
Monday, February 20, 2023
Season 1 Episode 2987 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
President Biden makes a surprise visit to Ukraine one year after Russia's invasion.
President Biden makes a surprise visit to Ukraine one year after Russia's invasion. Plus, renters rights are changing in one South Bay city. The new law that aims to close an eviction loophole sometimes used by landlords. And excitement is building ahead of March Madness. Where does San Diego State stand in the latest college basketball rankings?
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Monday, February 20, 2023
Season 1 Episode 2987 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
President Biden makes a surprise visit to Ukraine one year after Russia's invasion. Plus, renters rights are changing in one South Bay city. The new law that aims to close an eviction loophole sometimes used by landlords. And excitement is building ahead of March Madness. Where does San Diego State stand in the latest college basketball rankings?
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>>> NEARLY ONE YEAR SINCE THE RUSSIAN INVASION A SURPRISE VISIT IS BRINGING HOPE TO UKRAINIANS INCLUDING THOSE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
PRESIDENT BIDEN ARRIVED IN THE CAPITAL TODAY TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT VLADIMIR ZELINSKI.
THE VISIT WAS DESIGNED TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO MOSCOW ABOUT AMERICA'S SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.
>> Reporter:>> RUSSIA'S AIM WAS TO WIPE UKRAINE OFF THE MAP.
PUTIN'S WAR OF CONQUEST IS FAILING.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING OUT RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN DURING A SURPRISE VISIT TO UKRAINE MONDAY.
TRAVELING IN NEAR SECRECY PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ARRIVAL COMES JUST DAYS BEFORE THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA'S INVASION.
>> ONE YEAR LATER, KEITH STANDS.
AND UKRAINE STANDS.
DEMOCRACY STANDS.
>> Reporter: DESPITE BEING IN AN ACTIVE WAR ZONE THE TWO WORLD LEADERS TALKED WHILE WHITE WALKING OUTSIDE.
AIR RAID SIRENS RINGING OUT.
IN A VISIT TO ST. MICHAEL'S CATHEDRAL THE PRESIDENT EACH LEADER LAID A WREATH FOR THE FALLEN SOLDIERS.
THE ENTIRE TRIP HIGHLY SYMBOLIC.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTING TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART THAT THE U.S. AND UKRAINE WILL NOT BE DIVIDED.
>> HE IS COUNTING ON US NOT STICKING TOGETHER.
HE THOUGHT HE COULD OUTLAST US.
I DON'T THINK HE IS THINKING THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE U.S.
PLEDGES SUPPORT INCLUDES FURTHER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA AND IN A PACKAGE WORTH HALF $1 BILLION.
BUT NOT THE F-16 FIGHTER JETS THAT UKRAINE HAS BEEN ASKING FOR.
THE PRESIDENT IS HOPING TO THREAD THE NEEDLE BETWEEN ALL- OUT PROVOCATION WITH RUSSIA AND COMMITTING AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.
>> WE WILL BE WITH YOU MR. PRESIDENT FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE WAS FELT HERE IN SAN DIEGO FROM A VISITING PROFESSOR AT USD.
REPORTER TELLS US WHY THEY ARE FEELING HOPEFUL.
>> Reporter: -- IS A BOARD MEMBER AT THE HOUSE OF UKRAINE AND BALBOA PARK.
SHE SAID SEEING PRESIDENT BIDEN WALKING AROUND UKRAINIAN CAPITAL WITH PRESIDENT ZELINSKI SINCE AN INCREDIBLE MESSAGE OF HOPE.
>> IT GIVES HOPE BECAUSE IT SHOWS SOLIDARITY.
IT SHOWS THAT -- HOPEFULLY THAT IS A SIGN TO RUSSIA TO STOP THIS.
AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> I WAS VERY SURPRISED.
IS AN OUTSTANDING -- >> Reporter: HISTORIAN WHO IS IN RESIDENCE AS UC SAN DIEGO SET THIS MOMENT IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS.
HE SAID AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT HAS NOT VISITED UKRAINE SINCE GEORGE W. BUSH.>> FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY -- PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES VISITED COUNTRY IN WAR AND COUNTRY -- NO AMERICAN TROOPS ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: HE SAID THERE IS NO DOUBT THE SYMBOLISM IS POWERFUL.
>> THIS SHORT VISIT JUST SHOWS ALL OF UKRAINIAN WE HAVE HOPE.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT UKRAINE.
