>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT THE BEST ORIGINAL PORTING FROM KPBS NEWS.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

COMING UP, TWO INVESTIGATION HEAR FROM A FAMILY THAT IS SUING GRADY CHILDREN HOSPITAL OVER SURVEILLANCE INSIDE A HOSPITAL ROOM.

WHERE ARE THE HOTSPOTS FOR PARKING TICKETS IN SAN DIEGO?

KPBS SORT OF THREE YEARS OF DATA TO FIND OUT.

>>> AND THE START OF A NEW SOCCER TRADITION IN SAN DIEGO.

SEE HOW OUR NEW MLS TEAM WILL INCLUDE NATIVE AMERICAN LAND AND CULTURE TO GROW FUTURE STARS.

>>> AND HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK FOR OUR INVESTIGATION TEAM.

THE NEW OWNERSHIP OF THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE SAYS THOSE WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER'S FUTURE CAN LOOK TO NEIGHBORING COUNTIES FOR SOME ANSWERS.

>> ♪ ♪ >> Reporter: SITTING OUTSIDE A SALMON SHOP ON A RECENT FALL AFTERNOON, ROBBIE SHORTS SAYS HE IS A REGULAR VOTER AND HE NEVER READS THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE PRESS ENTERPRISE BEFORE VOTING.

HE DOES NO RESEARCH AT ALL.

>> I ALWAYS SEE THE SAME NAMES, MOST OF THE TIME.

IF I SEE A NEW NAME I WILL LOOK THEM UP.

I WILL JUST VOTE FOR THE NEW NAME BECAUSE WHY NOT?

>> Reporter: ONE LEVERAGE SAYS IT USED TO MATTER A LOT MORE TO RESIDENTS HE RECALLS A TIME MORE THAN A DECADE AGO WHEN PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ELECTED OFFICIALS READ THE LOCAL PAPER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

>> IT WOULD NOT GET SENT DOWN.

>> Reporter: TODAY THE NEWSPAPER THAT ONCE EMPLOYED 100 JOURNALIST CALLING ALL OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY IS DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF REPORTERS.

IN 2016 THE NEW YORK-BASED HEDGE FUND GLOBAL CAPITAL POP THE ENTERPRISE, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THOSE CUTS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

>> THE WATCHDOG FUNCTION IS NOT FAIR.

THE INFORMATION FUNCTION IS NOT BEAR.

WE ARE AN EXPLICIT EXAMPLE OF THESE DISPARITY OF LOCAL NEWSPRINT >> Reporter: THIS JULY THERE ARE ALREADY SIGNS THAT THE UNION TRIBUNE IS LIKELY FOLLOWING IN THE FOOT REPS OF THE PRESS ENTERPRISE AND OTHER NEWSPAPERS.

BUYOUTS, LAYOFFS, BARE-BONES LOCAL COVERAGE.

HOURS AFTER ALDEN ANNOUNCED ABOUT THE UNION TRIBUNE, THE COMPANY OFFERED BUYOUTS.

JOURNALS LEFT WITH DECADES OF COMMUNITY MEMORY OF CORRUPTION CASES, COURTS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLITICS.

THIS LEAVES COMMUNITIES DIVORCED FROM A GIVE-AND-TAKE OF FORMULATING POLICY AND FROM DEMOCRACY ITSELF.

>> AMERICAN POLITICS ACCESS IS LOCAL BUT IT IS NOT AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL.

IT IS LOCAL.

THE ABSENCE OF INFORMATION MAKE THIS DEMOCRATIC CONVERSATION LOCALLY ALMOST NONEXISTENT.

>> Reporter: THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER IS ANOTHER CAUTIONARY TALE.

20 YEARS AGO, THE PAIR HAD HUNDREDS OF JOURNALISTS COVERING SAN DIEGO'S NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, FRANK WORKED AS A REPORTER, EDITOR AND COLUMNIST.

HE SAYS ITS MISSION WAS TO SATURATE THE COUNTY WITH NEWS COVERAGE.

