
Friday, May 30, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3569 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The Trump administration is putting hundreds of so-called "sanctuary jurisdictions" on notice.
The Trump administration is putting hundreds of so-called "sanctuary jurisdictions" on notice — including some in our region. Plus, residents and researchers in Los Angeles are raising health concerns as fire-damaged communities continue their long recovery. And we follow one man’s journey from prison to graduation, through a local program supporting formerly incarcerated students.
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Friday, May 30, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3569 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The Trump administration is putting hundreds of so-called "sanctuary jurisdictions" on notice — including some in our region. Plus, residents and researchers in Los Angeles are raising health concerns as fire-damaged communities continue their long recovery. And we follow one man’s journey from prison to graduation, through a local program supporting formerly incarcerated students.
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>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND FOUR LOCAL CITIES ARE ON A FEDERAL LIST OF SO-CALLED SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M JOHN CAROL.
THAT LIST INCLUDES THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND MANY OF ITS CITIES AND COUNTIES.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAID THAT THESE JURISDICTIONS ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL CRIMINAL STATUTES.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO LOCAL LEADERS.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE USED AS ADDITIONAL THREATS AND FEAR TACTICS.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHAT THE SAN DIEGO DA SAID ABOUT SAN DIEGO BEING ON THE LIST OF JURISDICTIONS.
SHE ISN'T SURPRISED THAT MANY CITIES ARE ON THE LIST BUT SAID IT DOESN'T CLARIFY ANYTHING.
>> WHEN YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE CALIFORNIA JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE AND AREN'T ON THE LIST THERE'S NOT A LOT OF REASON AS TO WHY SOMEONE IS INCLUDED AND SOME OTHER CITY ISN'T.
>> Reporter: THAT LACK OF CLARITY ALSO PUZZLED THE MAYOR.
HIS CITY ALONG WITH SAN DIEGO ARE ON DHS'S LIST RELEASED LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
>> I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE MISTAKE.
THE CITY OF VISTA HAS MADE ITS POSITION CLEAR.
WE ARE NOT A SANCTUARY CITY.
I'M WRITING A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT TODAY AND ASKING THEM TO CORRECT THIS SIMPLE ERROR.
>> Reporter: VISTA CONTRACTS ITS POLICING TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF.
THE SHERIFF DECLINED AN INTERVIEW BUT THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT IT FOLLOWS AND ENFORCES STATE LAW.
SB54 IS CLEAR THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL NOT ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.
THE CHULA VISTA MAYOR IS ALSO SURPRISED TO SEE HIS CITY ON THE SAID AND SAID THEY HAVEN'T ADOPTED SANCTUARY CITY POLL AND I IT'S POLICE FORCE DOESN'T INHIBIT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
>> WE ARE THERE TO BE A WILLING PARTNER TO GET CRIMINALS OFF THE STREETS.
>> Reporter: HE IS ALSO WRITING A LETTER TO GET CHULA VISTA OFF THE LIST.
DHS SAID IT'LL SEND LETTERS TO ALL JURISDICTIONS ON THE LIST.
NO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS HAVE RECEIVED THAT LETTER YET.
THEY ALSO WORRY ABOUT HOW BEING ON THE LIST WILL AFFECT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> IT COULD BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO ALONG WITH OTHERS FILED A LAWSUIT EARLY ON IN THIS ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITIES.
>> WE WE HAVE AN INJUNCTION TO PREVENT THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION FROM USING SANCTUARY DESIGNATION FROM WITH HOLDING FEDERAL FUNDS.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE COUNTY, THE SUPERVISOR SAID THAT IN A STATEMENT WE REMAIN STEADFAST IN OUR COMMITMENT TO DEFEND DUE PROCESS.
THE SANTE MAYOR WAS ALSO SURPRISED BY HIS CITY'S INCLUSION AND SAID THEY AREN'T A SANCTUARY CITY BUT IT SHOWS THE CITY NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH DHS.
IN THE NEWSROOM.
KPBS NEWS.
>>> THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACK WITH THIS LATEST DIRECTIVE FROM DHS ABOUT SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS.
GUSTAVO IS HERE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS.
