
Friday, October 27, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3170 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
USD is facing a lawsuit following reports of hazing and harassment on the football team.
The University of San Diego is facing a lawsuit following reports of hazing and harassment on the football team. And be prepared for major construction if you are headed to the airport. KPBS looks at how to navigate the changes. Plus, longtime San Diegans may remember seeing movies at the Unicorn Cinema. Here's how the theater's history is celebrated today.
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Friday, October 27, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3170 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The University of San Diego is facing a lawsuit following reports of hazing and harassment on the football team. And be prepared for major construction if you are headed to the airport. KPBS looks at how to navigate the changes. Plus, longtime San Diegans may remember seeing movies at the Unicorn Cinema. Here's how the theater's history is celebrated today.
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>>> ALLEGATIONS OF HAZING, SEXUAL ASSAULT FOCUSED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO FOOTBALL TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THE FRESHMAN CAREER QUARTERBACK FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU IS THE THING HAZING CAUSED HIM TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL.
KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER MG PRAISE WENT FOR REACTION FROM STUDENTS AND COMMENT FROM PLAYERS FACING ALLEGATIONS.
>> NO COMMENT.
SORRY.
>> THE TOREROS WERE NOT TALKING SEVEN AS A SHOOT UP FOR FOOTBALL PRACTICE HERE AT THEIR HOME STADIUM ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.
>> ARE YOU ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM?
>> I AM NOT.
>> IT SAYS FOOTBALL ON YOUR JERSEY.
>> WOULD YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS?
>> IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS OF STADIUM WILL BE FILLED WITH BANDS FOR THE USD HOMECOMING GAME AGAINST MOREHEAD STATE.
BUT THE EXCITEMENT HAS BEEN TEMPERED BY ALLEGATIONS OF HAZING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLVING THE TEAM.
>> DEFINITELY NOT GOOD.
IT RUINS A LOT OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES ESPECIALLY SPORTS AND FRATS AND ALL THAT.
>> THE ALLEGATIONS COME FROM AJ PEREZ WHO JUST TRANSFERRED FROM USD FROM UTAH TECH IN AUGUST.
WITH HOPES OF PLAYING WITH THE TEAM ON A TRACK THAT WOULD LEAD HIM TO THE NFL.
THIS WEEK HE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY CLAIMING SEXUAL HAZING THAT HAPPENED EVEN BEFORE HE PLAYED HIS FIRST GAME.
IN THE COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES, THE USD QUARTERBACK IS ALLEGING HAZING WITH DETAILS TOO GRAPHIC TO MENTION HERE.
WE CAN TELL YOU THE COMPLAINT LISTS TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS.
THE FIRST HAPPENED ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 9 INVOLVING 18 RITUAL WITH PORNOGRAPHY.
ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE PLAINTIFF AND THE OTHER HAZING PARTIES WERE REQUIRED TO PERFORM IN A QUOTE ROOKIE SHOW THAT OCCURRED ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 17.
THE UPPERCLASSMAN REQUIRED ALL ROOKIES TO DO A ROUTINE NAKED.
>> THE UNIVERSITY IS AWARE OF THE LAWSUIT ACCORDING TO USD, THERE IS AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
BUT IT IS INCOMPLETE.
IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, A SPOKESMAN SAID USD CONDEMNS ACTS OF HAZING AND BULLYING OF ANY KIND.
IN A MESSAGE TO THE USD COMMUNITY CUP PRESIDENT JAMES T. HARRIS SAID IN PART AS A CONTEMPORARY CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, WE HOLD OUR ATHLETES TO A HIGH DEGREE OF CONDUCT AND CHARACTER ON AND OFF THE FIELD OF PLAY.
THOSE FOUND RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLATING POLICY WILL FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
AND USD HEAD COACH BRANDON MOORE SAID THIS.