>> WE HAD AN INVESTIGATIVE TEAM AND WE JUST POURED A LOT OF MONEY AND RESOURCES INTO JUST EVERY CORNER OF JOURNALISM THAT EXISTED AND THAT WE TRIED TO INVENT.

IT WAS EXCITING TO BE PART OF THAT.

TWO OLDER ABOUT THE REGISTER IN 2016 BRITISH SOURCES AT THE PAPERS SAY ONE REPORTER HAS TO COVER AS MANY AS FIVE BIG CITIES.

CONSIDER A RECENT SCANDAL AT ANAHEIM CITY HALL.

DETAILS DID NOT COME TO LIGHT UNTIL THE CITY RELEASED ITS OWN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT.

>> WHAT IS SCARY ABOUT IT IS THAT WE FOUND OUT ABOUT ANAHEIM BUT WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER ANAHEIM IS OUT THERE?

WE DO NOT KNOW.

WE MAY NEVER KNOW.

>> Reporter: LIFELONG ANAHEIM RESIDENT CYNTHIA WARD SAYS THE PUBLIC MUST GRAPPLE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES.

>> WHEN CORRUPTION GOES UNCHECKED, IT MEANS THAT MONEY THAT SHOULD BE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES IS GOING INTO THE POP SIX -- POCKETS OF CENTRAL INTEREST RATE OUR TAXES HAVE TO GO UP TO FILL POTHOLES AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE COUNT ON BECAUSE THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SIPHONED OFF FOR ULTIMATELY, IT DOES NOT WORK.

>> Reporter: THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, THE VERY REPUBLIC IS IN TROUBLE IF LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE CONTINUES ITS DOWNWARD SLIDE.

HE DOES NOT BEGRUDGE ALDEN OR OTHER PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS ARE HOLLOWING OUT NEWSROOMS.

>> THEY DO WHAT THEY DO.

IT IS LIKE BLAMING A SHARK FOR DOING WHAT A SHARK DOES.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS WE ARE ALL TO BLAME FOR LETTING IT HAPPEN.

AMITA SHARMA, KPBS NEWS.

>> ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL DID NOT RESPOND TO A SEEKING COMMENT FOR THIS STORY.

A COMPANY SPOKESPERSON OBJECTED TO ALDEN BEING DESCRIBED AS A HEDGE FUND.

>>> GRADY'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SEE GREASER ABOUT A BEDRIDDEN TEENAGER AND HER PARENTS USING AT LEAST ONE HIDDEN CAMERA IN A HOSPITAL ROOM AND IT WAS DONE WITHOUT A WARRANT.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A LAWSUIT FILED BY THE FAMILY.

KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SCOTT ROSS SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY IN THIS TWO-PART INVESTIGATION.

>> Reporter: BILL MEYER AND DANA GESKE ARE SHUFFLING THROUGH A THICK FILE OF PHOTOS, LETTERS AND DRAWINGS FROM THEIR DONATHAN MADISON MEYER'S CHILDHOOD.

THEY ARE ON THE TABLE OF THEIR CARLSBAD HOME.

>> HI, DAD.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?-HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY WITH EXTRA SMILES.

THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME THIS YEAR.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

SHE DREW THE FAMILY.

IT WAS ON ALL OF HER FINGERS AND OUR DOG.

>> Reporter: IT LOOKS LIKE A SCRAPBOOK OF KEEPSAKES BUT IT IS NOT PART IS ACTUALLY COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS FROM THE PARENTS LEGAL BATTLE TO RETAIN CUSTODY OF MADISON.

>> OUR ATTORNEYS HAD JUST ASKED US TO PULL TOGETHER SOME PICTURES IN CASE WE WERE NEEDING TO HAVE THEM IN TRIAL.

>> Reporter: FOR NEARLY A YEAR SINCE 2019 AND 2020, GESKE AND MEYER COULD ONLY VISIT THEIR DAUGHTER A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK IN THE HOSPITAL AS A FATWA SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN JUVENILE DEPENDENCY COURT.