WHAT IS A SANCTUARY JURISDICTION?
>> THE FUNNY PART OF THE ANSWER IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
THERE IS NO LEGAL DEFINITION FOR A SANCTUARY JURISDICTION.
I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING THE REPORTERS, ACADEMICS, LAWYERS AND POLITICIANS DESCRIBE IT AS POLICY THAT LIMIT COOPERATION BETWEEN LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAW.
>> NOW HOW DID THESE LOCAL CITIES END UP ON THE DHS LIST?
>> ANOTHER THING THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW AT THIS POINT.
IT SEEMS KIND OF SILLY WHEN YOU THINK OF WHO GOT IN AND WHY.
FOR EXAMPLE, HUNTINGTON BEACH IS ON THE LIST.
THEY HAVE BEEN PRETTY VOCAL AND LOUD ABOUT RESISTING CALIFORNIA SANCTUARY LAWS.
CHULA VISTA IS ON THE LIST.
THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO GET A WELCOMING CITY DECLARATION AND DIDN'T RENEW IT.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHO WAS SELECTED WHY.
>> HUNTINGTON BEACH FIGHTING THE STATE ON HOUSING POLICY BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
WHERE DID THE SANCTUARY POLICIES COME FROM?
>> KIND OF TWO ANSWERS TO THAT.
THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF SANCTUARY POLICIES GOING BACK TO THE 80s.
THIS WAVE YOU KNOW THE CALIFORNIA VALUES ACT.
THE CALIFORNIA TRUTH ACT.
THEY ARE A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
IF YOU WILL REMEMBER THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY A CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS RECOGNIZING THAT COMMUNITIES ARE SAFER WHEN EVERYBODY, INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT STATUS FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT CALLING THE POLICE.
DURING THAT TIME IN THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY UP IN LA THERE WAS A DECLINE IN 911 CALLS IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
SPECIFICALLY I REMEMBER -- THERE'S BEEN STUDIES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS WENT DOWN.
THAT DIDN'T MEAN THERE WAS LESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT PEOPLE WEREN'T REPORTING BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID IF THEY CALLED 911 THEY MIGHT GET DEPORTED.
IN RECOGNITION OF THIS DYNAMIC THEY MADE LAWS TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE REPORTING CRIMES.
>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?
>> YOU TELL ME.
I MEAN ITS LIKE WITH A LOT OF THESE TRUMP POLL SESSIONS.
TARIFFS, STUDENT VISA REVOKING, THE DOGE BUDGET CUTS THERE'S A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT MADE, THERE'S LAWSUITS FILED AND THEN IT PLAYS OUT IN THE COURTS.
I KNOW IN THIS INSTANCE THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CONNECTICUT HAS ALREADY SAID WE WILL SUE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IF THEY COME AFTER FUNDING OVER THIS.
I THINK EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN.
I THINK THE ONE THING WE KNOW IS THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
I THINK WE NEED TO WAIT AND SEE AND FIGURE OUT HOW THE COURTS HANDLE THIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> TODAY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RULED A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWED ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION IMMIGRANTS TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE UNITED STATES CAN BE SUSPENDED.
THE BIDEN ERA PROGRAM ALLOWED CERTAIN MIGRANTS TO BE GRANTED PAROLE AFTER ARRIVING AT THE BORDER.
THEY WOULD GET THE STATUS IF THEY HAD AN AMERICAN SPONSOR AND PASSED A SECURITY VETTING.
THE PRESIDENT SIGNED AN ORDER TO END THE PROGRAM.
THE LEGAL QUESTIONS CENTERED ON IF STATUS COULD BE REVOKED UNILATERALY OR CASE BY CASE.
WHILE THE UNDERLYING CASE CONTINUES THE ADMINISTRATION CAN SPEED UP DEPORTATIONS FOR THOSE IN THE PROGRAM.
>>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO REVOKE VISAS FROM SOME CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.
THAT COULD AFFECT THOUSANDS AT UC SAN DIEGO.
>> Reporter: THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID WEDNESDAY THAT HIS DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL AGGRESSIVELY REVOKE VISAS FOR CHINESE STUDENTS.