WE STAND WITH UKRAINE.
SO IT IS A SYMBOL.
BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE TIME OF THE WAR A DIFFERENT KIND OF --.
MOSTLY IMPORTANT WEAPONS.
IT IS A HOPE.
IT IS LIKE -- OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY NATION AND FOR EVERY SOLDIER.
>> Reporter: HE HAS STUDENTS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THIS WAR.
>> WAR HAS ONLY ONE POSITIVE MOMENT.
RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE PEOPLE UNITE.
>> Reporter: HIS BROTHER IS ON THE FRONT LINES FIGHTING IN THIS WAR.
>> MY BROTHERS NAME IS -- EVERY DAY -- I SAY FOR HIM BE CAREFUL.
BE BACK HOME.
WE ARE WAITING.
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE RELUCTANT TO SEND HELP THE WAR MAY END UP COSTING SO MUCH MORE.
SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE.>> UNITED STATES HAVE TO BE VERY HAPPY -- BE PART OF THE SECOND WAR.
THE MOMENT WHEN PEARL HARBOR HAPPENED.
WE TOLERATE THE -- LIKE PUTIN.
LIKE RUSSIA TODAY.
WE WILL PAY MORE IN THE FUTURE.
>> Reporter: A FUTURE HE HOPES IS DIFFERENT FOR HER DAUGHTER AND HER GRANDCHILDREN.
>> THE SAME STORIES SHE TOLD ME.
WHEN I WAS A KID.
NOW I HAVE TO TELL MY CHILD THE SAME STORIES.
I HOPE MY DAUGHTER.HIS KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR THOSE STORIES.
AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.>>> THERE IS NO DAMAGE IN FEAR IN THE BORDER AREA NEAR TURKEY AND SYRIA.
MAGNITUDE 6.3 EARTHQUAKE HITS A DAY IN THE TURKISH PROVINCE.
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS 7.8 HIT THE REGION.
DEATHS ARE NOW ESTIMATED AT 45,000.
THERE ARE REPORTS OF COLLAPSED BUILDINGS FROM THIS LATEST EARTHQUAKE RESULTING IN THREE DEATHS AND MORE THAN 200 INJURIES.
>>> ON THIS PRESIDENTS' DAY THE FRIENDS OF FRIENDSHIP PARK HAD A QUESTION FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN.
ABOUT HIS LEGACY.
DOES HE WANT TO BE KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENT WHO FINISHED DONALD TRUMP'S WHAT A WALL OR AS THE PRESIDENT WHO SAVED FRIENDSHIP PARK -- ALEXANDER HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: THROUGH CHANTS AND SONGS THE FRIENDS OF FRIENDSHIP PARKS -- SENDING A DIRECT MESSAGE TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
SAVED FRIENDSHIP PARK.
LAST WEEK CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION STARTED CONSTRUCTION TO INCREASE THE FENCE AT FRIENDSHIP PARK.
IT WILL PRESERVE THE 18 FOOT FENCE AROUND FRIENDSHIP PARK TO PRESERVE ACCESS TO THE PARK.
BUT JOHN -- FROM FRIENDS OF FRIENDSHIP PARKS SAID THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY TRUE.
>> ONE OF THE GREAT TRAGEDIES OF THESE WALLS.
ELIMINATE IN AND OUT OF SPACE.
ON THE MEXICAN SIDE.
RIGHT NOW IT FRIENDSHIP PARK FROM A LOOKOUT YOU SEE ALL THE WAY UP THE SAN DIEGO COAST.
THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO ON A CLEAR DAY UP TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>> Reporter: AS WELL AS 18 FOOT TALL.
SIMILAR TO THE ONE AT FRIENDSHIP PARK.
AND THIS IS THE NEW WALL THAT BORDER PROTECTION IS BUILDING.
RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT BUT IF YOU LOOK SIDEWAYS BECOMES OPAQUE.
AND THAT THE GROUP SAYS WILL RUIN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PARK FOR VISITORS.>> 30 FEET AT FRIENDSHIP PARK WILL COMPLETELY CHANGE THE VISUAL LANDSCAPE.
THE EXPERIENCE.
>> Reporter: THE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE.
HE SAYS THE 30 FOOT FRIENDS WILL LEAD MORE PEOPLE HURT OR DYING.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A FIVEFOLD INCREASE IN PEOPLE GOING TO THE TRAUMA CENTERS.
LOCALLY.
