
Friday, June 9, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3067 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
San Diego City leaders are pitching the proposed ban on encampments near schools and parks
San Diego City leaders are pitching the proposed ban on encampments near schools and parks, but homeless advocates aren't having it. Plus, former congressman Duncan "L" Hunter is pushing back against claims that he participated in a cover-up of a friendly-fire incident involving his son. And, Shakespeare in Balboa Park. What can a 400-year-old play tell modern audiences about love?
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Friday, June 9, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3067 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
San Diego City leaders are pitching the proposed ban on encampments near schools and parks, but homeless advocates aren't having it. Plus, former congressman Duncan "L" Hunter is pushing back against claims that he participated in a cover-up of a friendly-fire incident involving his son. And, Shakespeare in Balboa Park. What can a 400-year-old play tell modern audiences about love?
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>>> THE MAYOR KEEPS PITCHING A PLAN DESIGNED TO GET ON SHELTERED PEOPLE OFF OF THE STREETS AND PROTESTERS KEEP SHOWING UP.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I AM MAYA TRABULSI.
NEXT WEEK THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE PROPOSED UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE, AND TODAY TODD GLORIA TICKET TO BALBOA PARK.
>> Reporter: THE LATEST STOP IN THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN.
THE ORDINANCE WAS THE MAINGATE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM AT BALBOA PARK.
>> IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MANY CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS INNER- CITY'S CROWN JEWEL THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
>> Reporter: ANDY FIELD IS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
>> OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO ATTACKS, THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSIVE ENCOUNTERS WITH PEOPLE, ALL WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.
>> Reporter: THE UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE WOULD PROHIBIT TENT ENCAMPMENT IN ALL PUBLIC SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY IF SHELTER BEDS ARE AVAILABLE.
IT WOULD ALSO BAN THEM AT ALL TIME IN CERTAIN SENSITIVE AREAS SUCH AS IN PARKS, CANYONS, AND NEAR SCHOOLS REGARDLESS OF SHELTER CAPACITY.
>> WRITING AN ORDINANCE THAT CRIMINALIZES HOMELESSNESS IS UNNECESSARY BECAUSE YORTY HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT DOES THAT, AND DOES NOTHING TO SELL THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE BEDS AND WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE RECOVERED.
>> Reporter: THAT IS JOHN BRADY WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE ADVISORS, A GROUP THAT ASSISTS UNHOUSED.
HE AND SEVERAL OTHERS PROTESTED OUTSIDE DURING THE NEWS CONFERENCE.
BRADY ALSO SITS ON SEVERAL HOMELESS ADVOCACY BOARDS AND SAYS NO ONE IN THAT SPACE THINKS THIS ORDINANCE IS A SOLUTION.
>> IT IS A POLITICAL MOVER MANEUVER, AND IT IS A LIE COMMANDER WON'T BE ANY GOOD OUTCOMES.
GLORIA SAYS A SAFE SLEEPING PROGRAM IS BEING INTRODUCED ALONG WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROVIDE TWO SITES WITH APPROXIMATELY 534 CITY PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL TENTS , BATHROOM FACILITIES, AND SECURITY.
>> WE CAN'T HELP THESE PEOPLE UNLESS THEY SAY YES.
UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE IS ANOTHER TOOL TO GET FOLKS TO SAY YES.
HER BACK ACCORDING TO MAYOR GLORIA, IF THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON JUNE 13th, ONE OF THE SAFE SLEEPING SITES COULD BE OPENED BY JULY 1st.
KPBS NEWS .
>>> WE HAVE MORE COVERAGE ON HOMELESSNESS AND INDIA GO CANTY ON OUR WEBSITE, INCLUDING MORE REGION SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE NORTH COUNTY AND CHULA VISTA.
YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AT KPBS.ORG.
>>> AT THIS HOUR THE LAST BALLOTS ARE BEING COUNTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER TEACHERS HAVE APPROVED THEIR HISTORIC NEW CONTRACT WITH SAN DIEGO UNIFIED .
