
Monday, April 17, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3027 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Things are finally getting back on track for North County commuters who rely on the train.
Things are finally getting back on track for North County commuters who rely on the train. Plus, you may want to check your freezer. A "Hepatitis A" outbreak has been linked to frozen strawberries, including some sold in San Diego. And KPBS is signing off from Twitter. What's behind the decision to move away from the social media platform.
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Monday, April 17, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3027 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Things are finally getting back on track for North County commuters who rely on the train. Plus, you may want to check your freezer. A "Hepatitis A" outbreak has been linked to frozen strawberries, including some sold in San Diego. And KPBS is signing off from Twitter. What's behind the decision to move away from the social media platform.
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>> IT TOOCKS MONTHS LONGER BUT THE AMTRAK SURF LINER IS BACK ON TRACK.
>> RESUMED TODAY WHILE REPAIRING WORK TO STABILIZE THE TRACKS.
TANIA THORNE HAS THE UPDATE.
TRAINS ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY.
RAIL SERVICE CAME TO A HALT pAFTER SHIFTINGS WERE DETECTED AND TRAVELERS WERE CONNECTED BY BUS BRIDGES.
IT WAS A JUMPING BACK AND FORTH ESPECIALLY THE FIRST WEEK IT WAS SUT DOWN.
>> HE'S A STUDENT AT CSU SAN MARCOS AND VISITS FAMILY IN ORANGE COUNTY.
SO RELIED ON THE TRAIN UNTIL THE RECENT INTERRUPTION.
I WAS WAITING HERE FROM 7 TO 12.
7:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M.
SO IT WAS REALLY HARD.
>> TRANSIT OFFICIALS HAD HOPED TO HAVE SERVICE RESTORED IN FEBRUARY.
BUT WEATHER DELAYED IT.
AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC'S PATIENCE IN ALL OF THIS.
>> ERIC CARPENTER IS WITH THE ORANGE ORANGE COUNTY AUTHORITY.
>> THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL PROJECT.
OF COURSE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY PROJECT AND A THEY USUALLY PROJECTS ARE ANYTHING BUT THAT.
THEY TAKE QUIROZ OF PLANNING AND YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION.
IT WAS ESTIMATED TO COST $13 MILLION.
CARPENTER THAT THE OCTA BOARD ARE LOOKING INTO FUNDING.
THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY FIX.
AND WE KNOW THAT IT IS FOR THE SHORT-TERM.
AND THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING AT THE LONGER TERM FIXES.
>> WHILE RAIL SERVICE IS ESTORED SOME CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL CONTINUE IN SAN CLEMENTE - FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS.
TANIA THORNE KPBS NEWS.
>> A HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK TIED TO STRAWBERRIES HAS SICKENED AT AST SEVEN PEOPLE.
SOME OF THE POTENTIALLY CUN CONTAMINATED BERRIES WERE SOLD IN SAN DIEGO STORES.
>> FRUIT FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY COST DESTORES.
AT LEAST 7 HELP TIGHT A CASES IN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON STATES ARE LIKELY ARE LIKELY LUNCHED TO FARMS IN CALIFORNIA.
>> LAST MONTH THE FEDERAL NVESTIGATION PROMPTED O TIME CALIFORNIA SPLENDOR TO RECALL FROZEN ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES INCLUDING TWO BUSINESS CENTERS.
A FOOD DISTRIBUTION RECALLED STRAW STRAWBERRIES WHICH WERE SENT TO THE TRADER JOE'S AND ALDIS.
>> IN RETURN THEM OR TOSS THEM OUT.
AND YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED.
YOU'VE MAKE SURE YOU LET YOUR - DOCTORS KNOW.
DR. WILLIAM ZHANG HELP A COMMONLY SPREADS THROUGH FECAL MATTER.
THEY MIGHT SEEING SYMPTOMS OF A FEW WEEKS LATER.
SUDDEN ABLED NULL PAIN.
NAUSEA, VOMITING AND DIARYRHEADIARRHEA.
AFTER FOUR YEARS THE URINE GETS VERY, VERY DARK PLUS YOUR STOOL GETS VERY, VERY PALE.
IF YOU SEE THOSE YOU HAVE GOT TO GET TO THE DOCTOR TO GET IT TESTED YOU OUT.
ZHANG WILL HAVE MOST CASES RESOLVE ON THEIR OWN AND YOUNGER CHILDREN GENERALLY HAVE FEWER SYMPTOMS FROM THE VIRUS.
VACCINES AND POST INFECTION TRAEMENTSS ARE AVAILABLE.
THE F.D.A.