THE EVENTS REPORTED TO ME WERE COUNTER TO THE DIRECTIVE I ISSUED TO OUR PLAYERS AND COACHES ABOUT HAZING NOT BEING TOLERATED IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM IN MY FIRST TEAM MEETING.
AS SOON AS I HEARD THE ALLEGATIONS, I IMMEDIATELY REPORTED THEM TO UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP.
THAT TRIGGERED THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ALL USD FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES IN AUGUST.
THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS BACK ON BUT QUARTERBACK PEREZ LEFT SCHOOL AND RETURNED HOME TO HUNTINGTON BEACH PENDING THE OUTCOME OF HIS LEGAL CASE.
>> I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE BUT I WAS HAZING HIGH SCHOOL A BIT BUT IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.
EVERYONE IS BUMMED OUT ABOUT.
>> THE FOOTBALL TEAM IS PREPARED TO PLAY BUT THEY ARE NOT PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE.
>> WE ARE UNABLE TO COMMENT.
>> NO COMMENT?
ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED?
>>> WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
WIND PICKS UP AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE MODIFIED BY THE SHIFT IN THE WIND.
IN THE MEANTIME TONIGHT WILL GET AROUND TO 52 IN EL CAJON AND 57 IN SAN DIEGO AND ONE COOL SPOT TO THE EAST IS MT.
LAGUNA.
A HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
LUCIUS SANTA ANA WIND EVENT SO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS WITH FOOD FULL DETAILS ON THIS COMING APPEARED DRUG PASSENGERS AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF CHANGES THIS YEAR AND THAT'S THANKS TO CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING AT TERMINAL 1.
KPBS REPORTERS TELL US THINGS CHANGE AGAIN TODAY.
>> IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO FLY OUT OR DROP OFF SOMEONE AT THE REGION'S LARGEST AIRPORT, BE PREPARED FOR SOME CONSTRUCTION.
AND MAYBE SOME CONFUSION OVER A NEW ENTRANCE AT TERMINAL 1.
AIRPORT SPORT SPOKESPERSON NICHOLE.
>> HEADING WESTBOUND ON NORTH HARBOR DRIVE THE NEW ENTRANCE WILL COME EARLIER THAN THE OLD ENTRANCE.
SO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, STAY IN YOUR RIGHT LANE AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE NEW ENTRANCE.
>> HALL SAYS THE NEW ROADWAY IS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
>> THE NEW ENTRANCE IS A PERMANENT ENTRANCE AND ULTIMATELY IT WILL CONNECT WITHIN ON AIRPORT ROADWAY THAT WILL START AT LAUREL STREET AND CONNECT ALL THE WAY TO THE CURBSIDE AT TERMINAL 1.
>> SHE SAID THE PERMIT ENTRANCE'S ESTIMATE TO TAKE 45,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD EACH DAY UPON ITS COMPLETION.
LEMON GROVE RESIDENT PAUL WAS DROPPED OFF AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS WAY TO SAN JOSE WITH HIS WIFE AND BABY IN THE CAR.
>> THE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN HERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
TERMINAL 1 IS A NIGHTMARE NEVER KNOWS THAT AND YOU HAVE TO GET THERE EARLY.
>> THE NEW FATHER IT SAYS HE'S HAPPY NEW PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
>> I NOTICED A BIG DIFFERENCE ON WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S SOME BIG CHANGES THAT HOPEFULLY ARE FOR THE BETTER AND I HOPE IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL HERE.
>> AS FAR AS THE FUTURE GOES, ALL SAYS THE NEW ENTRANCE MOVES ALONG THE GREATER CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS FOR TERMINAL AND PITTS MAKE THE OLD ROAD WENT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PARKING PLAZA WHICH IS RIGHT HERE WILL BE FOR THE NEW TERMINAL.
THAT PARKING PLAZA IS GOING TO BE A FIVE LEVEL PARKING PLAZA.
IT WILL OFFER 5200 PIT SPACES AND OPEN IN 2024.
>> THEN COMES THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW TERMINAL BUILDING.
