
Friday, September 9, 2022
Season 1 Episode 2873 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
From high heat to howling wind and rain: KPBS looks at the trouble caused by this storm.
From high heat to howling wind and rain: KPBS looks at the trouble caused by this storm — from flooding concerns to sandbagging, here's what to expect in the hours ahead. Plus, it's open, but not quite yet. A look at a new homeless shelter, its location and its main purpose. And voter registration drives are underway. Here's why college students could make big impacts on the upcoming elections.
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Friday, September 9, 2022
Season 1 Episode 2873 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
From high heat to howling wind and rain: KPBS looks at the trouble caused by this storm — from flooding concerns to sandbagging, here's what to expect in the hours ahead. Plus, it's open, but not quite yet. A look at a new homeless shelter, its location and its main purpose. And voter registration drives are underway. Here's why college students could make big impacts on the upcoming elections.
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GOOD EVENING, IT'S FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I AM MAYA TRABULSI.
FINALLY GETTING SOME MUCH- NEEDED RAIN BUT WITH CONCERNS OF HOW MUCH WITH SOME HOWLING WINDS AT TIMES.
THERE IS A BREAK TO THE SWELTERING WEEKLONG HEAT.
OFFICIALS CALL FOR CAUTION ONCE AGAIN.
KPBS REPORTER WITH MORE ON THIS INCOMING STORM.
>> STRONG WIND AND RAIN DID NOT STOP OLIVER FROM CATCHING SOME WAVES THIS MORNING.
>> PERFECT WEATHER FOR SURFING.
FEELS TROPICAL.
OFFSHORE WIND, 75 DEGREE WATER.
COULD NOT ASK FOR IT TO BE ANY BETTER.
>> AVID SURFERS LIKE HIM ENJOY THIS WEATHER, BUT OTHERS MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE, SAYS METEOROLOGIST ALEX.
>> DIRECT MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM KAY IS MOVING IN RIGHT NOW TO LINGER THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT A LITTLE BIT ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IT WILL FEEL DOWNRIGHT STICKY.
>> Reporter: HAS HURRICANE K PASSES OFF THE COAST OF BAJA, CALIFORNIA, THEY'RE EXPECTED IN SAN DIEGO ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
>> IT'S BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN.
SOME OF IT IS GOING TO BE TOO HEAVY.
WE COULD SEE URBAN FLOODING, FLOODING IN OUR MOUNTAINS AND CERTAINLY IN OUR DESERT AREAS.
>> Reporter: TO HELP THEM PREVENT FLOODING, LIMITED SANDBAGS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THESE LOCATIONS.
TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO BE ACTIVE AROUND THEIR HOMES AND PICK UP DEBRIS, KEEP PINS CLOSE, AND TURN OFF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS DURING THE RAIN.
FOR THOSE PLANNING TO DRIVE THIS WEEKEND, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFERS SOME TESTS.
>> IF YOU HAVE A TRIP COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, PLAN AND PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR ROADWAYS.
YOU MIGHT BE STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
EVERYONE IS TRYING TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
PROPERLY ARRESTED.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE PROPERLY HYDRATED.
PLAN FOR TRAFFIC.
>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.
>>> MOST RECENT FORECAST SHOWS A TROPICAL STORM KAY WEAKENING BEFORE IT HEADS OFF STUNNED TOMORROW.
MORE COMING UP IN THE COMPLETE WEATHER FORECAST.
>>> THE 10th AND FINAL DAY POTENTIALLY THAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO LIMIT OUR POWER USE.
ANOTHER FLEX ALERT FROM 4:00 TO 9:00 TONIGHT.
THE CALLS TO CUTBACK ELECTRICITY HAVE WORKED, AVOIDING CALLS FOR ROLLING POWER OUTAGES.
SET THERMOSTATS TO 78 DEGREES.
AVOID USING MAJOR APPLIANCES.
TWO UNNECESSARY LIGHTS AND AVOID CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
WE ARE GETTING A FIRST LOOK AT IN A HOMELESS SHELTER IN THE MIDWAY DISTRICT THAT IS SET TO OPEN EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHOWS US INSIDE.