THE COUNTY AND FEW EMPLOYEES AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SUSPECT THAT THE PARENTS WERE HARMING MADISON AND INTERFERING WITH HER TREATMENT BUT IT IS KNOWN AS MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE AND IT POSES A SERIOUS RISK OF DEATH TO CHILD VICTIMS.

THE PARENTS PROVE THEIR INNOCENCE AND REGAIN CUSTODY OF MADISON BUT IT EMERGED DURING THE DEPENDENCY TRIAL THAT GRADY HAD BEEN SECRETLY SURVEILLING THE FAMILY IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM WHILE THE COUNTY CONDUCTED ITS INVESTIGATION.

THE FAMILY ALLEGES THE SURVEILLANCE WENT ON FOR NEARLY 40 DAYS.

CAPTURED NO EVIDENCE OF ABUSE.

>> IT WAS HORRIFIC.

IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.

THEY TORE OUR FAMILY APART.

THEY LITERALLY TORE A FAMILY APART.

>> Reporter: GESKE AND MEYER ARE CURRENTLY SUING GRADY EMMA COUNTY IN FEDERAL COURT.

GRADY DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST AND NOT COMMENT ON THE CASE CITING PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.

THE COUNTY ALSO DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST TO EMPHASIZE THAT SOCIAL WORKERS ARE REQUIRED, BY LAW, TO REPORT AND INVESTIGATE SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE.

MADISON IS NOW 20 YEARS OLD.

SHE HAS FILED A SIMILAR LAWSUIT IN STATE COURT AND IS REPRESENTED BY THE SAME TEAM OF ATTORNEYS.

SHE DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWS BUT AGREED TO LET HER PARENTS TELL THE FAMILY STORY.

MADISON WAS AN ACTIVE KID GROWING UP.

>> IF SHE WANTED TO TRY EVERYTHING THAT SHE COULD.

IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT WHY TRY SOCCER AND THEN WANTING TO DO GYMNASTICS.

>> Reporter: THIS YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE CAME WITH UNUSUAL INJURIES.

BETWEEN THE AGES OF 9 AND 12, SHE BROKE HER FOOT, BOTH WRISTS AND A FINGERPRINT AND ALSO REQUIRED ME SURGERY.

THEN IT MADISON DISLOCATED HER SHOULDER.

THAT MARKED A TURNING POINT FOR HER HEALTH.

THE SHOULDER NEVER HEAL PROPERLY AND KEPT DISLOCATING.

>> SHE HAD A LOT OF PAIN.

SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH -- IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE SOCKET SOMETIMES.

SHE WAS PUTTING IT BACK IN.

WE HAD SEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE IN ORTHOPEDICS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS.

>> Reporter: DOCTORS EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED HER WITH A GENETIC CONTACTED TISSUE DISORDER CALLED HYPER MORE NOBLE SYNDROME.

MADISON HAD SHOULDER SURGERY BUT THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED.

AT HER MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATION , SHE DELIVERED A SPEECH REC AND ELABORATE SLING WRAPPED AROUND HER SHOULDER.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING EVERYTHING TO ME AT SCHOOL.

THANK YOU TO MY PARENTS, I AM ONLY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF YOU AND THE BACKPACK YOU FILLED WITH SUPPLIES.

THANK YOU.

>> Reporter: AFTER A SECOND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, DOCTORS GAVE HER ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS.

LIKES REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME.

THEY URGED GESKE AND MEYER TO ENROLL THEIR DAUGHTER IN AN INPATIENT PAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

>> SHE SUFFERED.

SHE WOULD TALK TO ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOM, MAKE THIS PAIN GO AWAY.

AS A PARENT, WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, YOU ARE LIKE HOW HAVE WE DONE EVERYTHING THAT IS OUT THERE ?

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE DIAGNOSES KEPT PILING UP .

BY AGE 15, MADISON HAD SPELLS OF DISNEYESQUE REMAINDER OF THE SYSTEM DISORDER.

LATER SHE SUFFERED FROM SEIZURES AND FOR A WHILE NEEDED A FEEDING TUBE.

>> SHE KEPT SAYING IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE?