THAT IS A RESULT OF PEOPLE CLIMBING THE BORDER WALLS AND FALLING AS A RESULT OF THAT THROUGHOUT THE 60 MILES OF THE SAN DIEGO --.
IT IS LIKELY THE CASE THAT WILL INCREASE.
WHEREVER THERE ARE 30 FOOT BORDER WALLS INCLUDING THAT POSSIBILITY AT FRIENDSHIP PARK.
>> Reporter: THE NEW FENCE IS NEEDED FOR BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> ALEXANDER -- >>> THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA'S NEWTON EDGE PROTECTION ORDINANCE GOES INTO EFFECT ON MARCH 1st.
KPBS REPORTER MELISSA SAID IT IS CLOSING THE GAP OF NO-FAULT EVICTION LOOPHOLES THAT NOW HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR LANDLORDS.
>> THE NEW ORDINANCE IS AN EFFORT TO LIMIT NO-FAULT EVICTIONS PROVIDE MORE TENANT RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND PROTECT TENANTS FROM LANDLORD HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION.
>> IT SETS A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER CITIES.
IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WE HAVE PROBABLY THE WEAKEST TENANT PROTECTIONS IN THE WHOLE STATE.
WE LIKE THE ONLY MAJOR CITY WHO ALLOWS THESE EVICTIONS TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: THE LAW WAS PASSED BY THE CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCIL LAST FALL AFTER TENANTS REPORTED THEIR LANDLORD WAS EVICTING THEM TO REMODEL THE PROPERTY.
THIS ORDINANCE NOW PROTECTS TENANTS FROM THIS TYPE OF EVICTION.
>> BECAUSE OF INVESTORS COMING IN BUYING THE PROPERTIES.
KICKING PEOPLE OUT.
JUST JACKING IT UP TO MARKET RATE.
SO THIS IS NOT ONLY GOING TO HELP PROTECT TENANTS SO THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
IT ALSO WILL HELP KEEP OUR HOUSING AFFORDABLE.
>> Reporter: A SENIOR ATTORNEY OF THE HOUSING TEAM AT LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO.
>> THAT IS WHAT THE GOAL OF THIS ORDINANCE IS.
THAT IS WHY THE PROTECTIONS REALLY ARE CENTERED AROUND NO- FAULT EVICTIONS.
PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT OF TENANTS FOR NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG.
ESPECIALLY TENANTS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO HOMELESSNESS.
>> Reporter: CHULA VISTA WILL COLLECT DATA ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED BY NO-FAULT EVICTIONS.
HE SAYS NO ONE HAS EVER DONE THAT.
AND IT WILL HELP MAKE POLICY CHOICES IN THE FUTURE.
>> ANY NO-FAULT EVICTION NOTICE THAT THE LANDLORD WILL DISTRIBUTE ON CHULA VISTA WE WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO FILE THAT NOTICE WITH THE CITY WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS OF SERVING THAT NO-FAULT NOTICE ON THE TENANT.
>> Reporter: THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN OPPOSED BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION.
THE GROUP'S PRESIDENT LUCINDA LILLY WARNS THERE COULD BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR LANDLORDS.
>> RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS BEING FINED OR GOD FOR BID FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR HAVING TO COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENCE.
>> Reporter: SHE SAID MANY PROPERTIES WERE BUILT IN THE 80s AND NEEDS SIGNIFICANT RENOVATIONS.
BUT WITH THE NEW SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL REQUIREMENTS MANY PROPERTIES WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE IF A LANDLORD CANNOT AFFORD TO RELOCATE THE TENANT.
>> THEY DON'T NEED TO LOSE MORE HOUSING OFF OF THE STOP THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE BACK INTO THEIR OWN PROPERTIES EVEN IF THEY THEMSELVES HAVE EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP DUE TO ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.
>> Reporter: SHE SAID THE ORDINANCE WILL CYCLICALLY AFFECT ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY HOMEOWNERS WHO RENT OUT THEIR HOMES WHEN THEY ARE DEPLOYED.
AND THEN HAVE TO PLAY THEIR TENANTS A RELOCATION FEE THAT COULD BE UP TO TWO MONTHS RENT.
THIS ORDINANCE ONLY APPLIES TO TENANTS IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA.
THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SIMILAR VERSION OF THESE PROTECTIONS.>>> MORE THAN 1400 HEALTHCARE WORKERS RECENTLY VOTED TO UNIONIZE AT EASE COUNTIES ONLY HOSPITAL.