IT SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN LATE SUMMER 2025 WITH 19 GATES.
>>> MOUNTING DEBT STAFFING SHORTAGES AND SUSPENDED SERVICES LED TO AN IMPORTANT DECISION FOR TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER IN OCEANSIDE.
IT WILL SOON PARTNER WITH UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH.
KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TONYA THORNE SAID THE CHOICE WASN'T EASY BUT SECURES PATIENT CARE.
>> THE FUTURE OF TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN UNCLEAR SINCE THE HOSPITAL SUSPENDED ITS LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD SAID THEY DID IT BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL LOSSES AND LOW BIRTH RATES.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE HOSPITAL WAS SEARCHING FOR A WILLING PARTNER THAT COULD HELP STRENGTHEN THE FACILITY.
BOTH UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH AND SHARP HEALTHCARE OFFERED PROPOSALS.
>> WE ARE SO THRILLED AND EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE TRI-CITY DISTRICT AND WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE MEDICAL STAFF AND THE STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> PATTY MASON IS THE CEO OF UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH.
THE FINAL CHOICE FOR TRI-CITY'S BOARD MEMBERS.
>> IT WASN'T A BAD DECISION TO BE MADE BUT WHAT STOOD OUT FOR US IS THE IDEA THAT WE JUST HAVE A BIG VISION FOR WHAT CAN HAPPEN AND IN THAT DISTRICT.
>> A BIG FACTOR IN UCSD PLAN IS BRING BACK THAT SUSPENDED LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT THAT MASON SAID IS A PARTY FOR MANY.
>> I THINK THEY WERE A PRIORITY FOR THE TRI-CITY DISTRICT BOARD LEADERSHIP.
I THINK IT'S A PRIORITY FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT WILL BE A FOCUS.
BUT WE HAVE OTHER BIG OPPORTUNITIES.
>> WHILE IT'S A PRIORITY, DETAILS OF THE PARTNERSHIP STILL NEED TO BE WORKED OUT.
AND THAT COULD TAKE UNTIL NEXT MARCH.
UCSD ALSO PLANS TO EXPAND SERVICES TO INCLUDE CANCER CARE AND CLINICAL TRIALS.
AND TO TRY TO PREVENT THE MIGRATION OF PATIENTS TO OTHER FACILITIES.
THEY WILL ABSORB TRI-CITY'S PROPERTY, OUTSTANDING DEBT AND STAFF AND WILL FORM A NEW GOVERNING BOARD.
NOT NEW TERRITORY FOR UCSD HEALTH.
AS THEY HAVE EXPANDED TO OTHER FACILITIES THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO.
>> WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT GOING ON.
BUT WE HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE DEMAND FROM PATIENTS RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE SEVERELY WANTING TO SERVE THE COMMITTEE COMING TO US.
>> U.S. UCSD WILL.
>> TOMORROW IS NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY.
IT'S A TIME WHEN ANYONE CAN ANONYMOUSLY DROP OFF UNUSED OR EXPIRED MEDICATIONS AT SPECIFIC COLLECTION SITES.
MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF MEDICINE THAT YOU DON'T NEED AND HOW YOU CAN FIND A PILL DROP OFF LOCATION NEAR YOU.
>> IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
THE DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC IN THE US LED TO MORE THAN 112,000 DEATHS BEING REPORTED IN A 12 MONTH RED ENDING IN MAY ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ESTIMATES FROM THE CDC.
AND THE NUMBERS KEEP RISING.
>> NARCOTICS, OPIATES ARE OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE.
>> UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT ARE THROWN IN THE TRASH CAN BE RETRIEVED, ABUSED OR ILLEGALLY SOLD.
ONE REASON IT IS CRITICAL TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THEM AND THAT IS NOT ALL.
>> IF THERE STUFF IN YOUR MEDICINE CABINET GOT YOUR TEENAGE KIDS OR OTHER PEOPLE CAN GET INTO IT OR OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY AND DECIDE TO TAKE ANYTHING IN THE CABINET WHICH I'VE SEEN A LOT OF AS AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN.