I WANT TO BE LIKE OTHER KIDS.

I WANT TO DO FUN STUFF.

>> Reporter: GESKE AND MEYER CONTACTED THE NATIONALS AROUND THE COUNTRY SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS BUT THEY WOULD SOON HAVE A NEW FIGHT ON THEIR HANDS , TRYING TO KEEP CUSTODY OF MADISON.

SCOTT BROAD, KPBS NEWS.

>> HERE IS WHEN SHE PLAYED IN THE BAND.

>> Reporter: MADISON MEYER'S HEALTH WAS FAILING AS SHE ENTERED HER TEENAGE YEARS.

BY 15 THE ACTIVE CHILD WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS FROM A CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDER AND REQUIRED A FEEDING TUBE.

HER PARENTS BILL MEYER AND DANA GESKE HAD CRISSCROSSED THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR DOCTORS WHO CAN HELP EXPLAIN HER CONDITION.

>> OBVIOUSLY, AS A PARENT, YOU HATE STANDING BY AND SEEING YOUR CHILD SUFFER.

>> Reporter: THEY WOULD SOON BE FIGHTING TO KEEP CUSTODY OF MADISON.

IN LATE 2018 AND EARLY 2019, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE RECEIVED TWO PHONE CALLS.

THEY ALLEGE GESKE AND MEYER HAD ABUSE THEIR DAUGHTER CLAIMING SHE SUFFERED FROM NONEXISTENT INJURIES AND INTERFERING WITH HOSPITAL STAFF.

IT IS KNOWN AS MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE OR MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY.

IT POSES A SERIOUS RISK OF DEATH TO CHILD VICTIMS.

GESKE AND MEYER DENY ABUSING THEIR DAUGHTER.

COUNTY SOCIAL WORKERS SHOWED UP AT THE HOSPITAL ROOM, HER FATHER WAS STUNNED.

>> WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO INVESTIGATE ANY CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE.

AROUND THIS TIME, MADISON'S MEDICAL TEAM PLAN TO TRANSFER HER TO GRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR AROUND-THE-CLOCK CARE.

BEFORE MADISON ARRIVED THE COUNTY INVESTIGATOR CONTACTED DR. SHEA MENINO, THE LEAD CHILD ABUSE PEDIATRICIAN AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

IN A COURT FILING, SHE REVIEWED MADISON'S MEDICAL FILE AND, QUOTE, ADMITS SHE RECOMMEND MADISON BE MONITORED IN A ROOM WITH VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AS A MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO DETERMINE WHETHER MADISON WAS A VICTIM OF MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE.

THE MEYER FAMILY ALLEGES THE COUNTY REVIEWED THE PLAN TO SECRETLY MONITOR MADISON BUT NEVER OBTAINED A COURT APPROVAL FOR THE SURVEILLANCE.

>> THEY PLAN TO DO THE VIDEO.

THERE WAS NOT ANY INTENTIONS OF BEING COLLEGIAL AND INVOLVING US AS A FAMILY.

>> Reporter: MENO'S ATTORNEYS DID NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT.

SAN DIEGO DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST BUT IN THE MAIL SPOKESPERSON SAID, NO COUNTY EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED IN THE DECISION TO SURVEIL THE HOSPITAL ROOM, EVEN THOUGH MENO CONFIRMS THAT SHE COMMUNICATED WITH THE MAIN COUNTY INVESTIGATOR AMOUNT MADISON'S CHARACTER AT THE INVESTIGATION.

GRADY DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST AND WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE MEYER FAMILY CASE, CITING PATIENT PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.

IN AN EMAIL STATEMENT THE HOSPITAL SAID, QUOTE, OUR TOP PRIORITY IS PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE TO OUR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES.

BY THE TIME MADISON ARRIVED AT GRADY, AT LEAST ONE HIDDEN CAMERA WAS ROLLING.

>> ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE STANDING IN THE CORNER BECAUSE ALL OF THEM KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE BEING RECORDED.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY BROUGHT THE CASE AGAINST GESKE AND MEYER TO JUVENILE DEPENDENCY COURT.