THE VOTE STILL IS NOT CERTIFIED.
HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SET OFFICIALS ARE CHALLENGING THE ELECTION RESULTS.
>> Reporter: SHARP GROSSMONT NURSING ASSISTANTS PHARMACY TECHS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE WORKERS VOTED TO JOIN AS EIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST.
THE VOTE WAS 55% IN FAVOR BUT SHARP IS CHALLENGING THE RESULT.
>> WE THINK IT IS SILLY AND RIDICULOUS ATTEMPT BY SHARP TO DELAY THE INEVITABLE.
>> Reporter: RENIE IS A SPOKESPERSON FOR UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST.
>> WE ARE JUST READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
THE WORKERS ARE FIRED UP.
AND AGAIN EVERYBODY -- GET THIS ELECTION CERTIFIED.
>> Reporter: THE FOR VOTING ENDED SHARP OFFICIALS FILED A CLAIM WITH FEDERAL LABOR OFFICIALS ALLEGING INTIMIDATING AND THREATENING ORGANIZING EFFORTS FROM THE UNION.
WE ASKED SHARP FOR A COPY OF THEIR OBJECTION LETTER BUT ALL THE SPOKESPERSON WOULD SAY IS IT IS RELATED TO THE EARLIER CLAIM OF INTIMIDATING ORGANIZING EFFORTS.
THE UNION CALLED THE CLAIM FRIVOLOUS AND A LAST-MINUTE ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION.>> INTIMIDATION AND COERCION -- UNIONIZING ELECTION IS NOT UNCOMMON.
>> Reporter: THIS LEGAL ANALYST SAID DURING ABLE TO UNIONIZE THESE TYPE OF CLAIMS CAN COME FROM EITHER SIDE.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD SET THE OBJECTIONS ARE BEING REVIEWED AND A REGIONAL DIRECTOR WILL DECIDE TO DISMISS THEM OR ORDER A HEARING.
INSET THE PROCESS COULD TAKE MONTHS.>> THE STAKES ARE VERY HIGH.
IN CONNECTION WITH UNIONIZATION WHICH IS WHY THESE CAMPAIGNS ARE SO HARD-FOUGHT.
>> Reporter: A DECISION WILL ULTIMATELY COME DOWN TO THE STRENGTH OF THE EVIDENCE AND IT COULD WIND UP IN THE COURTS.
ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN.
THE RESULTS OF THE UNION ELECTION AND SHARP GROSSMONT ARE STILL NOT SATISFIED.
BARGAINING CANNOT BEGIN UNTIL THAT HAPPENS.
>>> NATIONAL REACTION CONTINUES FOLLOWING THE NEWS THAT FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER HAS BEGUN RECEIVING HOSPICE CARE AT HIS HOME.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT TURNED 98 LAST YEAR AND IS THE OLDEST LIVING PRESIDENT.
ISABEL HAS MORE FROM PLAINS GEORGIA.
>> Reporter: SUNDAY MORNING AND PLAINS GEORGIA IT WAS PACKED FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL AND A SERVICE AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
THIS IS WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER TAUGHT HIS TRADITIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL IN HIS HOMETOWN FOR YEARS UNTIL HIS HEALTH FORCED HIM TO GIVE IT UP IN 2020.
ON SATURDAY THE NEWS CAME TO 98- YEAR-OLD FORMER PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED TO SPEND HIS REMAINING TIME AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY AND TO RECEIVE HOSPICE CARE INSTEAD OF ADDITIONAL MEDICAL INTERVENTION.
ACCORDING TO THE CARTER CENTER.
IN 2015 FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER ANNOUNCED HE HAS SURVIVED BRAIN AND LIVER CANCER.
IN 2019 HE HAS SURGERY FOR A BROKEN HIP AND RECEIVED 14 STITCHES AFTER HITTING HIS HEAD.
THEN HE WAS TREATED FOR A MINOR PELVIC FRACTURE.
BEFORE UNDERGOING SURGERY TO RELIEVE PRESSURE ON HIS BRAIN.
IN 2022 THE CARTER'S WERE SEEN OUT ENJOYING THE 25th ANNUAL PEANUT FESTIVAL PARADE IN PLANES.