>> THIS UNASSUMING STRUCTURE IN THE BACK LOT IS WHERE THE CITY AND COUNTY'S NEWEST HOMELESS SHELTER IS.
THE LAYOUT OF THE SHELTER IS VERY SIMILAR TO OTHERS IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
THIS HAS 100 THE BED.
WE CAN SEE THEM LAID OUT.
THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE 24-HOUR INTAKE.
>> HAVING THIS BE A TRANSITION SOMEWHERE, IT COMES IN.
WE GET ASSISTANCE.
THEY FREE UP A BED FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME IN.
>> NATHAN FLETCHER SAYS THE CITY IS PAYING FOR THE OPERATIONAL THE COUNTY IS PROVIDING THE LOCATION AND CONTRACTING WITH THE STYLE FOR ON-SITE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
>> WE KNOW THAT NO ONE SHELTER IS GOING TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM THAT WE FACE BUT IT IS ANOTHER STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> Reporter: 150 BEDS, THE TOTAL SHELTER CAPACITY IS NOW AROUND 1600.
HE SAYS MORE TEMPORARY HOUSING OPTIONS ARE COMING INCLUDING NON-CONGREGATE SPACES.
>> WE KNOW IT IS NOT CURRENTLY SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE INCOMING FLOW.
I AM DETERMINED.
FRUSTRATED AS ANY OTHER SAN DIEGO IN, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO THROW MY HANDS UP AND SUGGEST THERE IS NO SOLUTION.
>> Reporter: THE MIDWAY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH AN INCREASING NUMBER OF UNFILTERED RESIDENCE.
THIS NONPROFIT PROJECT HAS BEEN TAPPED TO ONE SHELTER.
THEY OPERATE TO SIMILAR SIZED SHELTERS DOWNTOWN BUT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
>> MY EXPECTATIONS GO UP.
WE DON'T CALL THEM SHELTERS.
WE CALL THEM COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE.
>> IS THE PROJECT CEO, HE ALSO RUNS A SMALLER SHELTER DOWN THE STREET ON SPORTS ARENA BOULEVARD.
HE HAS BEEN DOING OUTREACH IN THE MIDWAY AREA GETTING READY FOR MONDAY'S OPENING.
>> WE ALREADY KNOW MOST OF THE FOLKS ARE OUT THERE.
GOING TO GO OUT AND LITERALLY FIND THEM AND PICK THEM UP ON MONDAY AND START WELCOMING PEOPLE IN.
THIS IS THE RACK.
THAT'S THEIR STORAGE.
>> THE STRUCTURE IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION.
IT IS COSTING THE CITY FOR $.8 MILLION TO KEEP OPEN THROUGH NEXT JUNE.
MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.
>>> A SMALL PLANE CRASHED OFF THE RUNWAY AT NAVAL AIR STATION ON NORTH ISLAND.
IT CRASHED AROUND 1:15 THIS AFTERNOON COMING TO A REST ON THE SAN DIEGO SHORELINE AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER.
A SPOKESMAN SAID THE CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY A MILITARY CONTRACTOR.
IT WAS UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH BUT THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PLANE.
CONGRESS IS CONSIDERING A PAIR OF BELLS TO STREAMLINE THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES.
A YEAR AFTER THE U.S.
PULLED OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, JOHN CARROLL TELLS AS MUCH OF THE PROGRESS FOR THOSE REFUGEES IS BECAUSE OF WORK DONE BY SANDY AIKINS.
>> Reporter: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, ONE YEAR AGO.
AFTER 20 YEARS AGO, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE.
120,000 PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT, BUT MANY MORE WERE LEFT BEHIND.
A LOT OF THEM WERE PEOPLE WHO HELPED THE U.S.
IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER DURING THE WAR.
>> HELPING ALLIES WHO HAVE STOOD WITH AMERICANS FOR 20 YEARS.