MADISON WAS REMOVED FROM HER PARENTS CUSTODY DURING THE 11 MONTH TRIAL.

IT WAS ONLY DURING THE CUSTODY BATTLE THAT THE FAMILY LEARNED ABOUT THE SECRETIVE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE.

>> THIS VIDEO SPAM THE WHOLE ROOM.

IT COVERED EVERYTHING.

EVERY INTERACTION BILL AND I HAD WITH MADISON.

EVERY PERSONAL MOMENT.

THE WORST PART I GAVE MADISON BATHS , EVERY DAY -- I CLEANED HER UP EVERY DAY.

I CHANGED HER DOWN EVERY DAY.

ALL OF THAT WAS ON THE VIDEO.

IT WAS TERRIFIC.

>> Reporter: 38 DAYS, THAT IS HOW LONG THE COVERT SURVEILLANCE LASTED.

AFTER THE LEGAL BATTLE, THE JUVENILE DEPENDENCY COURT AWARDED MEYER AND GESKE CUSTODY OF MADISON.

THE LAWSUIT QUOTES THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT COMMISSIONER WHO RULED IN THEIR FAVOR.

HE ALLEGEDLY CRITICIZED THE EXTENSIVE USE OF COVERT SURVEILLANCE CALLING IT, QUOTE, AN UNBELIEVABLE INVASION OF PRIVACY.

AN INSENSITIVE INVASION OF PRIVACY.

HOSPITALS HAVE USED COVERT SURVEILLANCE TO INVESTIGATE MANY SUSPECTED CASES OF MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY IN RECENT DECADES BUT THERE IS DISAGREEMENT AMONG MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND LEGAL EXPERTS ABOUT THE PRACTICE.

>> ON THE FACE OF IT IS UNETHICAL AND UNNECESSARY.

>> Reporter: MICHAEL FLANNERY IS A DISTINCT PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK FLANNERY REVIEWED THE COMPLAINT AND SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS TROUBLE HIM.

>> IT STRUCK ME AS AS THE FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

>> Reporter: FLANNERY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HOSPITALS CAN YOU SURVEILLANCE THROUGHOUT THE FACILITIES BUT WOULD HOSPITALS WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT, THE FOURTH AMENDMENT ALMOST ALWAYS REQUIRES COURT APPROVAL.

A JUDGE HAS DISMISSED PARTS OF THE MEYER FAMILY FEDERAL LAWSUIT BUT IS ALLOTTED TO PROCEED ON SEVERAL CLAIMS, INCLUDING ON FOURTH AMENDMENT GROUNDS.

SOME EXPERTS SAY SURVEILLANCE PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN DIAGNOSING MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY CASES.

>> I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL THE TOOLS THAT WE COULD USE AND COULD HELP US PROTECT CHILDREN FROM THIS.

>> Reporter: BEATRICE YORKER IS A PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF NURSING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES.

SHE ENCOURAGES HOSPITALS TO BELT CAREER PART FALLS WHEN USING SURVEILLANCE.

THE MEYER FAMILY SAYS THAT IS ONE OF OUR GOALS, BEYOND SEEKING DAMAGES, THERE HOPING GRADY ESTABLISHES CLEAR SAFEGUARDS FOR CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE IN THE FUTURE.

>> MAY HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH GOOD YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

BUT HOW MUCH YOU ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO GET BETTER AND MAKE IT BETTER FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

>> Reporter: SCOTT RODDA, KPBS NEWS.

>> ARE INVESTIGATION AND FEATURE REPORTING ARE AVAILABLE ON THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

SUBSCRIBE AND GET NOTIFICATIONS AS IT IS POSTED.

THAT IS ALSO WHERE WE LIVE STREAM KPBS EVENING ADDITION AT 5:00.

>>> AND NAVY S.E.A.L.

WHO HAS BECOME A PROMINENT LEADER AGAINST LGBTQ+ RIGHTS, HAS A SCHOOL BOARD PROGRESS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT HE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION OVER HIS ALLEGED AFFILIATIONS WITH EXTREMISTS INCLUDING THE PROUD VOICE HATE GROUP.