ONE STUDENT SAID CHINESE STUDENTS HAVE BROUGHT A VALUABLE PERSPECTIVE.
>> WE HEAR THE SAME PROFESSORS BUT THEN HEARING FROM AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE IS REALLY REFRESHING ONCE IN A WHILE.
>> Reporter: WENDY TRAN SAID HER INTERNATIONAL CLASSMATES HAVE WORKED HARD TO STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> JUST RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY TO KIND OF SEE THEM HAVE LIKE THEIR VIEWS AND -- VISAS TAKEN AWAY.
I KNOW THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO TRY TO GET TO HERE WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT THE UC OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SAID IT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO REVOKE VISAS WRITING CHINESE STUDENTS AS WELL AS OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, SCHOLARS, FACULTY AND STAFF ARE VITAL MEMBERS OF OUR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH, TEACHING, PATIENT CARE AND PUBLIC SERVICE MISSION.
UC SAN DIEGO SAID IT HAS NOT SEEN ANY CHANGES TO RECORDS.
THE FEDERAL DATABASE USED TO MONITOR STUDENT VISAS.
THAT'S WHERE UNIVERSITIES HAVE PREVIOUSLY FOUND VISAS REVOKED.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT STOPPED SCHEDULING NEW INTERVIEWS.
SAN DIEGO SAID IT'LL CONTINUE TO ISSUE VISA FORMS IN PREPARATION FOR FUTURE INTERVIEWS.
RUBIO SAID THE STATE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO REVISE VISA GUIDELINES TO ENHANCE SCRUTINY OF ALL PUT APPLICATIONS CHINA AND HONG KONG.
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>>> TONIGHT WE GET A MAINLY CLEAR NIGHT.
WE HAVE HAD LESS OF A MARINE LAYER.
TEMPERATURES FALLING IN TO THE MID-60s.
WE ARE KEEPING OUR EYES ON THE TROPICS.
WE ARE STILL WATCHING ALVIN AS IT WORKS NORTHWARD INTO MEXICO.
THAT WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST.
I WILL TALK MORE ON THAT COMING UP.
>>> IF YOU HAVE A STATE FARM HOME INSURANCE POLICY HERE IN CALIFORNIA YOU CAN EXPECT YOUR PREMIUM TO GO UP BY ABOUT 17% WHEN YOU RENEW.
THIS AFTER STATE FARM APPLIED FOR AN EMERGENCY RATE HIKE SAYING IT FACED SEVERE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AFTER SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CLAIMS FROM THE LA FIRES.
SO ITS SPREADING OUT THOSE LOSSES OVER ITS CUSTOMERS.
IT'S NOT JUST HOMEOWNERS.
PREMIUMS FOR RENTERS CAN INCREASE BY 15%.
ONE ALPINE RESIDENT SAID THAT HIS INSURANCE HAS GONE UP FROM 500 TO $1,400 A MONTH IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THIS NEXT RATE HIKE IS MAKING HIM CONSIDER LEAVING THE STATE FOR SOMEWHERE MORE AFFORDABLE LIKE ARIZONA.
>> AFTER 28 YEARS IT MAY BE TIME TO JUST PACK UP AND GET OUT OF HERE.
SAN DIEGO IS A PLACE THAT I ALWAYS LOVED TO CALL HOME BUT IT'S JUST BECOMING SO HARD TO AFFORD TO CALL HOME THAT IT'S KIND OF PUSHING EVERYBODY AWAY.
>> THE RATE HIKE TAKES EFFECT FOR ANY POLICY RENEWED ON SUNDAY OR LATER.
IN A STATEMENT STATE FARM ALSO SAID THAT IT'S GOING TO PAUSE IT'S NONRENEWALS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR SO FEWER PEOPLE WILL LOOSE COVERAGE.
>>> ITS BEEN NEARLY FIVE MONTHS SINCE THE EATON AND PALISADES FIRES.
TO DATE MORE THAN 5,000 PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF WILDFIRE DEBRIS.
THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES SAID THAT AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN 2 MILLION-TONS OF DEBRIS OR DEBRIS.
RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE POLLUTION IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRES AND THE CLEAN UP.