THEY WERE SEEN WRITING ANY RED 1946 FORD CONVERTIBLE.>> MEANWHILE WISHES FOR COMFORT AND PEACE ARE POURING IN ALL SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
CARTER'S GRANDSON AND FORMER GEORGIA STATE SENATOR JASON CARTER POSTED THIS TWEET SAYING IN PART HE VISITED HIS GRANDPARENTS AND THEY ARE AT PEACE.>> WHEN I WAS SICK HE SAT WITH ME FOR AN HOUR.
WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN HIS POLITICAL PERSUASIONS OR WHATEVER YOU THINK, YOU KNOW FOR A FACT BEING HERE THAT THEY ARE GENUINE PEOPLE THAT CARE.
>> Reporter:>>> THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES GATHERED TO PRAY FOR A BISHOP WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT OVER THE WEEKEND.
TODAY THE LA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED A PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE KILLING OF BISHOP DAVID O'CONNELL.
SATURDAY THE 59-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME IN HACIENDA HEIGHTS WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND.
PARISHIONERS ARE IN SHOCK.
>> VERY SUPPORTIVE.
ALWAYS WORKING FOR THE GOOD OF PEOPLE.>> HE WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE ANYBODY WOULD CONSIDER HURTING HIM IN ANY WAY.
>> THIS AFTERNOON THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAID THE SUSPECT IS THE HUSBAND OF A HOUSEKEEPER WHO WORKED FOR BISHOP O'CONNELL.
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL DETERMINING A MOTIVE.
>>> POLICE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE REBUILDING THEIR RINGS.
THEY ARE LAMENTING NEW STRATEGIES TO ATTRACT OFFICERS.
REFORM TRAINING AND BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
MIKE VALERIO INTRODUCES US TO SOME RECRUITS WHO ARE ANSWERING THE CALL.
>> Reporter: FROM THEIR FINAL INSPECTION AS RECRUITS TO THE JUBILATION OF BEING LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S NEWEST SWORN SHERIFF DEPUTIES.
MOTHER OF TWO DAISY MORRISON SAID SHE WILL NEVER FORGET ADDING HER LAW-ENFORCEMENT FAMILY TO HER ECSTATIC EXTENDED FAMILY.
>> THEY ARE PROUD.
THEY KNOW I HAVE BEEN WANTING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
>> Reporter: THIS GRADUATION IS PACKED RECRUITMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT NATIONWIDE IS DOWN.
WHAT KIND OF DEFICIT ARE YOU DEALING WITH?
>> WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 1100 VACANCIES.
>> Reporter: THE LA SHERIFF TOOK THE HELMET OF THE DEPARTMENT IN DECEMBER.
A NEW STRATEGY HE IS PURSUING SPEEDING UP THE HIRING PROCESS.>> WE ARE TESTING MULTIPLE TIMES A MONTH.
WE ARE GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES SHORTENING THE TIME WE ARE TESTING.
>> WE ARE TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE INTIMATE.
>> Reporter: THE CAPTAIN OF THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING THE LAPD'S FIRST EVER HIRING MIXER IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOT IN A GOVERNMENT BUILDING BUT HERE IN THE HEART OF WATTS.
>> I AM MIDDLE EAST AND MYSELF.
WHAT I BRING TO MY COMMUNITY LIKE A WOMAN KID POLICE OFFICERS.
>> WANTED TO TRANSITION INTO SOMETHING THAT I COULD STILL USE MY SKILLS AND ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON DC >> THEY ARE FOR THE HOUSING AND SEND SEPARATE THE $20,000 SIGNING BONUS WAS NICE.
>> Reporter: ALEXANDRIA MOVED FROM LONG ISLAND TO DC WERE STARTING SALARY FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICERS IS JUST OVER $66,400.
ADD TO THAT A $20,000 HIRING BONUS FIRST YEAR PAY NOW TOTALS $86,400.
>> THIS SHOULD BE HOW DO WE GO BIG IN THIS COUNTRY?
>> Reporter: THERE IS RECRUITMENT AND THEN THERE IS BROADER REFORM.
>> MAYBE WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT 10 REGIONAL ACADEMIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT TEACH WHAT WE THINK PROFESSIONAL POLICING SHOULD BE.
>> Reporter: THESE FRESH FACES KNOW IT IS UP TO THEM.
WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER OF POLICING AND SETTING THE TONE FOR THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.