>> THE COMMITMENT HAS BEEN SHUNNED IN DIVERSE LIFE FOR THE PAST YEAR I'VE AS AFGHANISTAN WAS FALLING.
HE PROVIDED THIS NONPROFIT HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
AT SAN DIEGO CITY HALL TODAY, HE SHARED HIS PERSONAL STORY OF WHAT MOTIVATED HIM TO MAKE THIS IS WORK.
>> MY BUDDY TEXTED ME AND SAID I'M STUCK ON THIS MOUNTAIN.
I THINK I'M GOING TO DIE.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF AMMUNITION.
PLEASE HELP MY FAMILY GET BACK TO SAN DIEGO.
>> WE FIND OTHER MY FATHER WAS STRANDED.
WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED OUR FRIEND AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT.
>> Reporter: THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR FATHER OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.
SHE AND EVERYONE GATHERED HERE ARE BEHIND AN EFFORT TO GET CONGRESS TO PASS THE AFGHAN ADJUSTMENT ACT.
IT IS SIMILAR TO LEGISLATION PASSED FOLLOWING PAST CONFLICTS.
>> THE CUBAN ACT WITH THE IRAQ HE ASKED AS WELL AS THE VIETNAM ACT.
WE'RE HOPING TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THE APP HANDS.
>> Reporter: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RECEIVED CRITICISM FOR HOW IT HANDLED THE PULLOUT FROM AFGHANISTAN.
BUT HE SAYS THE ADMINISTRATION'S NEW PLAN MAKES SOME WELCOME CHANGES.
>> THEY WILL ARRIVE WITH A DURABLE, LONG-TERM STATUS, AND A PATHWAY TO BECOMING FULL AMERICAN CITIZENS.
>> THE ADJUSTMENT ACT SITS IN CONGRESS.
GOT THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
>>: PREVENTATIVE.
ESTABLISHES A TASK FORCE TO ENSURE THAT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE REFUGEES NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
FROM DOWNTOWN, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.
>>> BRITAIN MARKS ITS FIRST FULL DAY IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS WITHOUT THEIR QUEEN.
KING CHARLES LAYING OUT THE NEW FAMILY ORDER.
A CEREMONY PAYS TRIBUTE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
>> Reporter: THE COUNTRY IN MORNING, USHERING IN A NEW ERA AS A NEW BRITISH MONARCH TAKE THE THRONE.
>> FOLLOWING THE CONSTITUTION AND A FITFUL WAY, FOLLOWING IN THE QUEENS BUT THAT'S.
>> Reporter: HE BID FAREWELL TO HIS MOTHER AND HONORED HER HISTORIC LEGACY, SAYING THAT IT WAS A LIFE WELL LIVED.
A PROMISE WITH DUST AND HE KEPT AND SHE IS MORE AND MOST DEEPLY IN HER PASSING.
THE PROMISE OF LIFELONG SERVICE I RENEW TO YOU ALL TODAY.
IT COMES ON THE SAME DATE AND GIRLS READS FOR THE NEARLY APPOINTED MINISTER, LIZ TRUSS.
THE LONGEST-SERVING MONARCH IN THEIR HISTORY WHO DIED THURSDAY AT AGE 96.
THEY GATHER OUTSIDE ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
THE GOVERNOR TO PAY TRIBUTE.
>> SOMEONE CLOSE IN MY FAMILY HAS PASSED.
>> QUITE EMOTIONAL.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT WITHOUT HER.
>> IS A COUNTRY, THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADDRESS THE NEW REALITY.
>> NOT THE BIGGEST FAN OF THE QUEEN OR THE MONARCHY IN GENERAL.
MAINLY TO DO WITH LIKE BRITISH COLONIAL HISTORY.
>> OTHERS LOOK OVER TO HAVING ACHING ON THE BRITISH THRONE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS.
>> WON THE LAST 15 YEARS.
>> IN LONDON, KPBS NEWS.
>>> VOTER REGISTRATION ENDS UP THIS WEEK TARGETED STUDENTS AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.
YOUNG VOTERS GOT A REMINDER FROM CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE WHO SPOKE ON THE POWER YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE IN THIS NOVEMBER'S ELECTION.