'S HAS SPECIFIC IMAGES OF THE RECALLED STRAWBERRY BAGS.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TRACKING A STRONG UPTICK IN CASES SINCE JANUARY.
NONE OF CONNECTED TO THE OUTBREAK INVOLVING FROZEN STRAWBERRIES.
MATT HOFFMAN KPBS NEWS.
- A BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM SAN DIEGO - MARITIME GLORY IS GETTING AN IN-DEPTH BY THE CITY'S BUDGET ANALYST ANALYST.
KITTY ALVARAD IF THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT.
>> WHEN MAYOR TODD GLORIA FOR FISCALYEAR 2424 THE SO-CALLED GETTING IT DONE PLAN HE SAID IT REFLECTS THE CITY'S TOP PRIORITIES.
SOLVING HOMELESSNESS.
UPGRADING CRITICAL INFRASTRTURE.
IPROVING SERVICES AND KEEPING THE CITY SAFE.
HE ALSO SAID IT WAS BALANCED AND CONSERVATIVE.
IT RECOGNIZES THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ECONOMIC SLOW DOWN IN THE NEXT COUPLE FS YEARS.
>> PART OF THE WEEK IN MY OFFICE WILL BE DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT IT DOES STRIKE THE RIGHT TONE.
>> THAT'S CHARLES MODICA.
LIKE HOMELESSNESS.
SOME HAVE ALREADY SAID IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET AND TALKING WITH FOLK WHO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOUNTS ARE ADDED AND TACKLE THOSE PROGRAMS.
MODIC MODICA IT DOES LOOK BALANCED.
BUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS -- MONTHS THEY'LL BE GOING OVER WITH IT WITH A FINE FINE-TOOTH COMB.
GROWING CITY REVENUES OR POTENTIALLY CUTTING ONGOING COSTS.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE MONEY TO PAY FOR SOME OF THE RAW SERVICES ARE ONE TIME LIKE THE $56 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
>> THIS IS THE LAST OF THE AMOUNT WE HAD ALLOCATED THAT IS USED TO BE IN THE BUDGET.
WE'RE RELYING IN THE BUDGETARY SAVINGS.
HE ALSO HALF OF THE SPENDING WILL GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY THE.
THAT'S TYPICAL.
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ECONOMICS PROFESSOR ALAN G OF JEN.
AND WHILE IDEALLY MORE MONEY SHOULD GO GO TO HOMELESSNESS BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TIME ALLOCATED TO OVER TIME.
>> YES MONEY DOES GO TO THE POLICE.
WE'RE BELOW THE FISCAL STANDARD - IN TERMS OF POLICE OFFICERS PER RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE 1.43 OFFICERS PER 1,000 RESIDENTS.
THE TYPICAL NUMBER IS ABOUT TWO.
AND THAT COULD BE LOOMING BUT OVERALL.
>> I THINK IT'S BALANCED IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THE NAELEDS THAT WE'RE FACING.
I THINK IT'S REALISTIC GIVEN THE UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK WE'RE LOOKING AT.
>> KITTY ALVARADO.
>> THE CITY OF LA MESA IS EGINNING A YEAR LONG PROCESS.
KPBS KATIE HYSON.
p>> THE PARKS PLAN HASN'T BEEN PDATED IN MORE THAN A DECADE AND THE CITY HAS BEEN GROWING.
THE COMMUNITY SUE RICHARDSON SAYS THEY THAT THE DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHICS TO DETERMINE WHAT RESIDENTS WANT.
TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE AND AREAS TO HAVE PASSIVE FAMILY GATHEINGS WAS REALLY THE HIGHEST ON THE LIST.
>> RICH SUNDAY IN ADDITION TO RECOMNDING IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE IDENTIFYING WHERE SERVICES DON'T EXIST AT ALL.
THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS 14 PARKS.
BUT SHE SAYS THERE'S STILL MANY - NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE A PARK WITHIN A 15-MINUTE WALK.
MOSTLY IN LA MESA.
>> AND MOST IN EQUITY ISSUES.
SHE'S HOPEFUL THAT THE PLAN WILL IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS.
>> WE'RE GROWING VERY RAPIDLY AND SO THE CONCERN I THINK IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ACCESSING THESE RESOURCES.
>> SHE POINTS TO THE CHILDREN'S OUTDOOR BILL OF RIGHTS DEVELOPED BY THE STATE.
>> ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SLEPT UNDER THE STARS ONCE.
ALL CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE BEEN TO- HAVE THE EXPERIENCED OF LEARNING HOW TO SWIM OR BEING IN THE WATER OR IN A BOAT ONCE.
OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT SINCE THE PANDEMIC AS SUICIDE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES INCREASE AND NEEDS TO BE INSURED FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING LOW-INCOME AND DIFFERENTLY ABLED FAMILIES.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN LA MESA BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GAUGE WHO IS ACCESSING AND WHO ISN'T.
RESIDENTS CAN VOICE THEIR PUBLIC OPINIONS AT PUBLIC WORK WORKS.
KAY KATIE HYSON.
>> AS LAWMAKERS ARE STARING DOWN A LONG LIST OF CRITICAL ISSUES TO TACKLE AND AT THE TOP RAISING THE NATION'S DEBT CEILING.
HOW THE BUDGET BATTLE COULD HAVE REAL WORLD IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR FINANCES.
A FINANCIAL CRISIS.
IT IF IT DID HAPPEN IT WOULD HAVE VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT.
ON RAISING THE NATION'S DEBT CEILING I UNDERSTAND THE POLITICS THERE'S A HIGHER INTEREST OF THE NATION HAS TO PREVAIL.
DEMOCRAT ARE SEEKING A CLEAN BILL TO INCREASE THE NATION'S TO pWIN CONCESSIONS ON SPENDING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
IN NO STRINGS ATTACHED DEBT LIMIT INCREASE WILL NOT PASS.
>> THAT KIND OF DISCUSSION THE CUTS THE BELONGS IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUDGET NOT AS A PRECONDITION FOR AVOIDING DEFAULT.
A DEPAU FAULT ON U.S. WOULD CUT OFF THE U.S. TREASURY FROM BAR RING.
TO GUARD YOUR FINANCES IN CASE OF A POTENTIAL DEFAULT BANK RATE'S PAYING DOWN YOUR DEBT AND BUILDING UP YOUR SAVINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE HOSTAGES.
TO FULLY INSULATE.
>> THAT THE BRINKS MUST NOTSHIP IS ALARM, >> THERE'S LS INCENTIVE OR LESS APPETITE FOR RISK.
>> I'M MIKE VAULERIO.
AND AS KRISTINE LZAR THE VEHICLE MOST TARGETED IS THE TOY TOYOTA PRIUS.
>> HAS STOLEN NOT JUST ONCE BUT TWICE.
HONESTLY IT WAS QUITE UPSETTING.
THE THEFT HALF FOR TES PUT A METAL PLATE UNDERNEATH HIS CAR TO KEEP THIEVES FROM ACCESSING THE CONVERT.
THIEVES CUT AROUND IT.
I'M WAITING FOR THE NEXT TIME IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> TWO CARS PULL UP AND THE THIEVES REMOVE THE CONVERTER IN LESS THAN 2 AND A HALF MINUTE.
SAW SACO IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND OF REPLACEMENT PARTS.
I'VE ORDERED CAT LITALYTIC CONVERTERS FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS.
THE GUY COMES IN FROM TOYOTA TO IT'S A ZOO.
WE HAVE OVER 50 PRE-US SITTING IN THE LOT.
THEY'VE BEEN SITTING FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THAN EVER BEFORE.
I GET AT LEAST ONE CALL A DAY.
AT LEAST.
THAT'S JUST FOR A SMALL SHOP.
>> AND GAS PRICES ARE BACK ON THE RISE IN SAN DIEGO AND NATIONWIDE ACCORDING TO THE OIL PRICE THE AVERAGE PRICE IS 4$4.93 A GALLON.
NATALIE ROSE BY 7ENTS TO $3.67.
WHICH AND THIS AFTER OHPEC A ANNOUNCED PRODUCTION CUTS.
WE'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE SUPER BLOOMS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
BUT NOT EVERYONE IS GETTING THE FLOWERS THEY EXPECTED.
LORI PEREZ IS THEPOPPY.
ORANGE.
A SECOND WORD.
SPECTACULAR.
OFF THE BEATEN PATH IS THE BEATEN PATH IN LANCASTER BECAUSE THE POPPIES HAVE POPPED UP IN LOTS OF UNEXPECTED PLACES.
MY NAME IS TRENTON AND I LOVE COMING OUT HERE.
>> IN FIELDS EXCEPT ON THE ACTUAL STATE PARK POPPY RESERVE.
>> RANGER MATT WILLIAMS EXPECTATIONS FOR A SUPER BLOOM REMAIN HIGH.
NOTHING IS POPPYING UP AT LEAST NOT YET.
>> THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT RESERVE.
pMEANWHILE IN THE FLATLANDS ALONG CROWDS ARE FINDING THE FLOWERS TO FILL THEIR SENSES AND THEIR SOCAL MEDIA FEEDS.