>> IF I COULD LEAVE THEM WITH A POSITIVE INTERACTION TO GO HOME TO THAT IS WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY DAY.>>> SAN DIEGO'S YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO RIDE PUBLIC TRANSIT FOR FREE LITTLE WHILE LONGER.
THE YOUTH OPPORTUNITY PASS IS BEING EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
IT ALLOWS ANYONE 18 OR YOUNGER TO RIDE IN CS BUSES AND TROLLEYS -- RAIL LINES.
HIS NEXT GOAL IS TO COME UP WITH FUNDING TO MAKE THE PASSES PERMANENT AND EXPAND THE PROGRAM UP TO AGE 24.
>>> LOTS OF CHANGES COMING UP OF THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
QUIET PERIOD OF WHETHER ABOUT TO COME TO AN END.
BECOMING WINDY LATER ON TUESDAY.
FOLLOWED BY AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF WEATHER.
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ALL THE WAY INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
HERE COMES THE WIND.
TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING I WENT TO WARNINGS SAN DIEGO.
WINDS FROM A WESTERLY FASHION VERY CHOPPY SYRUP DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHEN SPEEDS TOPPING 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
HE WAS A LOOK AT THOSE WHEN SPEEDS BUT 4050 60 MILES PER HOUR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
WINDS GUSTING 60 TO 80 MILES PER HOUR.
POTENTIAL SOME AREAS COULD EVEN BE HIGHER THAN THAT.
THAT COULD LEAD TO SOME POWER OUTAGES VERY DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS.
WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO OUT.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LURING BIG TIME.
AN INDICATION THE COLD AIR THAT IS COMING.
STARTING AT 6000 FEET DROPPING BELOW 3000 FEET EVEN 2500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY.
TUESDAY NIGHTS WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE SNOW LEVELS DROP IT SNOW COMING TO MT.
LAGUNA JULIAN AND PINE VALLEY.
FOR TONIGHT QUIET FOR NOW.
WE ARE DROPPING INTO THE 40s.
42 OCEANSIDE.
45 CHULA VISTA.
46 MT.
LAGUNA DOWN TO 31.
STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A POWERFUL COLD FRONT.
TRAVERSING MUCH OF THE STATE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
INTO THE EVENING AND ALSO THE OVERNIGHT.
63 AS WE TALK ABOUT THE HIGH SAN DIEGO.
RAMONA 63.
OCEANSIDE 62.
MT.
LAGUNA AT 42 DEGREES.
BY WEDNESDAY COOLER POCKET OF AIR SETTLES IN.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WET WEATHER WITH SHOWERS TOWARD THE COAST AND INTO THE INTERIOR VALLEYS AND SNOW.
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
AGAIN THOSE HISTORICAL AVERAGES WE WILL BE GOING 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW THAT HERE AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD.
LOOK AT THAT.
52 ON THURSDAY.
OUT OF THE COAST WITH WIND AND RAIN.
ALSO BECOMING WINDY OVER THE INTERIOR VALLEYS.
LATER ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
AND WET AS WE GO FROM WEDNESDAY RIGHT INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND.
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN HEARS THAT MENTION SNOW LEVELS DROPPING AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGHOUT YOUR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING ALONG WITH THE WIND.
RIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
AND THROUGHOUT THE DESERTS ALSO TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF WIND COMING UP TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF COOL AIR IN WET WEATHER THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY.>>> HOME PRICES IN SOME CALIFORNIA CITIES ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT DROPS.
A LOOK AT WHERE PRICES HAVE FALLEN AND WHY ECONOMISTS SAY MORE DECLINES MAY BE ON THE WAY.
>> Reporter: DESPITE THE HOUSING MARKET STILL SEEING SOARING PRICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY SOME REGIONS ARE ACTUALLY SEEING DOUBLE DIGIT PRICE DROPS FROM THEIR PEAK LAST YEAR.>> HOUSE PRICES CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.
HOUSE PRICES ROSE STRONGLY DURING MUCH OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE ARE RETRACING SOME OF THOSE PRICE GAINS.
>> Reporter: THE PRICE FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY MEDIAN HOME INCREASED 4% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FROM A YEAR AGO TO MORE THAN $378,000.
BUT THEIR DATA REVEALED IN SOME MARKETS PRICES ARE ACTUALLY DECLINING.
SAN FRANCISCO HAD THE BIGGEST PRICE DROP IN THE COUNTRY.
DOWN 6-POINT 1% FROM A YEAR AGO AND 21% LOWER FROM ITS PEAK.