>> STMA ARE WITH MAYO CLINIC SAYS FLUSHING PILLS IS COMMON BUT COULD HAVE DEVASTATING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS.
>> IT CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE PROBLEMS GOING THROUGH THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND CAN ACTUALLY GET INTO THE GROUNDWATER AND THE SOIL.
>> ON SATURDAY THE DEA IS HOSTING NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY.
PEOPLE CAN DROP OFF UNUSED OR EXPIRED MEDICATIONS WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED FOR FREE AND SAFE DISPOSAL.
THAT INCLUDES PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS, OINTMENTS, PATCHES, CREAMS INHALERS AND VIALS.
PET MEDICATIONS AND NON-AEROSOL MEDICINE.
>> TYPE IN YOUR ZIP CODE AND ADDRESS AND YOU CAN FIND SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE IT BACK.
USUALLY AT POLICE DEPARTMENTS OR PHARMACIES.
>> 48 HEALTH MINUTE, I AM MANDY GAITHER.
>>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT IS PARTICIPATING IN PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY TOMORROW.
DROP OFF ANY UNWANTED MEDICATIONS FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL TWO P.M. AT PATROL STATIONS.
OR YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER PILL DROP OFF LOCATION NEAR YOU.
JUST GO TO DEA.GOV/TAKE BACK DAY.
>>> LONGTIME SAN DIEGO ARTIST ROBERT IRWIN DIED ON WEDNESDAY.
HE WAS 95.
IRWIN WAS KNOWN WORLDWIDE AS A LEADER OF THE LIGHT AND SPACE MOVEMENT IN CONTEMPORARY ART.
KPBS JULIA DIXON SAYS THE MUSEUM OF CONTENT ART SAN DIEGO HOLDS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF HIS WORK.
>> ROBERT IRWIN CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT ART.
>> IT'S ABOUT PERCEPTION.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING YOU TO TUNE IN TO YOUR PLACE IN THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND YOU.
>> CATHERINE IS THE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO.
SHE SAID IRWIN WHO WAS BORN IN 1928, STARTED OUT AS AN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER IN THE 1950s.
BUT HE SOON EVOLVED.
IN THE 1960s, A GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTIST DEVELOP THE LIGHT AND SPACE MOVEMENT.
THEY WORKED WITH LIGHT, WHETHER WITH EXCELLENT BALLS, AMBIENT LIGHT, SHADOWS OR THE PERCEPTION OF LIGHT.
TAKE ROBERT IRWIN'S DISCS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON VIEW.
THE WAY THE LIGHT PLAYS AT THE OBJECT ALMOST MAKES ITS EDGES DISAPPEAR.
HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK IN SAN DIEGO IS ONE DEGREE, TWO DEGREES, THREE DEGREES, FOR DEGREES WHICH FEATURES SQUARE HOLES CUT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE MUSEUM WINDOWS.
THE HOLES LET THE BREEZE IN CUT FRAME NEARBY PALM DREAMS ON THE COASTLINE AND BLUR THE LINES BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH KPBS IN 2007, IRWIN SAID HE WANTED TO LEAN INTO THE IDEA THAT WHAT PEOPLE MAY SEE AT THE WINDOW IS AS GOOD AS ANY ART.
>> I WILL ACTUALLY, WHEN I STOP BEING A STUDIO ARTIST, I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF DEALING WITH SPACES.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO OBJECTIFY THEM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THINGS IN THEM.
I WANTED TO DEAL WITH THE QUALITY OF SPACE ITSELF.
>> OTHER IRWIN'S WORK REFLECT LIGHT AND BLENDED IN WELL.
OR DRAW YOUR GAZE TO THE BEAUTY OF THE LANDSCAPE.