VOTE COUNTING HAS BEEN GOING ON ALL DAY AT THE MISSION VALLEY HEADQUARTERS AT THE SAN DIEGO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT INCLUDES THE LARGEST PAYRAISE EVER, 15% OVER TWO YEARS, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES A LUMP SUM PAYMENT RETROACTIVE TO LAST JULY.
SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES AND UNION LEADERS PLAN TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS ON MONDAY, AND OF THE CONTRACT PASSES, THEY WILL RATIFY THE DEAL ON JUNE 20th.
>>> THE NATION'S ENERGY SECRETARY SAYS THE PROCESS IS UNDERWAY TO MOVE NUCLEAR FOOL FROM THE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME.
KPBS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER ERIK ANDERSON HAS MORE ON THE TIMELINE.
PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HAS PAID 13 PARTNERS INSTALLED AT $26 MILLION TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF FINDING A COMMUNITY WILLING TO HOST AN INTERIM STORAGE SITE FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.
THERE ARE 123 CANISTERS OF DEPLETED FUEL RODS STORED AT SANTA KNOW FOR A.
SECRETARY JENNIFER MANN HOME SAYS THEY STARTED THE PROCESS OF MOVING THEM.
>> IT WILL BE IN THE SPAN OF YEARS RATHER THAN MONTHS, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE PROCESS HAS BEGUN, AND SOME OF THEM WILL DEPEND ON HOW FORWARD LEANING THE COMMUNITIES ARE AND HOW WILLING THEY ARE HERE KITTITAS IT IS MOMENT.
4 THE GROUPS ARE LOCATED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN SAYS CONGRESS ALSO NEEDS TO FIND A PERMANENT REPOSITORY FOR HIGH- LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE.
>> IF THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, IN BEING AN INTERIM SITE, WILL NOT WANT TO BECOME A DE FACTO PERMANENT SITE, AND THEREFORE THERE NEEDS TO BE MOVEMENT ON LICENSING OF ANOTHER SITE.
>> Reporter: CRITICS HAVE LONG QUESTIONED THE WISDOM OF STORING THE SPENT FUEL RODS BESIDE THE OCEAN IN A GEOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AREA.
PUBLIC WATCHDOGS SAY MOVING THE STORAGE CANISTERS IS FRAUGHT WITH PROBLEMS.
>> WE KNOW THE CANS ARE DAMAGED , AND IN ORDER TO MOVE THEM, THAT ISSUE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSED.
>> Reporter: AND THE CANISTERS ARE HEAVY.
THAT MAKES MOVING THEM OVER AN ALREADY FRAGILE RAIL LINE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING.
EXACTLY HOW AND WHEN THEY WILL BE MOVED WON'T BE DECIDED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
ERIK ANDERSON , KPBS NEWS .
>>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN INDICTED ON MULTIPLE COUNTS IN RELATION TO THE SPECIAL COUNCILS CLASSIFY DOCUMENTS PROBE.
HE'S EXPECTED TO FACE A FEDERAL JUDGE ON TUESDAY FOR CHARGES INCLUDING ONE UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT.
IVAN RODRIGUEZ BREAKS DOWN THE CHARGES AND WHAT LED UP TO THIS.
>> Reporter: IT'S THE FIRST TIME A FORMER PRESIDENT HAS FACED FEDERAL CHARGES, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICTED ON MULTIPLE COUNTS IN CONNECTION WITH HIS MISHANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.
>> VIOLATIONS OF THOSE LAWS PUT OUR COUNTRY AT RISK.
HER BACK INSIDE THE MULTIPLE PAGE INDICTMENT ARE SHOCKING DETAILS.
TRUMP ALLEGEDLY KNEW HE HAD TAKEN CLASSIFY DOCUMENTS.
SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND SOME WERE SO SENSITIVE THEY REQUIRE SPECIAL HANDLING.
>> THE LAWS THAT PROTECT NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION ARE CRITICAL TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY MUST BE ENFORCED.
>> Reporter: TRUMPET TAKING TO TRUTH THE SOCIAL THURSDAY NIGHT CALLING IT A DARK DAY FOR AMERICA.
>> WE ARE A NATION IN DECLINE.