KPBS EDUCATIONAL REPORTER MG PEREZ WAS THERE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.
THE SETUP DAY THREE OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.
IT IS SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT ORGANIZATION.
LEONARDO IS THE ASO PRESIDENT.
>> MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A BIGGER VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE INVOLVED, BECAUSE WE ARE THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
BUT SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN HAVING A VOICE.
>> IT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL BE HEARD EFFECTIVELY.
IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU GIVE UP YOUR POWER.
>> Reporter: IS SECRETARY OF STATE, DR. SHIRLEY WEBER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF 22 MILLION VOTES IN CALIFORNIA.
SHE IS THE FIRST AFRICAN- AMERICAN TO HOLD THAT POSITION AND HAS LED THE WAY TO REGISTER 900,000 COLLEGE-AGE VOTERS THIS YEAR ALONE.
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE IS HER LATEST STOP ON A TOUR TO GET EVEN MORE VOTERS READ >> THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.
WHERE IS YOUR COURAGE?
WHERE IS YOUR COURAGE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT AND GET OUT AND REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE?
TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY, THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE?
>> Reporter: STUDENTS HERE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL VOICE.
SECRETARY WEBER'S APPEARANCE MARKS THE END OF A WEEK OF HEAVY HITTERS WHO CAME TO CAMPUS TO LISTEN TO WHAT STUDENTS HAD TO SAY.
THESE PICTURES CAPTURE MOMENTS WITH SAN DIEGO REPRESENTATIVE SARAH JACOBS ON WEDNESDAY AS STUDENTS WERE WILLING TO STAND IN THE BLISTERING HEAT FOR THE CHANCE TO BE HEARD BY THE U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN.
YESTERDAY, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 51st DISTRICT VISITED A SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE CLASSROOM AND MET WITH STUDENTS ONE ON ONE.
OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS, MORE THAN 50 STUDENTS HERE HAVE BECOME NEWLY REGISTERED VOTERS.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL WE HAVE IS VOTING.
USING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO GOD IN PROTEST IS A VERY INFLUENTIAL PART OF IT, BUT ACTIVISM WITHOUT VOTING -- THEY HAVE TO COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: SECRETARY WEBER REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE U.S. DEMOCRACY, DESPITE ITS CHALLENGES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
>> OUR DEMOCRACY BECOMES WEAKENED BY PEOPLE AND MAKE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT -- IT'S NOT REAL, IT DOESN'T WORK, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT IT HAS SURVIVED THROUGH THE YEARS, THE DIFFICULT CHALLENGES IT HAS FACED.
REALLY, THE BUSES AND SYSTEM WE HAVE.
>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.
>>> THIS NOVEMBER, CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO INVEST IN THE ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
PROP 20 IT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO SET ASIDE A SHARE OF REVENUE FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION CLASSES.
HERE IT IS EXPLAINED.
>> Reporter: OUR BUDGETS ARE OFTEN THE FIRST CUT.
BUT ARTS AND MUSIC ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS SCIENCE, MATH, AND READING.
IN CALIFORNIA, THE NOVEMBER VOTE WILL DECIDE WHETHER THERE WILL BE ABOUT $1 BILLION MORE FOR ART EDUCATION.
THIS IS PROPOSITION 28 IN ONE MINUTE.
TODAY, THE STATE REQUIRES ALL OF CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO GET SOME FORM OF ART INSTRUCTION.
THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION CAN VARY BASED ON WHERE YOU LIVE.
THE PROPOSITION WAS DESIGNED TO GET MORE MONEY TO DISTRICTS SERVING MORE STUDENTS IN POVERTY.
IT WILL NOT RAISE TAXES BUT WILL AFFECT THE BUDGET.
GUARANTEES ABOUT 40% OF THE STATES FUND GOES EDUCATION.
THIS WOULD ADD 1% AND DEDICATED TO ARTS INSTRUCTION.
NEXT YEAR, THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL $1 BILLION.