MORE OF IRWIN'S WORK IS UNDO AT THE NEARBY QUINT GALLERY IN LA JOLLA.
SOME PIECES USE FLUORESCENT LIGHT TUBES THAT TRANSFORM AND CAPTIVATE WHEN LIT UP.
OTHERS REMAIN INTENTIONALLY UNLIT.
THE GALLERY OWNER SAID IRWIN HAD A HERO PERSONALLY TO HIM.
>> I THINK BOB AS A PHILOSOPHERS ARTIST.
THERE ARE ARTISTS ARTISTS.
BOB WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH THE IDEA OF LOOKING AND SEEING AND BEAUTY.
AND HIS LEGACY WOULD BE ONE OF SAYING, TAKE A LOOK.
LOOK CLOSER.
>> HE IS AN ARTIST FOR THE GENERATIONS BUT HE COMES OUT OF OUR MOMENT.
>>> LEADERS OF LGBTQ+ PRIDE ORGANIZATIONS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE ARE IN SAN DIEGO RIGHT NOW FOR AN EVENT CALLED INTER- PRIDE.
KPBS REPORTED JOHN CARROLL LISTENED IN ON A MEETING WHERE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO HELP LGBTQ+ SENIORS NEAR AND FAR.
>> A FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE IN THE LOBBY OF THE WESTIN GASLAMP HOTEL.
THESE PEOPLE REPRESENT 139 PRIDE ORGANIZATIONS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE GLOBE.
THEY ARE HOLDING BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON EVERYTHING FROM LIVING WITH HIV TO ART AND ACTIVISM.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT INTER- PRIDE, SHORTHAND FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIDE, HAS BEEN HELD IN SAN DIEGO IN 40 YEARS.
>> THE SHOW WILL BEGIN IN A THREE MINUTES.
>> RETIRED LAWYER MICKEY HELLER IS FROM BROOKLYN PRIDE.
HE HELPED LEAD A DISCUSSION DUBBED, THE SENIORS CAUCUS.
>> THE VALUE OF INTERACTING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE NOT JUST FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY BUT AROUND THE WORLD, TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND SEE HOW WE PARTICIPATE BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE ONE COMMUNITY.
>> ONE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS LARGELY DOMINATED BY YOUNGER PEOPLE.
BUT AS EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM CAN TELL YOU, LGBTQ+ SENIORS HAVE ISSUES THEY NEED ADDRESSED .
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THE SAME AS STRAIGHT SENIORS AND SOMETIMES NOT.
>> WE WERE TALKING HERE TODAY ABOUT SOME WHO WERE ABLE TO GO TO SENIOR COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY STILL DON'T WANT TO COME OUT OF THE CLOSET BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT OVER THE YEARS BUT THOSE FEARS ARE STILL INSTALLED INTO MANY OF US.
>> IN THE LOBBY, INFORMAL MEETINGS ALREADY.
WE FOUND THE HEAD OF THE HOST ORGANIZATION SAN DIEGO PRIDE.
ST PRIDE IS THE FOUNDER OF INTER-PRIDE AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FERNANDO LOPEZ WAS FEELING PROUD.
>> I KNOW FOLKS CAN THINK YOU PUT ON A PARADE AND A PARTY ONCE A YEAR BUT WE REALLY DO YEAR-ROUND ADVOCACY WORK AND 100 EVENTS PER YEAR.
THIS COULD BE MORE PERFECT.
>> LOPEZ THE WORK INTER-PRIDE DOES IS PARTICULARLY EMPLOYING APARTMENT AS LGBTQ+ PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATION FACE INCREASING THREATS IN THIS COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
>> TAKING AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF RESOLVING COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL BE RELENTLESS IN FIGHTING THIS NEW ONSLAUGHT OF ATTACKS THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE GLOBE.
>> THE WORK AND THE SOCIAL GATHERINGS CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.