4 TRUMP ADMITTED ON TAPE IN 2021 TO HAVE SECRET DOCUMENTS THAT HE HAS 90 CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE UNSEALED INDICTMENT NUMBER BUT IT IS SOMETHING HE NOW DENIES.
>> I'M AN INNOCENT MAN.
I DID NOTHING WRONG.
I'M INNOCENT.
WE WILL PROVE THAT VERY, VERY SOUNDLY AND HOPEFULLY VERY QUICKLY.
HER BACK LAST AUGUST FEDERAL AGENTS SEARCHED HIS PALM BEACH HOME AT MAR-A-LAGO WHERE THEY FOUND MORE THAN 100 CLASSIFY DOCUMENTS, SOME LABELED "TOP SECRET."
ALL THIS LEADING UP TO THE CHARGES HE NOW SPACES INCLUDING ONE UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, DESTROYING OR FALSIFYING RECORDS, CONSPIRACY, AND FALSE STATEMENTS.
I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTING.
>>> FORMER REPRESENTATIVE DUNCAN L. HUNTER IS PUSHING BACK ON A YEARS LONG NPR INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED COVER-UP OF THE 2004 FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT INVOLVING HIS SON.
KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: FORMER REPRESENTATIVE DUNCAN L. HUNTER SAID HE WOULD NOT ORCHESTRATE OR PARTICIPATE IN COVERING UP A 2004 MURDER STRIKE THAT KILLED TWO MARINES AND AN IRAQI INTERPRETER.
>> THE ANSWER IS NO.
I NEVER HAD A DISCUSSION ON THIS INVESTIGATION.
GET A NEWS CONFERENCE, HUNTER PRESENTED THE RESULTS OF A POLYGRAPH TEST TAKEN WEDNESDAY.
HE SAYS THE RESULTS PROVE HE'S NOT LYING WHEN HE SAID HE DID NOT INFLUENCE OR DISCUSS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT OR HIS SON INVOLVEMENT IN MARINE LEADERSHIP.
THE ELDER HUNTER SAYS HE WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF THE INCIDENT UNTIL NPR ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.
>> THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
I DON'T REMEMBER BEING BRIEFED ON THAT.
THAT DIDN'T COME UP UNTIL NPR DID THEIR STORY.
>> Reporter: THE NPR PODCAST "TAKING COVER" REVEALS THAT AS A MARINE LIEUTENANT, DUNCAN D HUNTER WAS PART OF INTERTEL YOUR TEAM THAT FIRED A MORTAR INTO A SCHOOL WHERE U.S. AND ALLIED FORCES WERE PREPARING FOR BATTLE.
DUNCAN L. HUNTER HIS FATHER WAS THEN CHAIR OF THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.
HE VISITED GENERAL JAMES CONWAY, THEN THE TOP MARINE IN IRAQ, JUST DAYS BEFORE THE GENERAL SIGNOFF ON RECOMMENDATIONS NOT TO PUNISH ANY MARINE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.
>> NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION, DID NOT KNOW IT WAS GOING ON.
APARTMENT DUNCAN D HUNTER WHEN HIS FATHER'S SEAT IN CONGRESS AFTER RESIGNING IN DISGRACE AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF STEALING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, A CRIME FOR WHICH HUNTER WAS PARDONED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE YOUNGER HUNTER WAS NOT AT HIS FATHER'S NEWS CONFERENCE AND HAS NOT COMMENTED PUBLICLY.
KPBS NEWS .
>>> THE GULF MEGA MERGER WILL PLAY OUT IN THE COMING MONTHS.
WE LOOK AT WHAT COULD LIE AHEAD FOR THE SPORT HERE IN SAN DIEGO IN THE BUSINESS REPORT.
>> Reporter: BOTTOM LINE, IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY.
IT IS ABOUT MAKING GOLF A BIGGER SPORT WORLDWIDE.
PHIL MICKELSON, ONE OF OUR SAN DIEGO GOLFERS, CAME OUT WHEN THIS WAS ANNOUNCED AND TWEETED, THIS IS TRULY A GREAT DAY.
THE LOSERS AND LONGER-TERM WINNERS ARE THE PGA TOUR PLAYERS.