MARY BELL GONZALEZ TAKES US TO ALTADENA.
>> Reporter: AT FIRST GLANCE T I FRO N COULD BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.
HER HOME WITH IT'S LUSH AND MANICURED GARDEN SEEMINGLY UNTOUCHED FROM THE EATON FIRE.
>> WHEN THE FIRE CAME THROUGH WITH THE WINDS IT WAS SO STRONG THAT IT BROKE WINDOWS IN THE HOUSE AND BLEW OPEN DOORS.
LEAD AND ASBESTOS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE COVERING MY HOUSE.
>> Reporter: THEN THE WILDFIRE CLEAN UP STARTED BUT JUST STEPS AWAY FROM HER FRONT YARD.
>> THAT IS THE GOLF COURSE RIGHT THERE.
>> Reporter: THE GOLF COURSE, PARTLY BURNED IN THE EATON FIRE TURNED IN TO A TEMPORARY SITE WHERE VEGETATION, METAL AND CONCRETE ARE RECEIVED AND PROCESSED.
WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO TO US?
WILL WE BE IN A PLACE THAT WE CAN'T LEAVE BUT WE CAN'T LIVE?
>> SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
>> Reporter: WILLIAM HANNAN HAS LEAD THE CLEAN UP FOR THE FIRES.
>> WE USE THE WET METHOD.
WE KEEP ALL THE DUST DOWN AND WANT TO KEEP IT ALL DOWN SO WE DON'T GET THAT IN THE AIR.
WE HAVE AIR MONITORS THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE FOUR AREAS AROUND THE GOLF COURSE.
THOSE STATS LIVE STREAMED TO THE WEBSITE.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 400,000- TONS OF DEBRIS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED.
AS FOR WHAT'S NOT BROUGHT TO THE GOLF COURSE.
>> THE TOXIC MATERIALS ARE SORTED AT THE PROPERTIES AND TAKEN TO A SEPARATE LANDFILL.
>> Reporter: IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF WILDFIRES ON HUMAN HEALTH.
>> THIS ONE HAPPENED WHERE THERE IS 18 MILLION RESIDENTS IN THE LOS ANGELES BASE SKIN THEY WERE EXPOSED IN THE IMMEDIATE DISASTER AND THEN ALSO IN THE CLEAN UP.
>> Reporter: WITH AIR QUALITY TRACKING EQUIPMENT MOUNTED TO HIS ELECTRIC TRUCK HE IS TRACKING AIR POLLUTION AND TOXINS LIKE ARSENIC AND LEAD.
>> ONCE I KNOW WHAT THE PARTICLES LOOK LIKE.
WHAT THE POLLUTION LOOKS LIKE I CAN THEN PUT THAT INTO A MODEL AND PREDICT WHERE THE POLLUTION WILL GO, WHO WILL BE EXPOSED AND HOW MUCH.
>> Reporter: IT'LL BE YEARS BEFORE RESEARCHERS WILL UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF WILDFIRE EXPOSURE.
>> THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF OF COURSE IS JUST TO NOT BE IN THE AREA.
>> Reporter: FOR RESIDENTS IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.
>> I WISH MY HOUSE BURNED.
AS MUCH AS I LOVE MY HOME AND MY GARDEN I COULD START TO MAKE PLANS TO BUILD.
I COULD DECIDE TO MOVE ONTO A NEW HOME.
WE ARE PARALYZED IN THE UNKNOWN AND THE POSSIBLE RISKS TO US, TO OUR NEIGHBORS, TO OUR FRIENDS.
>> Reporter: IN ALTADENA.
>>> THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL SOON LIMIT PUBLIC ACCESS TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.
THE DEPARTMENT IS TRANSITIONING TO FULLY EYCRYPTED TRANSMISSION TO PROTECT THE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF ALL PEOPLE.
IT SAID THE PUBLIC CAN STILL VIEW MANY CALLS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S ONLINE DISPATCH SITE.
>>> HISTORIC ELECTIONS THIS SUNDAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH.
MEXICO IS ELECTING JUDGES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY.
>> Reporter: IT IS A HISTORIC ELECTION.
THAT'S A SHE IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF A AN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS.