DISTRICT DID USE MOST OF THAT MONEY TO HIRE TEACHERS FOR ART, MUSIC, OR DRAMA.
THEY SAY STUDENTS NEED THAT SPACE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES NOW MORE THAN EVER TO OVERCOME THE MENTAL CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY THE PANDEMIC.
THE GENERAL FUND CURRENTLY HAS A SURPLUS OF NEARLY $100 BILLION.
FOR NOW, SUPPORTERS SAY THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY CUTS FROM ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE BUDGET.
HEADING TO THE FALL CAMPAIGN, NO INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION WAS SPENDING MONEY IN THE POST MEASURE.
BUT YES IF YOU WANT CALIFORNIA TO GET MORE MONEY TO SCHOOLS FOR ART AND MUSIC.
DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROPOSITION AND OTHERS, GO ONLINE.
>>> A REMINDER TO CHECK OUT THE KPBS VOTER HUB.
WE ALSO HAVE A VERSION FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE.
YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR HOMEPAGE OR BY GOING TO KPBS.ORG /ELECTIONS.
>>> THE KILLING OF A WOMAN IN AN OKLAHOMA NURSING HOME QUESTIONS WHERE THEY ADMITTED A PATIENT WITH A LONG HISTORY OF SEVERE PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS AND ALLOWED HIM TO STAY THOUGH HE HAD REPORTEDLY ASSAULTED OTHER RESIDENTS.
IN THE SECOND OF A TWO-PART SERIES, WE EXAMINED THIS CASE AND HAVE A WARNING.
THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS THAT SOME AUDIENCE MEMBERS MIGHT FIND DISTURBING.
>> Reporter: THE WARNING TO SALLY JOHNSON IN MID-2021 COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE OMINOUS.
HER 90-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WAS BEING TREATED AT SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL WHEN A STAFF HOSPITAL WARNED HER AGAINST RETURNING HIM TO AVOCADO POSTACUTE NURSING HOME.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO SEND HIM BACK THERE.
IT'S A TERRIBLE PLACE.
>> THE PUBLIC RECORD SUPPORTS THE WORKERS PERCEPTION OF AVOCADO.
MORE THAN 600 COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN FILED AGAINST AVOCADO SINCE 2019.
IN APRIL, FEDERAL REGULATORS MOVED TO DECERTIFY THE 256-BED FACILITY, SETTING FAILURE TO KEEP RESIDENTS FREE OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION.
WEEKS LATER, THEY REVERSED THE DECISION SAYING THE FACILITY HAD RETURNED TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE.
BACK IN JULY 2021, JOHNSON SAYS SHE HAD NO OPTION OTHER THAN TO PLACE HER DAD BACK THERE FROM SHARP GROSSMONT.
SHE HAD JUST A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR CARE AND LITTLE TIME TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE.
SIX WEEKS LATER, HER FATHER ROBERT BRADLEY WAS DEAD, ALLEGEDLY RUMORED BY MURDERED BY HIS ROOMMATE.
>> THIS BEAUTIFUL MAN WHO PULLED HIMSELF UP OUT OF HIS DEPRESSION AND MADE A LIFE FOR HIMSELF.
>> FOUND HIM VOMITING BLOOD IN THE EARLY HOURS OF AUGUST 19th >> 2021, ACCORDING TO STATE INVESTIGATORS.
THE OUT OF THE REPORTS DATES THAT BRADLEY HAD ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS ON HIS NECK AND DIED FROM STRANGULATION.
THE SAN DIEGO MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED HIS DEATH A HOMICIDE.
SHE SAW HER FATHER IN HOSPICE BEFORE HE DIED.
>> HIS TONGUE WAS SWOLLEN AND PURPLE AND I SAW SCRATCH MARKS AND GASHES AND ABRASIONS.
AROUND HIS THROAT.
HIS WHOLE NECK WAS TREMENDOUSLY SWOLLEN.
>> Reporter: JEFFERSON ADMITTED HITTING HIM BEFORE CAREGIVERS FOUND HIM.