RORY McILROY HE WAS PROBABLY THE SPOKESPERSON AGAINST EL IV TOURS FROM THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL THE DAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED.
>> I HATE LIV.
I HATE IT.
I HOPE IT GOES AWAY.
4 THIS IS AN INTERESTING THING FOR SAN DIEGO BECAUSE NOT ONLY WILL IT MAKE THE TORREY PINES TOURNAMENT, THE FARMERS TOURNAMENT THE THAT MUCH MORE HIGH PROFILE, BECAUSE THE PURSES ARE GOING TO BE BIGGER, BUT IT WILL AT LEAST NEXT YEAR INCLUDE ALL OF THE PLAYERS WHO WERE NOT GOING TO BE PART OF THE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR.
SECONDLY, ALL OF THE BIG GULF COMPANIES, THE CALLAWAY'S OF THE WORLD, IF THIS HAS THE INTENDED EFFECT, THEY ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO SEE INCREASED SALES MAY BE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT CERTAINLY INTERNATIONALLY, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A BIG INVESTMENT AT THE PGA IS GOING TO MAKE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR YEARS TO COME.
>>> APARTMENT HUNTERS IN OCEANSIDE CAN SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS THANKS TO A NEW PROGRAM .
OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A PROPOSAL ALLOWING APPLICANTS TO REUSE THE SAME TENANT SCREENING REPORT MULTIPLE TIMES INSTEAD OF PAYING FEES FOR NEW ONES EACH TIME.
A NEW STATE LAW EFFECTIVENESS YEARS ALLOWS APPLICANTS TO REUSE THE SAME SCREENING REPORT MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN 30 DAYS, BUT LANDLORD'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORT IS VOLUNTARY.
>>> BUYERS ARE LINING UP FOR ONE HOUSE IN L.A. COUNTY.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT, BUT IT IS BUILT RIGHT ON TOP OF THE BRIDGE.
NO ONE HAS LIVED IN HIS 462 SQUARE FOOT HOME IN TWO DECADES.
THE ONE BEDROOM ONE BATH UNIT WAS BEING USED FOR STORAGE, BUT WHEN IT WAS POSTED FOR SALE FOR UNDER $250,000, REALTORS SAY THEY WERE SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL BUYERS.
>> WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING BY.
WE HAD PEOPLE LAST NIGHT THINKING ABOUT TURNING IT INTO A CIGAR LOUNGE.
WE HAVE LAWYERS WANTING TO TURN IT INTO AN ARTIST, OFFICE, ARTISTS WANTING TO TURN IT INTO THEIR OWN CREATIVE SPACE.
>> THE HOME ALREADY HAS 10 OFFERS, BY THE WAY.
IT IS ONE OF 10 PROPERTIES IN L.A. COUNTY LISTED UNDER $250,000, AND THE AVERAGE PRICE OF THE HOME THERE IS $1 MILLION.
>>> THE END OF THIS YEAR IS A WAY FOR MANY STUDENTS, PROMPTING THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY TO LAUNCH ITS SUMMER LEARNING CHALLENGE.
MG PEREZ TELLS US THE CHALLENGE IS ALSO FOR PARENTS.
>>> I AM A UNICORN.
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A UNICORN?
>> Reporter: THE WIGGLES AND GIGGLES STORYTIME HERE AT THE NEW LAKESIDE COUNTY LIBRARY IS A SAFE SPACE FOR LEARNING JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
WHILE MOST AREN'T EVEN ALDEN US TO ATTEND SCHOOL YET, THEY ARE THE PERFECT AUDIENCE OF BEGINNING READERS.
>> 90% OF A CHILD'S BRAIN WILL DEVELOP BY AGE 5.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE A REALLY SHORT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LITTLE ONES ARE GETTING THE BEST EXPERIENCES.
>> Reporter: FIRST FIVE SAN DIEGO IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO PARENTS WITH CHILDREN FROM 0 TO 5 YEARS OLD.
FIRST FIVE IS PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO LIBRARY SYSTEM TO CHALLENGE CHILDREN OF ALL AGES TO TALK, READ, AND EVEN SING THIS SUMMER, WHETHER THEY ARE ON SCHOOL VACATION OR WAITING TO ENROLL IN TK.