MEXICO IS COMPLETELY CHANGING HAD THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
JUDGES USED TO BE APPOINTED BUT AFTER CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ALL MEXICAN JUDGES FROM THE SUPREME COURT DOWN TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WILL NOW BE ELECTED.
>> THE FIRST TIME SINCE A LOT OF -- SINCE THE JUDICIARY TOWER WAS BORN HERE IN MEXICO THAT WE GET THE CHANCE TO VOTE FOR OUR JUDGES AND MINISTERS.
>> Reporter: SHE SAID THAT THE WHOLE LEGAL SYSTEM IS STARTING FRESH.
>> I WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ALSO THE PURPOSE OF THE -- THIS PRECEDENT AND THE PAST ONE THAT PRESENTED THIS WAS TO AVOID OR ELIMINATE NEPOTISM, CORRUPTION IN THE SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: JUST IN THE STATE OF ABOUT, A.J.
A CALIFORNIA THERE ARE 172 JUDGE SHIPS OPEN.
THE CANDIDATES INCLUDING EXISTING JUDGES AND CHALLENGERS ALL ARE REQUIRED TO BE ATTORNEYS.
FROM ARE TWO WAYS TO VOTE.
YOU CAN PICK A GROUP OF CANDIDATES PREAPPROVED, OR YOU CAN VOTE FOR CANDIDATES INDIVIDUALLY.
SHE SAID THIS CAN BE CONFUSING.
>> I HAVE A PRIVILEGE BECAUSE I'M A LAWYER AND I HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
WHAT ABOUT THE COMMON CITIZEN THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO BE PART OF THIS ELECTION ON SUNDAY?
>> Reporter: WINNER WINNERS WILL BE SWORN IN FOR AN EIGHT YEAR TERM.
>>> 370,000 BALLOTS ARE BEING MAILED TO VOTERS IN SAN DIEGO.
REGISTERED VOTERS SHOULD RECEIVE IT AS EARLY AS THIS WEEKEND OR BY NEXT WEEK.
THE SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION IS JULY 1st.
EARLY IN PERSON VOTING STARTS ON MONDAY OR YOU CAN VOTE BY MAIL.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ELECTION TO FILL THE EMPTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR SEAT ONLINE AT SD VOTE.COM.
>>> TEENS WHO HAVEN'T GOTTEN A SUMMER JOB AREN'T ALONE.
IT MAY NOT BE DUE TO LACK OF EFFORT.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHY FINDING SUMMER JOB IS A STRUGGLE THIS SEASON.
>> Reporter: TEENS ARE FINDING THE SUMMER JOBS MARKET ISN'T SO HOT.
EMPLOYMENT FIRM CHALLENGER GRAY AND CHRISTMAS FORECASTS TEEN ALSO SEE THE LOWEST NUMBER OF SUMMER JOBS SINCE 2010.
AT THE SAME TIME HIRING LAB ECONOMIST SEES MORE DEMAND FOR THE SUMMER ROLE.
THIS IS MORE INTEREST IN SUMMER JOBS THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME MORE COMPETITION.
>> Reporter: CHALLENGER GRAY AND CHRISTMAS SAID THAT BUSINESSES MAY HOLD OFF AS TARIFFS WHIPLASH FUELS UNCERTAINTY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGHER COST FOR GOODS AND CONCERNS ABOUT CONSUMERS PULLING BACK LIKE IN AREAS LIKE TRAVEL AND TOURISM.
THE DATA SHOWS BUSINESSES NOT REALLY SHEDDING EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO NOT EAGER TO HIRE.
>> PEOPLE ARE KIND OF FROZEN IN PLACE.
YOU KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS SITUATION.
THERE'S ONLY SO LONG THAT CAN GO ON FOR BEFORE YOU PEOPLE HAVE TO START MAKING BUSINESS DECISIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE MORE SHORT RUN MARKETS LIKE SUMMER JOBS.
>> Reporter: AREAS WHERE JOBS REMAIN AVAILABLE ARE TRIED AND TRUE IN PERSON SUMMER JOBS LIKE OFFICES THAT NEED ADMINISTRATIVE HELP AND CAMPS AND REC.
>> WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SHIFT IN THE JOBS THAT PEOPLE ARE HIRING FOR FOR THE SUMMER.
MORE OF JUST LIKE A DECLINE.
IT'S STILL A VERY MUCH CAMP COUNSELORS IS A BIG ONE, LIFEGUARDS.
>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON.
>>> AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH THE UPCOMING HOURS WE WILL BE WATCHING THE PACIFIC.
FOR NOW OUR STORY IS FAIRLY QUIET NIGHT AND THEN THAT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING CLOUDS, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR AREA.
LIKE I SAID IT'S GOING TO ALSO TRY TO PULL UP SOME OF THAT MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC IN THE FORM OF ALVIN.
COOLER INTO NEXT WEEK.
WE WON'T GET THE DIRECT IMPACTS.
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
IT'LL BE AGAIN THE LOW THAT DRIVES EVERYTHING.
AS WE START OFF TONIGHT WE ARE QUIET.
64 FOR THE CITY.
HERE IS ALVIN MOVING NORTHWARD INTO COOLER WATER WHERE IT FALL AS PART AS IT WORKS INTO NEAR ABOUT GENTLEMAN BUT INTO MAIN LAND MEXICO.
WITH ITS MOISTURE IT'LL TURN AROUND.
THIS STORM SYSTEM THIS IS A DIFFERENT STORM SYSTEM DRIVING OUR WEATHER AND WILL BRING US SHOWERS.
IT'LL HAVE MORE IMPACTS ACROSS THE INSIDE OF THE SOUTHWEST BUT FOR US IT'LL ENHANCE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DRIVING THE SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT FOR A LOT OF US WE ARE FAIRLY QUIET TOMORROW BUT WE WILL HAVE SHOWERS AND MAYBE SOME TUNED AMERICA THE AIR.
YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER MOUNT LAGUNA.
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60s THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON FUTURE RADAR AND SATELLITE.
AS WE WATCH THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW THERE IS SOME OF THAT MOISTURE STREAMING IN.
THE BIGGEST SLUG OF RAINFALL.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN DOESN'T GO UNTIL WE GET INTO REALLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY.
I THINK THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUNDAY.
THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THE BEST CHANCE OF THESE SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER OUT THERE INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY POTENTIALLY INTO SUNDAY IS OUR BEST CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
WE WILL WATCH FOR SOME EXTRA CLOUDS IN THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-70s.
CAN'T RULE OUT A SHOWER.
MAYBE TOWARD THE COAST SO IT'S GOING TO BE MORE PREVALENT AS YOU GO TOWARD THE MOUNTAIN AREAS.
AS YOU WORK INTO THE INLAND COMMUNITIES WE GO BACK TO THE MID-70S.
THERE'S COOLER AIR IN SIGHT.
ONE OF THE COOLER DAYS WILL BE TUESDAY ON THE BOARD.
EVEN WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.
IT SHOULD STILL GET SUNNY AT TIMES AS WE MOVE TOWARD THE DESERT COMMUNITIES.
STAYING LARGELY TRY TEMPERATURES IN TO THE MID-90s FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
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>>> THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY THIS MONTH INCLUDING 21 WHOSE PATH TO A DEGREE INCLUDED A PRISON CELL.
KATY BRINGS US ONE OF THOSE STORIES.
>> I WENT TO FIVE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
I WAS GETTING KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL.
GOING TO JUVENILE HALL.
>> Reporter: CHRIS NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD LIVE TO 20 OR 30 OR 40.
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIGH SCHOOL.
THEN EVEN THAT FIZZLED OUT ONCE THE STREETS GOT ME.
>> Reporter: HE SPENT 14 YEARS IN AND OUT OF PRISON.
>> I WAS TOLD BEFORE I WENT TO PRISON ONE TIME BY SOMEONE THAT WHEN YOU GET LOCKED UP NOBODY COMES OUT THE SAME.
YOU ARE EITHER GOING TO COME OUT WORSE OR BETTER.
I DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT WORSE.
>> Reporter: WHILE IN PRISON HE READ A GARDENING MAGAZINE THAT SPARKED HIS INTEREST IN ORGANIC FARMING AND SUSTAINABILITY.