ACCORDING TO POLICE RECORDS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY PROSECUTORS CHARGED JEFFERSON WITH HIS MURDER LAST FALL BUT HE WAS DEEMED NOT MENTALLY COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL AND SENT TO A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY IN SAN BERNARDINO ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS.
JOHNSON AND HER SIBLINGS HAVE FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST AVOCADO.
THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS JEFFERSON SUFFERS FROM SEVERE CHRONIC SAKE TO ILLNESS AND HAS BEEN OTHER MULTIPLE COURT ORDERED CONSERVATORSHIPS.
THE LAWSUIT ALSO ALLEGES THAT AVOCADO NEW JEFFERSON HAD PREVIOUSLY ATTACKED OTHER RESIDENTS AND REFUSED TO TAKE HIS MEDICATION.
THE LAWYER FOR BRADLEY'S FAMILY SAID THAT AN AVOCADO NURSE'S COMMENTS TO THE POLICE ARE TELLING.
>> SHE TOLD POLICE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO NEED HELP REMOVING MR. JEFFERSON FROM THE FACILITY.
AND THAT SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT IF THEY DID IT WITHOUT POLICE HELP, THAT HE WOULD WAIT THERE -- >> Reporter: AVOCADO, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES ALL REFUSED TO COMMENT ON BRADLEY'S DEATH.
THIS EXPERT ON RULES GOVERNING NURSING HOMES SAYS FACILITIES CAN ADMIT MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS, BUT IT CAN BE FRAUGHT.
>> IF THIS PERSON IS REFUSING TO TAKE THEIR MEDICATION AND YOU SUSPECT THEY COULD BECOME VIOLENT IN DOING SO, YOU HAVE AN ABSOLUTE DUTY TO THE OTHER RESIDENTS TO DISCHARGE THAT PATIENT TO PROTECT THE REST OF YOUR PATIENCE.
>> JOHNSON SAYS SHE IS STILL HAUNTED BY HOW HER FATHER LOOKED IN HIS FINAL HOURS.
>> LIKE, OH MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A WAR OF THE THEM.
THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE THROUGH -- AND I WAS NOT THERE TO PROTECT HIM.
THAT WAS THE THING THAT BOTHERED ME THE MOST.
>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.
>>> THE U.S.
MARSHALS SERVICE IS NOW OFFERING AN AWARD OF UP TO $40,000 FOR ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF LEONARD FRANCIS.
THE NAVY CONTRACTOR KNOWN AS FAT LEONARD WAS SAID TO BE SENT SINCE THIS MONTH IN A WIDE- RANGING BRIBERY SCANDAL.
ON MONDAY, THEY LEARNED THAT HE CUT HIS ANKLE MONITOR AND HAD FLED TO TENSION.
THE MALAYSIAN BUSINESSMAN FACES UP TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON.
>>> GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THREE COUNTIES DUE TO WILDFIRES.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, WHERE THE FAIRVIEW FIRE HAS BURNED NEARLY 19,000 ACRES AND IS ONLY 5% CONSENT.
IN EL DORADO AND PLACER COUNTY'S, THE MOSQUITO FIRE HAS CHARRED 6800 AND IS A 0% CONTAINED.
THE WILDFIRE CONTINUES TO THREATEN MORE THAN 1000 HOMES AND STRUCTURES.
>>> WIND AND RAIN HAS ARRIVED FROM KAY.
SOME WIND AND RAIN ALSO ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WINDY, WARM, HUMID THROUGH TONIGHT.
AND THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODS ESPECIALLY INLAND AREAS AND THE MOUNTAINS.
COOLER AIR WILL BE ARRIVING AT WEEK.
CHECK ON OUR WEATHER SCENARIO FOR YOU.
A RATHER UNUSUAL SYSTEM HERE.
MOISTURE SPREAD UP AND TO THE AREA HERE.
FLASH FLOODING.
MUDSLIDE.
HERE ARE SOME BURNED AREAS.
WILDFIRE RELIEF.
REDUCED VISIBILITY AND TRAVEL DELAYS.