ANDREW DYER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: BRYCE HENSON HAS PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST A DOZEN POLITICAL RALLIES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS.

SPEAKING OFTEN AT CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS IN ASSOCIATION WITH EXTREMIST GROUPS AS PART OF THEIR ANTI- LGBTQ MOVEMENT.

IN PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND UNDER FALSE NAMES, HENSON HAS CLAIMED HE IS A VETERAN.

IN TRUTH HE IS AN ACTIVE DUTY NAVY SEAL, ASSIGNED TO THE TRAINING COMMAND IN CORONADO.

HIS ACTIVISM INCLUDING ALLEGES ASSOCIATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PROUD VOICE IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NAVY.

THE SPECIAL WARFARE SPOKESPERSON TELLS KPBS THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS WHAT OTHER SAILORS VIOLATED THE POLICY AGAINST PARTICIPATION WITH OR SUPPORTING EXTREMIST CAUSES.

AN ANTI-FASCIST RESEARCHER, WHO ASKED KPBS NOT TO USE THEIR NAME , SAYS THEY REPORTED HANSEN TO HIS CAN -- COMMANDERS THIS WEEK AND PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF HIM AT RALLIES WITH ALLEGED MEMBERS OF HATE GROUPS, INCLUDING THE PROUD VOICE.

PHOTOS AND VIDEO BOTH CAPTURED AND VIEWED BY KPBS SHOW HENSON SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ALLEGED EXTREMIST.

ONE HAS A PROUD BOY TATTOO.

ANOTHER A LARGE NAZI TATTOO ON HIS HEAD AND A SWASTIKA ON HIS ARM.

HENSON COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS .

>> THAT WAS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR STORIES AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> KATERINA PATELLA ANALYZED YEARS OF CITY DATA TO FIND OUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOST LIKELY TO GET A PARKING TICKET IN SAN DIEGO.

>> IN THE THREE WEEKS I HAVE LIVED HERE, I THINK I GOT ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN.

>> IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING, COME DOWN HERE.

YOU HAVE A TICKET RIGHT AWAY.

>> I HAVE BEEN TICKETED SIX MINES IN THE PAST MONTH.

>> Reporter: PARKING TICKETS ARE PART OF LIFE IN SAN DIEGO.

MOST PEOPLE HAVE STORIES OF THEIR OWN.

IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS ADDED OUT MORE THAN 5 MILLION PARKING CITATIONS, TOTALING $300 MILLION.

WONDER WHAT THE MOST COMMON DAY TO GET A PARKING TICKET IS?

IT IS THURSDAY.

THURSDAYS RECEIVED 19% OF ALL CITATIONS IN THE LAST DECADE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LEAST COMMON DAY IS SUNDAY, WHICH ONLY RECEIVED 2% OF ALL CITATIONS.

THE MOST COMMON CITATION WAS FILING A STREET SWEEPING SIDES.

WITH 1.1 MILLION PSI CITATIONS AND $60 MILLION IN FINES.

>> THERE IS AN EXTREME AMOUNT.

>> Reporter: CAME HOLLOWAY SAYS THE FEAR OF TICS IT INVESTMENT TICKET STRUCTURE HIS DAY.

HE HAS TO WORK ON ONE TATTOO FOR HOURS AT A TIME.

HE DOES NOT HAVE EMPLOYEE PARKING.

>> IT IS VERY INCONVENIENT TO ME WHERE I AM TO MOVE MY CAR SO THAT I DON'T GET A TICKET.

>> Reporter: BEACHSIDE HEIRS ACROSS THE CITY ARE HIGH ON THE LIST FOR CITATIONS.

BOTH MISSION AND PACIFIC BEACH PARKING IS MOSTLY METERED OR ONLY AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED TIMES.

METERED PARKING ACTUALLY HELPS BUSINESSES.

SO SAYS SONNY LEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DISCOVER PACIFIC BEACH.