>> EVERYBODY GETS INVOLVED.
>> Reporter: JESSICA DOWNING IS A LAKESIDE MOTHER WITH THREE CHILDREN.
HER YOUNGEST IS ALMOST 2.
THIS IS A FAMILY OF ACTIVE LEARNERS.
>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE BOOKS OUT AROUND THE HOUSE A LITTLE DAYLONG.
THEY PICK THEM OUT AND READ TO EACH OTHER.
WE DO STORY NIGHT ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.
IT'S HUGE.
WE LOVE IT.
>> Reporter: THE COUNTY IS CHALLENGING KIDS TO READ 10 BOOKS AND COMPLETE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO EARN PRIZES THIS SUMMER.
PARENTS ARE BEING CHALLENGED AS WELL.
FIRST FIVE WANTS THEM TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DAY, READ A FUNNY STORY, AND EVEN SING A SILLY SONG WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
>> BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT MY GOODNESS, MY CHILDREN ARE WATCHING ME.
MY CHILDREN ARE LISTENING TO ME.
WE ARE ROLE MODELS.
>> Reporter: THIS NEW LAKESIDE BRANCH IS ONE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S 33 LIBRARIES, BUT THERE ARE A LOT MORE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ONLINE, NOT JUST IN THE BUILDINGS WITH BOOKS.
IN CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS SECOND ONLY TO LOS ANGELES IN THE SIZE OF ITS DIGITAL LIBRARY, AND IT IS FIFTH IN THE NATION WITH 4 MILLION DOWNLOADS LAST YEAR, AND 11 MILLION CHECKOUTS OF AUDIO AND DIGITAL BOOKS, CDs, DVDs, AND MORE, ALL MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE FREE LIBRARY CARD.
>> THAT IS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING.
IS THE KEY TO ADVENTURES AND INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
IT IS THE KEY TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: THE DOWNING FAMILY IS READY FOR THE SUMMER CHALLENGE.
>> YOU HAVE TO LEARN AT SCHOOL AND PRACTICE ALL DAY.
YOU HAVE TO, LIKE, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND TRY YOUR BEST.
>> Reporter: THAT IS A STRATEGY YOU CAN READ LOUD AND CLEAR.
MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS .
>>> AS THE WEATHER GETS WARMER, A REMINDER THAT LEAVING A CHILD IN A CAR FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME CAN BE DANGEROUS.
AROUND 40 CHILDREN DIE EVERY YEAR IN THE U.S. FROM HEATSTROKE.
WE HAVE A LOOK AT JUST HOW QUICKLY TEMPERATURES IN A CAR CAN RISE.
>> Reporter: IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AS THE SUN BEATS DOWN, THE DANGER INSIDE CARS HEATS UP.
>> IF IT'S EVEN FOR A MINUTE, TAKE YOUR CHILD WITH YOU.
DO NOT LEAVE ANYONE IN THE CAR EVEN RUNNING AN ERRAND.
IT CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.
>> Reporter: SINCE 1998, MORE THAN 940 CHILDREN HAVE DIED AFTER EITHER BEING LEFT OR TRAPPED IN A HOT CAR, A MAJORITY OF THE STATS HAPPENED BECAUSE SOMEONE FORGETS A CHILD IN A CAR.
>> USUALLY THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ROUTINE CHANGED.
DAD MAY TYPICALLY DROP OFF THE CHILD, BUT INSTEAD MOM WAS DROPPING OFF THE CHILD AT DAYCARE AND SHE FORGOT.
SHE WENT TO WORK AND CLOSED THE CAR DOOR AND WENT TO HER OFFICE.
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA IS A STRONG FOR LIFE PROGRAM IS WHEN IT'S 75 DEGREES OUT, IT TAKES 30 MINUTES FOR THE INSIDE OF THE CAR TO HIT 104 DEGREES, AND THEN THE DANGER RISES WITH THE TEMPERATURE.
95 DEGREES OUTSIDE, IT TAKES FIVE MINUTES FOR THE INSIDE TO REACH 102 DEGREES, DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG CHILDREN.
>> THERE TEMPERATURES CAN RISE ABOUT 3 TO 5 TIMES FASTER THAN ADULTS.