THEN THESE 381 DELEGATES FROM AROUND THE U.S. AND 31 OTHER COUNTRIES WILL HEAD HOME WITH NEW IDEAS AND NEW ENERGY TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE FOR RIGHTS AND EQUALITY FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY.
JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.
>> THOSE WHO HAVE ABOUT FOR THE NOVEMBER 7th SPECIAL ELECTION IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY CAN VOTE IN PERSON STARTING TOMORROW.
THE COUNTY WILL OPEN 12 VOTING CENTERS AND THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE DAILY FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M.
THROUGH NOVEMBER 6.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE VARIOUS BALLOTS AND THE ISSUES, CHECK OUT THE KPBS BOATER HUB AT KPBS .ORG AND LISTEN TO TODAY'S EDITION OF ROUNDTABLE WHERE WE DISCUSS ALL THE ISSUES ON THE BALLOT.
>>> IT'S A BUSY SOCCER WEEKEND WITH THE U.S. WOMEN PLAYING IN SAN DIEGO AND THE START OF THE ANALYST PLANS.
WE SEE THE LAUNCH OF THE SAN DIEGO NEW MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER TEAM IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.
>> LOGOS AND NAMES ARE VERY EMOTIONAL AND THEY ARE -- THAT THE HARDEST THING IN MARKETING.
FOOTBALL CLUBS IS AN IMPORTANT CHOICE BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY INTERNATIONALLY SOCCER TEAMS ARE NOTED.
THEY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS.
HERE, FANS WANTED SAN DIEGO ESSAY.
REPRESENTED THE 18 COMMUNITIES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN THE BALL IN THE CENTER OF THE SHIELD THAT TALKS ABOUT SOCCER.
BUT ALSO INTERWEAVES THIS COMMUNITY THAT EXECS.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
SUBTLE BUT NOT EXCITING BUT VERY, VERY POWERFUL STORY.
TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, PHIL KNIGHT, WHEN HE LAUNCHED NIKE HE DIDN'T LIKE THE NAME.
HE DIDN'T LIKE THIS WISH AND CALLED IT A FAT CHECKMARK.
TODAY WE CANNOT DISASSEMBLE THE SWOOSH AND THE NAME WITH THAT BRAND.
PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE BRAND WITH A LITTLE BIT TO DECIDE IF THEY LIKE IT OR NOT.
>>> WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE BREWING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE WEATHER HEADLINES.
WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH A COOL START TO THE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY FOR COASTAL AREAS.
AND THEN WE TURN WARMER DEEP INTO THE FORECAST TIMEFRAME INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
I SAY FOR COASTAL AREAS BECAUSE IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT FOR SOME OF THOSE INLAND DESERTS.
YOU ARE ACTUALLY WARM TO START AND THEN YOU COOL DOWN.
OVERALL, FOR THE GREATEST POPULATION IN THE AREA HERE IN AND AROUND THE CITY, COOL AND THEN WARMER.
A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT AND WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
AND EVENING TO MONDAY MORNING.
BUT TONIGHT THAT IS NOT MUCH OF AN ISSUE FOR US.
57 DEGREES FOR THE LOW.
PATCHY LOW CLOUDS.
AND THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY LOOKS A LOT LIKE THIS.
AROUND 70 IN OCEANA OCEANSIDE.
CHULA VISTA 71.
INTO THE AREAS AROUND BORREGO SPRINGS IS PRETTY WARM AT 85P THAT'S THE EXCEPTION TO THE COOL START TO THE FORECAST OFF TO THE EAST.
LOOKING AT THE HIGH WIND WATCH, IT DOES NOT OFFICIALLY INCLUDE SAN DIEGO BUT IT DOES INCLUDE INLAND SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
ORANGE COUNTY IS IN ON THIS AS WELL.
OVERALL, THE STRONGEST OF THIS OFFSHORE WIND EVENT WILL BE SEQUESTERED TO THE NORTH AND INTO THE HEIRS TO THE EAST OF THE CITY.