WE LOVE IT.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF COLORS.
>> HE NEEDS TO GET IN THE PICTURES.
THE LAST SUPER BLOOM WAS 199.
AND WHEN THOSE SHOWERS BRING THESE KIND OF FLOWERS.
THIS IS ONCE IN A DECADE BLOOM THAT HAPPENS.
AND WE'RE DRIVING FROM SINGLE FAMILY.
THIS IS JUST WILD.
>> BARR ECA SPRINGS IS ANOTHER PLACE TO A PARK RANGER THAT TEMPERATURES THAT ARE RAPIDLY MEANING THAT THE FLOWERS WILL NOT BE IN BLOOM MUCH LONGER.
THEY ARE SEEING MORE INSTANCES OF HEATSTROKE AND WARNED HIKERS AGAINST WANDERING OFF THE TRAIL.
NATURE HAS RESURRECTED THE PREVIOUSLY OUT TA LAYER LAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
AND SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW HAS - SNOWMELT TURNING THE DRY BED BACK INTO AN INLAND OCEAN.
IT'S VERY BAD NEWS FOR THE FARMERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING FOE THE LAND.
IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY FARMERS HAVE SPENT PRAYING FOR RAIN.
BUT THEN CAME THIS WINTER OF RELENLESS RIVERS IN THE SKY.
ENOUGH TO BRING A LONG DEAD LAKE BACK TO LIFE.
AND BACKGROUND OVER A 150 SQUARE MILES OF FARMLAND AND COUNTING.
SO NOW THEY PRAY FOR THE WATER TO STOP.
IT IS MIND-BLOWING TO REALIZE THAT IF YOU'D STOOD HERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF GENERATIONS YOU'D BE WATCHING SUNSET OVER DUSTY FIELDS AND NOW IT IS WATERFRONT ROPERTY.
I HAD NO IDEA.
TULA TULARI BUT IT WAS DAMNED AND DIKED AND DRAINED TO BUILD A $2 BILLION AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY AND NOW IT'S BACK.
IT'S PROOF THAT WATER NEVER FORGET.
THIS MAY BE JUST THE BEGINNING.
BEHIND THOSE CLOUDS THE SARAH NEVADAS ARE SO PACKED WITH SNOW.
260% ABOVE NORMAL.
SOUSONER OR LATER IS GOING TO MELT.
AND WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE THIS WORSE AND MORE FLOODING.
IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO DRY OUT.
YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THE EFFECTS IN '83 >> THE TOWN HOLLOWED.
I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE LOST ABOUT HALF OF OUR SCHOOL POPULATION.
AND THIS TIME IN ADDITION TO THE DRIPPING TIME BOMB IN THE MOUNTAINS CORCORAN IS MANY FEET OWER IN ELEVATION.
TO GROW THIRSTIER CROPS MADE THIS ONE OF THE FAST ESTOCIN ING AREA IN THE NATION.
OVER THE PAST DECK AILED.
THAT IS LITERALLY CHANGE THE TA TOPOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORICAL LAKE BED.
SOME PLACES ARE LOWER THAN SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW UNKNOWNS.
THAT IS UCLA SCIENTIST DANIEL SWAIN.
LAST YEAR THAT FOUND WEATHER WHIPLASH WILL BECOME MORE EXTREME.
AS DISRUPTIVE AND AS DAMAGING AS THS YEAR'S FLOODING IT'S STILL NOWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT WE FOESEES THE POSSIBLE WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
THE LEVY IS CALLED THE CORCORAN LEVY MANY.
IT'S A 14.5 MILE LEVY.
THAT PROTECTS THE CITY OF CORCORAN.
AND THE PRISONS.
SO THE WORK YOU'LL SEE OVER HERE THEY'RE BUILDING THE LEVY UP ANOTHER FOYER OR FIVE FEET.
>> THERE THERE'S A RACE AGAINST THE MELT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE WITH A SLOW SPRING.
>> SO THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF JOBS FROM PEOPLE.
THAT'S A LOT OF FOOD WE PROVIDE FOR UP AND DOWN CALIFORNIA AND ALL AROUND THE NATION.
IT'S PRETTY SCARY.
- >> AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING RIGHT.
>> VERY BEGINNING.
>> THE BIG MELT HASN'T BENNIGAN.
THIS IS JUST FROM THE RAIN.
WHEN THE SNOW MELTS THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE FOR IT TO GO.
>> NOW COOL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AS WE GO RIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
A BIG CHANGE IN TERMS OF WARMER ARIAZ WE GO BEYOND THE ROAD.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL START.