IN ADDITION, YOUNG BABIES AND TODDLERS, THEY DON'T SWEAT AS MUCH, SO THEY CAN'T DISTRIBUTE THAT HEAT.
EXPERTS SAY ALWAYS CHECK THE BACK SEAT FOR LOCKING CAR DOORS.
IT MAY HELP TO LEAVE SOMETHING LIKE A CELL PHONE NEXT TO THE CAR SEAT, AND HAVE A PLAN WITH YOUR CHILD'S DAYCARE CENTER.
>> MAKE SURE THEY CHECK IN ON YOU IF FOR SOME REASON YOUR CHILD IS LATE OR NOT THERE THAT DAY AND MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: I'M MANDY GAITHER.
>>> THE FAMOUS SAN DIEGO LANDMARK NEEDS A MAKEOVER, AND THE CITY WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THEY'RE HOLDING A SECOND COMMUNITY WORKSHOP TOGETHER AND PUT ON PLANS TO REPLACE THE OCEAN BEACH.. GETS FROM 2:00 TO 4:00 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
56 YEARS OLD, IT'S NEARING THE END OF ITS SERVICE LIFE.
THE DESIGN BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT IS EXPECTED TO BE SELECTED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
>>> WE WILL START YOU OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES.
COULWOOD WEST OF THE DESERTS.
A FEW SHOWERS ARE GOING TO ROLL THROUGH FOR THE START, AND THE END OF THE WEEKEND.
OUR HIGHEST CHANCES GOING TO BE SUNDAY, BUT THOSE STORMS, SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS COULD TURN INTO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.
THAT IS WHERE WE WILL SEE THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR STORMY WEATHER.
JUNE GLOOM INTO NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL BE RUNNING 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW HISTORICAL AVERAGES ACROSS SOCAL.
LIMITED COASTAL CLEARING EACH DAY.
TONIGHT, WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 62.
TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE SOME PEEKS OF SUNSHINE.
SAN DIEGO 68.
OCEANSIDE A LITTLE CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 70.
AS WE MOVE A LITTLE MORE INLAND, BORREGO SPRINGS AND THE DESERT, 90.
MOUNT LAGUNA HITTING A HIGH OF 58.
IT WON'T BE A COMPLETE WASHOUT BY ANY MEANS, BUT IF YOU ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY ON SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY, BUT THEN THOSE CHANCES ARE HEAVIER STORMS ARE GOING TO MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE HIGH DESERTS.
AGAIN, IT WON'T BE A WASHOUT OR OVERLY WIDESPREAD.
WE ARE INCREASING THE ONSHORE FLOW AS WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND PICK YOUR 5 DAY OUTLOOK ALONG THE COAST, MISTY IN THE MORNING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE STORY THROUGH AT LEAST THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.
CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE BY TUESDAY, HIGHS IN THE 70s WEDNESDAY WITH A HIGH OF 72.
INLAND, THAT IS WHERE WE COULD SEE SOME RAIN A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEKEND, MISTY IN THE MORNING.
THEN WE ARE UP TO THE 70s AGAIN BY MONDAY.
THEN WE ARE RISING TO THE MID-70s BY WEDNESDAY.
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WE HAVE A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR SUNDAY.
WE STAY IN THE 50s ALL THIS WEEK.
WE WILL START TO DRY OUT, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE DESERTS, THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE, BUT MOST OF THE DAY WE REMAIN CLEAR AND DRY.
OVERALL HIGHS DIPPING DOWN TO THE 80s THE BACKUP TO THE 90s BY THURSDAY.
>>> FORMER NBA PLAYER AND TWO- TIME CHAMPION LAMAR ODOM IS HELPING PEOPLE BATTLING DRUG ADDICTION.
HE PLAYED 14 SEASONS IN THE NBA BUT NEARLY DIED FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE IN 2015.
FOLLOWING THAT NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE, ODOM SAYS HE WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW PURPOSE, SO HE AND TWO PARTNERS LAUNCHED ODOM WELLNESS AND TREATMENT CENTERS WITH LOCATIONS IN SAN DIEGO, EL CAJON, AND LEMON GROVE.