BUT THAT WILL LEAD TO THE TYPICAL FIRE RISK THAT ACCOMPANIES SANTA ANA WINDS.
SOAPS FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE COAST AND GUST UP TO 40-60 MILES PER HOUR AND BRINGING WARMTH TO THE CORSAIRS.
LOOK AT THE CHANGE BUT 70 AND SET UP IN THE WIND PICKS UP.
OFFSHORE WIND BOOST THE TEMPLARS.
78 ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
TUESDAY 81.
AS A WIND SICK GRADUALLY RELAX.
WITH 11 INHERITED SOME OF THAT WARM AIR.
INTO THE INLET FORECAST WE GO.
HERE WE ARE ALSO ON THE COOL SIDE TO START THEN WE WARM UP TO THE MID-80s BY TUESDAY.
WENDY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.
AND THE MOUNTAIN FORECAST.
WE ARE DEALING WITH READINGS BETWEEN 50-58 AND OVERALL WE WILL AVERAGE THEM OUT INTO TUESDAY AND WAS A.
A LITTLE MORE IN THE WAY OF A TEMPERATURE CHANGE WELL INTO SATURDAY.
COMPARED TO SEND IT.
VERY COOL IF NOT COLD ON SUNDAY.
AND THEN WE BOUNCE BACK TO THE MID-50s.
OVERALL THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN FORECAST IS RELATIVELY COOL BUT IT DOES GET NIPPY ON SUNDAY.
THE FORECAST IS MOST DIFFERENT IN THE DESERTS.
85 AND 72 THE MID-70s ON SUNDAY AND WE REBOUND A BIT.
FOR KPBS I AM METEOROLOGIST JEFF CORNISH.
>>> ALMOST TIME FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TO END AND THAT COULD BE A LITTLE HEADACHE.
MOST OF THE U.S. WILL FALL BACK ONE HOUR ON NOVEMBER 5.
AN EXPERT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SAYS IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE MIGRAINE DRUGS OR PAINKILLERS ON HAND.
>> TOMORROW THE LA JOLLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS HOSTING VAMPING WITH VAMPIRES.
IT'S A FILM PROGRAM THAT COMPLEMENTS ITS CURRENT EXHIBIT CELEBRATING THE ICONIC UNICORN SEMINAR FROM THE 60s AND 70s KPBS HAS THIS LOOK BACK ON THE BELOVED VENUE THAT CLOSED IN 1982.
>> SOMETIMES IS NOT JUST THE MOVIES WE SEE BUT WHERE WE SEE THEM THAT MAKES AN IMPACT ON US.
>> GOING TO THE UNICORN WAS ALWAYS A TREAT.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE 50 OR 60 SEATS.
QUITE SMALL.
ONCE SETTLED IN, ALL EYES WOULD BE ON THE SMALL SCREEN AT THE END OF THE HALL AND THE FLICKERS WOULD COME ON.
>> GENRE BUT WAS A TEENAGER GOING TO THE UNICORN SIM AND ITS ADJACENT BOOKSTORE IN THE 1970s.
THE LA JOLLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY CELEBRATES BOTH VENUES IN AN EXHIBIT CURATED BY CAROL ALTON.
>> I'M SITTING IN THE UNICORN CINEMA CHAIR, A PIECE OF MEMORABILITY IN OUR EXHIBITION, TIGERS, UNICORNS AND PUPPY DOG TAILS.
EVERYONE REMEMBERS YOU HAD TO ENTER THE UNICORN CINEMA BY GOING THROUGH THE BOOKSTORE FIRST.
WHICH WAS ITS OWN KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS TYPICAL OF A BOHEMIAN ATMOSPHERE.
>> BOTH VENUES OPEN IN 1960 PER ENCLOSED IN 1982.
>> I CRIED BECAUSE IT WAS A SAD TIME FOR ANYBODY WHO REALLY LOVED FILM AND MOVIES.