>> THE BUSINESSES REALLY WANT TO SEE PEOPLE TURNING OVER IN THE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESSES, WHICH IS WHY THE PARKING METERS ARE GOING IN.

IT ALLOWS FOR MORE VISITORS TO THE BUSINESSES.

>> Reporter: THE MOST COMMON CITATION, WAS REVILING STREET SWEEPING SIDES.

AND A BIG CHUNK COMES FROM MISSION BEACH.

DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE CITY COLLECTED $65,000 IN STREET SWEEPING TICKETS JUST ON MISSION BOULEVARD.

THAT COULD INCREASE EVEN MORE IN THE COMING YEARS.

LAST MAY, THE CITY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF THE SUITE SWEEPING FROM THREE DAYS TO FOUR.

MISSION BAY'S RHYTHM, BEAR STORY GOT A TICKET BUT SAYS HE RARELY SEES TREE SWEEPERS.

>> I AM JUST BOND -- BOMBED.

I HAD TO PAY OFF LOANS AND OTHER BILLS TO PAY.

SEEING ALL THOSE TICKETS, IT DOES NOT HELP OUT WITH THAT.

I DON'T SEE TOO MUCH STREET SWEEPING.

I SEE THE PARKING TICKET I GOT A LOT.

>> IT DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL NOT COME THROUGH.

>> Reporter: JOSE IS SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY.

>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PREDETERMINED TIME WHERE ALL OF THE CARS WILL BE CLEARED SO THAT WE CAN GO IN AND SWEEP THE STREETS.

>> Reporter: MONEY FROM PARKING CITATIONS GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND WHICH PAYS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES, PARKS AND EVEN PARKING ENFORCEMENT.

SAN DIEGO ICONIC NIGHTLIFE AND EVENTS, IT ALSO BOASTS THE STREETS WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PARKING TICKETS.

OVER THE PAST DECADE, FIFTH AVENUE HAS BEEN THE TOP PLACE TO RECEIVE A TICKET AT A METER.

THE CITY COLLECTED NEARLY $1 MILLION FROM EXPIRED METER CITATIONS ON FIFTH AVENUE ALONE.

THIS MIGHT BE CHANGING.

SINCE COVID, THE CITY BLOCKED OFF PORTIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE TO CARS.

CREATING THE GASLIGHT PROMENADE PRINT VACUUMING FEWER PARKING TICKETS AS WELL.

MICHAEL TRIMBLE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GAS QUARTER ASSOCIATION.

>> BEFORE IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVING UP AND DOWN FIFTH AVENUE AND LOOKING FOR THE MAGICS THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD NEVER FIND.

REALLY, WITH ALL THE PARKING THAT WE HAD UP AND DOWN FIFTH AVENUE, WE ONLY TOOK AWAY 30 SPACES.

WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE 30 SPACES ON FIFTH AVENUE, WE TRY TO ADD SPACES ON FOURTH AVENUE, ON SIXTH AVENUE AND THEN ON THE CROSS STREETS.

>> Reporter: THAT WAY THE REST OF DOWNTOWN COULD HAVE THE SAME NUMBER IF NOT MORE PARKING VIOLATIONS.

THAT MEANS SAN DIEGO AND WILL LIKELY NEED TO HAVE THEIR DAYS RUINED BY LITTLE SLIP OF PAPER ON THE WINDSHIELDS.

I AM KATERINA PATELLA.

>>> VOLUNTEERS SPENT PART OF THEIR WE GETTING TO TLC TO ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE LAND IN NORTH COUNTY.

ERIC ANDERSON TELLS US HOW THAT HARD WORK WILL BENEFIT A NEARBY LAGOON AND HELP LOCAL CLIMATE EFFORTS.

>> Reporter: VOLUNTEERS REPAIRED FENCES, PLANTED PLANTS AND PLACED OYSTER WATTLES NEAR A HIKING TRAIL THAT CONTROLS EROSION.

COOPER PULLS STUBBORN AND INVASIVE WEEDS ALONG THE SHORE.

>> IT IS A LITTLE TOUGH RIGHT NOW.