>> ONCE AN ADDICT YOU ARE ALWAYS AN ADDICT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU LIVE IN ADDICTED LIFESTYLE, SO HERE AT ODOM WELLNESS, WE FOCUS ON THE CORRECT WAY TO LIVE.
I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE HOPEFULLY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
>> ODOM SAYS HIS PROGRAM IS MORE SATISFYING THAN ANYTHING HE HAS EVER ACCOMPLISHED ON THE COURT.
HIS GOAL IS TO OPEN MORE WELLNESS CENTERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>>> IT SEEMS LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS PERMEATING EVERY INDUSTRY.
NOW A HOSPITAL IN OUR STATE IS USING THE TECHNOLOGY TO RESHAPE TREATMENT FOR CANCER PATIENTS.
>> Reporter: COULD CANCER CARE IN THE PALM OF OUR HANDS?
OVARIAN CANCER PATIENTS AT UC DAVIS HEALTH KENSING TAKE PART IN A CLINICAL STUDY THAT PUTS THE QUESTION TO THE TEST.
>> THE GOAL IS REALLY TO IMPROVE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES, AND REDUCE CAUSE OF POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: THE AI WILL TRACK THEIR SYMPTOMS, PROBLEMS, AND SLEEP HABITS.
>> THE TIME PATIENTS HAVE PROBLEMS DOESN'T ALWAYS COINCIDE WHEN YOU MIGHT BE SITTING FACE-TO-FACE IN THE CLINIC.
4 MARIE KENNEDY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANCER IN 2021.
SHE REMEMBERS HOW CRUCIAL IT IS TO HAVE THIS DATA ON HAND.
>> IT WOULD REPLACE WHAT I HAD.
IT WAS BASICALLY A BIG OLD NOTEBOOK FULL OF ALL THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAT I WAS GIVING, SO I WOULD GO TO THAT FOR MY DIETARY CONCERNS.
I WOULD GO TO THAT IF I WAS HAVING SIDE EFFECTS, AND WAS THIS THE SIDE EFFECT I NEEDED TO CALL ABOUT.
>> Reporter: NOW PATIENTS WILL HAVE THE ANSWERS AT THEIR FINGERTIPS.
DR. REBEKAH BROOKS WITH UC DAVIS HEALTH IS THE TOOL WON'T REPLACE THE DOCTOR, BUT IT COULD HELP DOCTORS MAKE EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> IT GIVES US A MORE CONTINUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW PATIENTS ARE DOING, GET ENGAGED AND HOPEFULLY OPTIMIZE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE.
I GUESS FOR AI'S FUTURE IN HEALTHCARE, RESULTS FROM THE STUDY COULD HELP LEAD TO THIS TWO-PRONGED APPROACH IN CANCER CARE ACROSS THE BOARD.
>>> THE OLD GLOBE THEATER SUMMER SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL KICKS OFF WITH A CLASSIC TALE OF LOVE, 12th NIGHT.
WE SPEAK WITH THE DIRECTOR ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT WHAT A 400-YEAR-OLD PLAY HAS TO SAY ABOUT LOVE.
FOUR BACK THIS SUMMER, LOVE TAKES THIS AGE UNDER THE STARS AND BALBOA PARK WITH WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S 12th NIGHT.
DIRECTOR KATHLEEN MARSHALL SAYS IT'S ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ROMANTIC COMEDIES.
>> THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL ROMANTIC COMEDY AND EVERY MOVIE OR TV SHOW WHERE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO RUB EACH OTHER THE WRONG WAY AND BECKER AND SORT OF THEN TUMBLE THEIR WAY INTO ROMANCE, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS TO VIOLA AND CESARIO.
THAT'S BEATRICE AND BENEDICT.
AND THAT'S SAM AND DIANE ON "CHEERS."
IT ALL ORIGINATES FROM THESE ROMANTIC COMEDIES THAT SHAKESPEARE WROTE.
>> Reporter: MARSHALL SHOULD KNOW.