>> I WAS THE LAST EMPLOYEE OF THE UNICORN CINEMA SO I TURNED THE KEY ON THE FINAL NIGHT WHICH WAS A SAD SITUATION.
WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND RIGHT AFTER THE MIDNIGHT SHOW.
AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL COUPLE OF YEARS EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S WHEN I WAS REALLY FIRST EXPOSED TO THE SAMURAI CINEMA.
>> THERE'S A PLACE THAT YOU SAW FRENCH NEW WAVE AND GERMAN NEW- WAVE.
YOU SAW STUFF FROM THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA.
>> I AM JIM CALL AND THE UNICORN THEATER IS WHERE I LEARNED TO LOVE FOREIGN FILM.
SOME OF THE MOVES GOT OUT AFTER THE BUSES RAN SO THERE WERE TWO THINGS I WANTED TO DO AFTER THE BUSES RAN.
THAT WAS MIDNIGHT MOVIES AT THE ACADEMY AND THE UNICORN THEATER.
SO I BOUGHT A MOTORCYCLE EXPRESSLY TO COME TO THE UNICORN.
>> I AM JACK ESTRADA.
THE THING I REMEMBER THAT POPS IN MY HEAD WHEN YOU SAY UNICORN CINEMA WAS SEEN BUSBY BERKELEY MOVIES AND COMING OUT OF THE THEATER AND JUST DOING KICKS AS WE WERE WALKING TO OUR CAR AND DANCING LIKE WE WERE IN A BUSBY BERKELEY MOVIE.
WE REMEMBER.
WE WERE MEMBERS AND YOU GOT A MEMBERSHIP CARD AND PLACE IT IS TIME YOU WENT AND THEN YOU GOT YOUR 10th MOVIE FREE.
>> THE MOST FAVORITE THING WAS THE MARATHON.
>> I CAN REMEMBER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT LAWRENCE OF ARABIA CAME ON.
AND I JUST KEPT NODDING OFF AND NODDING UP AND OPEN MY EYES AT SAND AND SAND.
>> YOU GET A PHOTO ID ADMISSION THING THAT YOU WOULD WHERE SHE COULD COME AND GO.
GO HOME AND TAKE A NAP AND COME BACK, ET CETERA.
>> I AM BENJAMIN DARLING AND I'M THE SON OF HAROLD DARLING, THE FOUNDER OF THE UNICORN CINEMA.
THE UNICORN WAS MY BABYSITTER BECAUSE IF MY PARENTS WERE BUSY, THEY WOULD STICK ME IN.
>> HIS STEPMOTHER SANDRA DESIGNED THE CINEMAS BROCHURES THAT NOW COVER THE EXHIBIT LOSS.
>> THE UNICORN CINEMA HAD REALLY AMAZING BROCHURES AND PROGRAMS.
THEY BECAME QUITE COLLECTORS ITEMS AND I PICKED OUT A NUMBER OF THESE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL AROUND.
>> WHY A CIRCLE?
THAT'S A CRAZY THING TO DO.
THEY WOULD JUST DO ANYTHING.
THAT'S ONE OF THINGS I REALLY LOVED ABOUT SEEING THAT SHOW IS THE SENSE OF CREATIVE FREEDOM.
THEY JUST DID ANY CRAZY THING THAT CAME TO MIND.
WHICH I LOVED.
>> EVEN THE BOOKSTORE FLOOR WAS AN ACT OF CREATIVITY.
>> DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY SO THEY THREW A BUNCH OF OLD PAPER EPHEMERA ON THE FLOOR AND LACQUERED IT SO IT WAS AN INSANE CLASH.
>> I REMEMBER SITTING ON THE FLOOR EXPLORING THE COLLAGE AND THEN WATCHING GLORIOUS FOREIGN FILMS LONG BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO APPRECIATE THEM.
BUT THE UNICORNS PASSION FOR CINEMA CONTRIBUTED TO MY LIFELONG LOVE OF MOVIES.
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