immigrant neighborhood and the pressures that they have as growing up within that environment. >> i read that this was kind of a semi-biography. >> yes, it is. >> talk about that. >> i think lot of it is shaped around my own experience, particular particularly around the friendship between the two girls that later sort of forms into a lo love, for me, that

huntington and braddock road have been cleared. delays through the that stretch this morning. also have been telling you all morning about the closure on pennsylvania avenue southeastound between 10th and 12th streets with the fire that occurred last night here. so watch out for police direction and a lot of equipment in that area. as that investigation continues. let's take a live look now on the southbound side of i-270. it's going to slow down here in clarksburg to jermantown at route 118 a broken down vehicle in the roadway. causing this delay for you and i think actually it extends now from route 109. the beltway in prince george's county. this looks great from branch avenue. in facts that a good indication of the beltway between 95 and college park and always the way down into oxon hill. a live look on the northbound side of i-395. this is from our sky 9 at duke street. and this is going to extend from landmark up towards seminary road. before the pace picks up to the 14th street bridge. jess back to you. >>> the d.c. jobs fissural is now underway on -- festival is now underway. on monday the executive director was here talking about this year's great lineup