PULL UP THE JEPPESEN WEED FROM THIS ROCK.

>> Reporter: THE LAGOON HAS A NARROW OPENING TO THE OCEAN.

ROADS CROSS IT IN THREE PLACES AND CARLSBAD HOMES ARE BUILT VERY CLOSE TO THE WATER.

THE URBAN PRESSURE IS INTENSE BUT BOOSTERS ARE LOOKING TO BUILD PUBLIC APPRECIATION.

>> THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AT THE LAGOON.

WE ARE BIG PROPONENTS OF ACTIVE USE AND BALANCED USE IN MAKING OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS AWARE THAT THEY NEED TO PROTECT, CONSERVE, AND BE THE BEST STEWARDS SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN ENJOY IT.

>> Reporter: THIS LAGOON CAN ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE.

NOTICE HAS ALSO NOTICED THE RISING SEA LEVELS.

AND PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL SYSTEMS IS A VALUABLE HEDGE AGAINST A WARMING PLANET.

LAGOONS AND WETLANDS CAN STORE 2 TO 5 TIMES MORE CARBON THAN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS.

>> YOU HAVE THESE AREAS CALLED TRANSITION ZONES.

THE SALT MARSH CAN MIGRATE UPWARD IN THESE AREAS.

EVEN WHEN THEY BECOME SUBMERGED, THEY STILL ACT AS HEALTHY START MARSH ECOSYSTEMS.

THIS RESTORATION HAS IMMEDIATE IMPACTS.

EVERYONE IS ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TEAM USA STALKERS AMERICAN RAPINOE AND ALLIE WILL WRAP UP THEIR CAREERS THIS WEEKEND DURING THE NWSL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

A FEW MILES TO THE EAST, A NEW GENERATION OF TALENT WILL GET THEIR START.

MELISSA MAE SHOWS US WHERE THE NEW MLS TEAM IS PLANTING ROOTS.

>> Reporter: THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY OPEN WITH A SERIES OF BIRD SONGS THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY NATION ORAL HISTORY.

>> AND START WITH OUR CULTURAL TRADITIONS.

IT JUST MEANS THE WORLD TO US.

>> Reporter: CODY MARTINEZ IS SAN DIEGO FC VICE CHAIRMAN AND SAYS THE FACILITIES BEING BUILT ON SACRED GROUND >> Reporter: THE VILLAGE -- THE HISTORY IS HEAL AND I THINK OUR PARTNERS RECOGNIZE THAT FROM THE BEGINNING.

>> Reporter: MOHAMMED MANSOOR SAYS THEY HAVE THE FIRST MAJOR SOCCER CLUB TO BUILD A TRAINING FACILITY ON NATIVE AMERICAN LAND.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES FIVE TRAINING FIELDS AND A SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER FOR BOTH THE FIRST-TEAM AND ACADEMY TEAMS.

>> WE CANNOT WAIT TO INFUSE OUR CULTURE AND HELP FOSTER THE GROWTH OF ALL THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN >> THIS WILL ALSO BE HOME TO THE RIGHT TO DREAM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY WITH AWFULLY FUNNY SO GOAL, RESIDENCE AND SOCCER ACADEMY.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER COMMISSION DON GARBER DOES THIS CLUB IS NOT THE TYPICAL EXPANSION TEAM.

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS FACILITY, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN ALL OTHERS, IT IS GLOBAL IN NATURE.

IT HAS RESIDENCES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT AND IT IS A -- BOYS AND GIRLS ACADEMY.

>> Reporter: THIS IS ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES.

HE WAS RECRUITED AS A CHILD.

>> IT IS A MENTALITY.

IS AN ENERGY ABOUT RIGHT TO DREAM THAT STAYS WITH YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

>> Reporter: FC LEADERS SAY THEY WILL ALSO BE THE FIRST MLS CLUB TO DEVELOP YOUNG FEMALE TALENT IN THEIR ACADEMY.

THE CLUB EXPECTS TO ENROLL THE FIRST ACADEMY RECRUITS IN THE FALL OF 2025.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS .

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