SHE ALSO DIRECTED THE CLASSIC TALE OF DUELING LOVERS IN "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING," AND THE MORE SERIOUS "LOVE'S LABORS LOST. "
CAN A PLAYWRIGHT WHO HAS BEEN DEAD FOR CENTURIES HAVE ANYTHING RELEVANT TO SAY TO A MODERN AUDIENCE?
HERSCHEL SAYS YES.
>> THEY ARE ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION, AND I THINK IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS, WHETHER THEY ARE THE COMEDIES OR THE ROMANCES ARE THE TRAGEDIES, THEY MAY BE PEOPLE BEHAVING IN EXTREME WAYS, BUT IT IS ALL RECOGNIZABLE.
IT IS ALL UNDERSTANDABLE.
PEOPLE SORT OF FALLING IN LOVE, OR HAVING, BEING JEALOUS, OR DESIRING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE, OR DEALING WITH LOSS, OR DEALING WITH PAIN, OR TRYING TO FIND THEIR JOY.
THEY ARE ALL REAL SORT OF HUMAN CHARACTERS EXPERIENCING LIFE IN A WAY THAT'S RECOGNIZABLE TO ANY AUDIENCE.
>> Reporter: 12th NIGHT CENTERS ON THE SHIPWRECKED VIOLA DISGUISES HERSELF AS HER LOST TWIN BROTHER.
AND SHE BECOMES A GO-BETWEEN FOR A LOVESICK DUKE ORSINO AND OLIVIA, WHO REJECTS HIS ADVANCES BUT FALLS FOR HIS MESSENGER.
>> YOUR TRUE LOVE FOR MY MASTER.
>> AND WITH MY HONOR HOW CAN I GIVE HIM THAT WHICH I HAVE GIVEN TO YOU?
>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH SHAKESPEARE EXAGGERATES CHARACTERS FOR COMIC EFFECT, HE NEVER FORGETS THEIR HUMANITY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY DIDN'T REALIZE AS WE DELVED INTO IT IS THAT ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE SORT OF FLAWED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE SORT OF FEELING SOME SENSE OF LOSS.
WE HAVE TWO CHARACTERS WHO ARE LITERALLY LOST IN A SHIPWRECK, AND OTHER CHARACTERS WHO HAVE SOMETHING MISSING IN THEIR LIVES, SOME VOID THEY ARE TRYING TO FILL.
EVEN THOUGH, HOPEFULLY, IT BECOMES, THEY FILL IT WITH SORT OF JOY AND ROMANCE AND ATTRACTION AND MISCHIEF, BUT IT ALL COMES FROM A PLACE OF SORT OF GRIEF OR LOSS OR SADNESS, SO IT IS REALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT IS GREAT SHAKESPEARE COMEDY, IT HAS THIS DEPTH TO IT.
>> Reporter: AND VIOLA IS KEY TO THE DEPTH, AS SHE NAVIGATES BOTH LOVE AND THE ACTION OF THE PLAY, HIDING HER TRUE IDENTITY.
>> SHE'S GOING THROUGH HER EXPERIENCE DISGUISED AS A MAN AND AFFECTS EVERYONE IN UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL WAYS, AND THEY DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHY THEY ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS PERSON BUT THEY ARE.
I THINK IT IS THE FACT THAT SHE SORT OF IS BOTH GENDERS AT THE SAME TIME.
SHE HAS HER OWN INSIGHT AND PERCEPTION AND EMOTIONS AND IDEAS, BUT BECAUSE SHE IS PRESENTING AS A MAN TO PEOPLE, THEY LISTEN TO HER DIFFERENTLY, AND HE INTERACTS WITH THEM DIFFERENTLY, SO I THINK IT IS INTERESTING, AND OF COURSE IN SHAKESPEARE'S DAY, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAN PLAYING A WOMAN DRESSED AS A MAN, SO I THINK IT IS VERY INTERESTING THAT THERE IS GENDER FLUIDITY IN 12th NIGHT THAT'S INTERESTING TO EXPLORE.
>> Reporter: IT ALSO PROVES INTERESTING AS WELL AS DELIGHTFUL TO EXPLORE HOW RELEVANT A 423-YEAR-OLD ROMCOM CAN BE.
THE TIMES MAY CHANGE, BUT HUMAN NATURE NEVER DOES.
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