A LOT OF WARNINGS OUT THERE.
THE FLOOD WATCH IS WIDESPREAD.
INLAND AREAS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE HIGH DESERTS.
THAT IS WHERE WE EXPECT THEM A SIGNIFICANT DRAIN.
SEVERAL INCHES.
LOOK AT THAT.
4 INCHES.
A BIT WINDY, TOO.
WIND ADVISORIES.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
WIND GUSTING.
40 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.
UP TO 80 MILES PER HOUR IN SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS.
WE HAVE GALE WARNING'S IN EFFECT.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
IT IS UNCOMMON.
TROPICAL CYCLONES.
NO RECORD OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY.
ONLY TWO SINCE 1900.
ONLY SEVEN TROPICAL CYCLONES TO THE SOUTHWEST.
NOW TONIGHT, A LITTLE WINDY.
BE CAREFUL TRAVELING.
THERE COULD BE SOME FLOODED AREAS AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN TO 69.
RUN MONA AND CEDAR SPRINGS, 70s.
SATURDAY, WE WILL SEEK OUT AND SON.
WE WILL ALSO SEE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FLOODING WILL STILL BE WITH US.
A DECREASE OVER THE WEEKEND IS DRYER NEXT WEEK READ INLAND AREAS, SAME SCENARIO.
STORMS THE TREES.
BY MONDAY, WE SHOULD SEE SOME DRY WEATHER.
IN THE MOUNTAINS, IF YOU STORMS SUNDAY AND PERHAPS MONDAY.
AND VERIZON, COOLER AIR.
THE DESERTS WILL START TO DRY OUT BY MONDAY.
FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK RUSSO.
>>> YOU CAN NOW GO TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY FOR FREE.
YOUR FAMILY MUST EARN LESS THAN $100,000.
PREVIOUSLY, STUDENTS ONLY WILL FIGHT IF THERE FAMILIES MET LESS THAN $65,000.
ABOUT 1500 UNDERGRADUATES WILL GET THE TUITION, ROOM, AND BOARD.
A MAJOR MOVIE THEATER CHAIN WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN SAN DIEGO IS FACING BANKRUPT.
THE REPORT TALKS ABOUT THE CHALLENGE FROM THEATERS TO MAKING MONEY IN THE AGE OF STREAMING.
>> IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST MOVIE CHAIN IN THE WORLD AFTER AMC.
IN 2020, THEY LOST OVER 2.7 BILLION.
CLOSE TO $3 BILLION LAST YEAR.
OVER HALF 1 BILLION.
A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE LOSSES THEY INCURRED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A REORGANIZATION AND BREAK SOME OF THOSE LEASES SO THEY COULD GET PROFITABLE VENUES AND FOCUS ON CORE BUSINESSES.
THEY REALLY START ADDING A LOT OF CAPACITY.
WHAT THEY ARE FINDING IS RIGHT NOW TODAY, OVER 40,000 SCREENS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
THE RIGHT SIZE FOR THIS TO BE PROFITABLE IS AROUND 25,000 SCREENS.
THAT MAKES THEATER CHAINS LIKE AMC AND CINEMARK EMMA WHO ACTUALLY OWN ABOUT HAVE THE SCREENS IN THE UNITED STATES, ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO RETHINK HOW THEY PROMOTE VALUE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.
>>> FOLLOWS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU CAN SPICE IS IN EVERYTHING.
NOW IT IS EVEN IN THE DICTIONARY.
MERRIAM-WEBSTER TWEETED ABOUT ADDING AN ENTRY FOR THE SEASONAL OBJECT OF LOVE AND HATE.
A MIXTURE OF CINNAMON, NUTMEG, GINGER, CLOVES, AND ALLSPICE.
IT IS COMMONLY USED IN PUMPKIN PIE.
THE EDITOR AT LARGE SAYS WORDS ARE ONLY ADDED TO THE DICTIONARY WHEN IT IS THERE THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY USED.
YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I AM MAYA TRABULSI.
GOOD NIGHT.

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