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY PREDAWN HOURS THERE ARE WIND ADVISORIES OUT INCLUDIG SOME THE MOUTH OF THIS TERRAIN EVEN THE DESERT PINE VALLEY AND POINTS OFF TO THE EAST.
SOME OF THE GUSTY WIND SPEEDS CAN'T RESOLVE IN DIFFICULT TRAVELLING CONDITIONS AND PERHAPS SOME TRAVEL DELAYS.
KEEP THAT IN MIND.
IT CAN BE A LITTLE BREEZY THROUGHOUT THE VALLEYS.
SO CLOUDS AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.
THE SAME STOREN CHULA VISTA.
ROMANO ROMANO.
THERE'S YOUR HOWLING WINDS AROUND MOUNT LAGUNA.
63S FROM OCEAN SIDE TO SAN DIEGO AND AROUND CHULA VISTA.
FUTURECAST SHOWS SOME OF THE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TIME FRAME AND GRADUALLY WAS WE WORK TOWARD THE pAFTERNOON AFTERNOON.
HERE'S WHAT WE LOOK FOR.
SO FAR FOR A 10TH OF AN ISSUE.
THE AVERAGE IS 0.6.
THAT WAS THE HEALS ON A VERY SOGGY MARCH.
COAST FORECAST.
WE'RE LOOKING NICE THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
HIGHS IN THE 70s.
INTER ITERIOR IN THE VALLEYS.
STILL A LITTLE COOL TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
MEANWHILE THE WIND IS THE BIG FACTR.
AND THEN HERE TOO GRADUAL EAR WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND INTO SATURDAY.
FOR KPBS I'M MATTER JUDGE US TON POVICK.
>> THE SAN DIEGO PADRES ARE HONORING RICHIE 75 YEARS AGO.
IN HIS HONOR THE FLIERS WILL WEAR THEIR PACIFIC COAST UNIFORMS AGAINST THE ATLANTA BRAVES.
THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS $10,000 TO 10 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO HAVE OVERCOME ACADEMIC ADVERSITY.
NOW IF YOU FOLLOW KPBS AND KPBS NEWS ON TWITTER YOU MOVING AWAY FROM THE PLATFORM.
KPBS STLAURNED NGUYEN TALKS ABOUT THE UNCERTAINTY - SURROUNDING TWITTER.
WHEN NEWS BREAKS THE FIRST IN STIGET IS TO JUMP ON TWITTER FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
THE PLATFORM PLAYS A IMPORTANT ROLE.
REMEMBER THE ARAB SPRING.
ACTIVISTS BEING ABLE TO USE TWITTER TO DESCRIBE THEIR FLIGHT.
THEIR TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN SYRIA.
T'S A PLATFORM WE EVER EVER SEEN.
AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS OF JOURNALISM.
WHEN KPBS ANNOUNCED IT IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE PLATFORM LEE IT WAS SAD TO HEAR.
I'M SAD TO SEE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO LEAVE TWITTER BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER PLATFORM THAT DOES WHAT TWITTER IS ABLE TO DO.
KPBS'S DECISION FOLLOWS NPR'S IS GOING TO DO THE SAME.
CHANGED IT TO GOVERNMENT FUNDED MEDIA.
IT'S THE SAME PLATFORM USED FOR PBS AND THE "BBC"."
DOES A LABEL IT DOESN'T HAVE EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT IS NOT ACCURATE.
KPBS'S AND MARKETING DIRECTOR.
SHE SAYS BECAUSE OF IT IT BECAME TWITTER IS AN INCREDIBLE PLATFORM FOR THE STATION.
- IT'S KPBS CONTENT IS ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PLACES THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND OUR CONTENT.
AUDIENCES CAN FIND KPBS CONTENT ON INSTAGRAM, IS TIKTOK AND Facebok.
THE STATION IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO KEEP THE AUDIENCE AS INFORMED AS POSSIBLE.
- WE'RE ALWAYS EXPLORING NEW PLACES TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
TWITTER C.E.O.
ELON MUSK DID NOT RESPOND TO AN WITH A POOPY MOW GEE.
ALEXANDER NGUYEN KPBS NEWS.
>> AND HERE'S A LOOK WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR IN THE KPBS COUNY.
TOMORROW IS A NATIONAL DEADLINE TO FILE YOUR TAXES.
HOW THE IRS IS IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICES WHILE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE PAY WHAT THEY WE.
DON WINSLOW TALKS ABOUT THE IN HIS TRILOGY, CITY OF DREAMS.
MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF CMPANIES.
PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR AND RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.com.
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