HE ENROLLED IN SAN DIEGO STATE.
>> ITS BEEN CHALLENGING.
PROJECT REBOUND HAS BEEN THERE FOR ME.
THAT WAS MY HUB HERE WHERE I WAS -- KNEW I COULD GO AND GET JUST SOME GOOD LOVE FROM -- AND SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: PROJECT REBOUND SUPPORTS STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE TIME AT FDSU.
THEY HELP WITH THE ADMISSIONS AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND OFFER ACTION DEMOCRAT OFFER ACADEMIC AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS.
DAVID DURAN DIRECTS SDSU'S PROGRAM.
>> VERY BEEN GROWING THE PROJECT HERE THE PAST COUPLE YEARS BY ABOUT 20 TO 30 STUDENTS A YEAR.
WE ARE AT 90 STUDENTS.
WE GRADUATED THE BIGGEST CLASS, 21.
HALF OF THEM ARE GOING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: STAFF MEET POTENTIAL STUDENTS AT JAILS, PRISONS AND REENTRY FACILITIES.
ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LESS THAN 1% OF PROJECT REBOUND GRADUATES RETURN TO JAIL OR PRISON.
IN CALIFORNIA NEARLY HALF THE PEOPLE RELEASE FROM CUSTODY RETURN WITH IN THREE YEARS.
IT COSTS MORE THAN $130,000 PER YEAR TO INCARCERATE SOMEONE IN CALIFORNIA T COSTS ABOUT $500,000 A YEAR TO RUN PROJECT REBOUND.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE COST TO INCARCERATE SOMEONE IT'S LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF THE TERM WHERE HERE IT'S A FRACTION OF THE COST TO HELP SOMEONE GET BACK AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY.
>> Reporter: PART OF THAT HELP IS BUILDING CONFIDENCE.
WHILE MOST CSU STUDENTS ARE UNDER 24 YEARS OLD MOST PROJECT REBOUND STUDENTS ARE OLDER.
>> THE AVERAGE AGE IS ABOUT 40 AND SO IT'S ALREADY AN AGE GAP.
SO THAT -- THAT IS A BIG PIECE OF JUST THE MENTAL.
TRYING TO OVERCOME THAT AND TELL YOURSELF RU WORTH IT AND CAN DO IT.
>> Reporter: NOW 50 SHE SAID SETTING MEETING GOALS CHANGED HIS PERSPECTIVE.
>> IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT DOING CRIME WHEN YOU ARE IN A CLASS, YOU KNOW BIOLOGY CLASS AND LEARNING SOMETHING.
LIKE IT OPENS UP DOORS THAT A LOT OF US, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH SCHOOL AS A KID.
IS WHATN 'T EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING, ANY OF THAT.
NOW THAT WE MADE THIS COMMITMENT AS ADULTS, IT'S LIKE WE ARE EXCITED TO BE DOING THESE THINGS.
>> Reporter: HE WALKED INTO THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY THIS MONTH AND HAS A BA IN SUSTAIN ACT.
HE IS USING THAT AS FOUNDERRER GARDEN # 1.
IT PROVIDES JOB TRAINING IN THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY.
HE SAID HIS CLASSMATES STUDENTS SDSU CAN ME PROUD OF.
>> THEY KNOW HOW TO ENDURE AND SO WHEN THEY COME TO A PLACE LIKE THIS IT'S JUST LIKE GRATITUDE.
THESE WALLS AREN'T GRAY.
THERE AREN'T BARS ON THAT DOOR.
WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT TO DO THE TIME FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT -- THE COMMITMENT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BECAUSE OF OUR ACTIONS BUT NOW THIS IS A CHOICE.
THIS IS OUR EXITMENT THAT IS A CHOICE IN A POSITIVE FASHION.
>> Reporter: HE IS HELPING OTHERS MAKE THOSE POSITIVE CHOICES.
NEXT HE HOPES TO EXPAND THE ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND AT RISK YOUTH.
KPBS NEWS.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON THE WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US EVERYBODY.
I'M JOHN CAROL.
HAVE AN EXCELLENT EVENING AND A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.
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