A SIMILAR DECLINE IN NEARBY SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA WHICH WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE TO PURCHASE A HOME IN THE U.S.
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
WITH THE MEDIAN PRICE OF MORE THAN ONE A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THE LATEST DATA FINDS THAT PRICE IS DOWN 5.8% FROM A YEAR AGO AND 17% OFF ITS PEAK.
>> FOLKS THAT HAVE BOUGHT A HOME IN THE LAST 6 TO 12 MONTHS IT IS GOING TO BE PAINFUL.
THEY WILL SEE THE VALUE OF THEIR HOME FALL PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> Reporter: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOME PRICES IN ANAHEIM WERE DOWN NUMBER 1.6% FROM A YEAR AGO.
LOS ANGELES PRICES ARE DOWN 1.3% OUTSIDE THE GOLDEN STATE SEVERAL CITIES ALSO SAW DECLINES.
INCLUDING BOULDER COLORADO DOWN 2%.
BOISE IDAHO WHERE PRICES FELL 3.4%.
AUSTIN TEXAS WHERE PRICES ARE DOWN NUMBER 1.3%.
>>> JUST LAST WEEK KPBS REPORTER COVERED THE DROP IN HOME PRICES PREDICTED BY UCSD.
YOU CAN WATCH THAT STORY ANYTIME ON THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.
>>> THE STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IS IN THE FIRST PLACE IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST.
FANS ARE EXCITED FOR WHAT IS THE COMFORT JACOB SPOKE TO STUDENTS AHEAD OF THE MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT.
>> Reporter: AFTER A HARD- FOUGHT VICTORY AT FRESNO STATE LAST WEEK THE SAN DIEGO STATE AND'S BEST BALL TEAM IS RANKED NUMBER 22 IN THE COUNTRY.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 POLL AND NUMBER 20 BY THE USA TODAY COACHES POLL.
STUDENTS ARE TAKING NOTICE IS SHOWING UP FOR THEIR TEAM AT THEIR HOME ARENA.>> EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY ARE JUST LOUD AND RAUCOUS.
IT SUCKS TO BE THE OTHER TEAM THAT IS FOR SURE.
>> THE STUDENTS ARE GETTING EXCITED.
CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SEASON.
YOU CAN TELL THE CAMPUS IS GETTING EXCITED.
THE EXCITEMENT IS BEING HURT.
>> Reporter: THE ASPECTS ARE IN POSSESSION OF SO -- COACH BRIAN SAID THEY CANNOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.
>> EVERY TIME WE PLAY IT IS FOR 1st PLACE.
WE'VE GOT A GAIN LEAD WITH FOUR TO GO.
WE KNOW THE SCHEDULE AHEAD OF US AS TOUGH STARTING WITH COLORADO STATE.
ROAD GAMES AT NEW MEXICO AT BOISE.
FINISHING WITH IN WYOMING.
THE NICE THING IS WE CONTROL OUR DESTINY.
>> Reporter: COLLEGE BASKETBALL BECAUSE GAMES AROUND THE CORNER VAN SLYKE FRESHMAN SIDNEY GIBSON AND VANESSA ARE EXCITED TO WATCH THEIR FIRST GAME IN THE STUDENT SECTION TOMORROW AND FOR WHAT IS AHEAD.
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE HOW THEY PLAY.
I LIKE BASKETBALL.
HOPEFULLY THEY MAKE IT TO MARCH MADNESS.
THAT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH LAST YEAR.
>> Reporter: THE AZTECS A 21-5 OVERALL AND 12-2 IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST.
THE TEAM IS ALSO LOOKING TO BUILD OFF OF LAST YEAR'S MARCH MADNESS APPEARANCE.>> WE WANT TO MAKE THE TOURNAMENT.
WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION RIGHT NOW.
WE TRY NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT AS MUCH.
WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON WINNING SEASONS.
>> Reporter: TINA SQUARES OFF AGAINST THE BULLDOGS.
AT EIGHT P.M. MARCH MADNESS KICKS OFF ON MARCH 14th.>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW AND THE KPBS NEWSROOM.
NPR MORNING EDITION HAS A INTERVIEW WITH BERNIE SANDERS ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK IT IS OKAY TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM.
MIDDAY ADDITIONAL HAPPY STORY OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND LONGTIME SAN DIEGO RESIDENT WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORY ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.>>> GOOD NIGHT.
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