
Monday, June 07, 2021
Season 1 Episode 2545 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
A major immigration ruling by the supreme court.
A major immigration ruling by the supreme court. The impact it has on those already living in the U.S. Plus, a plan being implemented here by county leaders. Also, a federal judge in San Diego overturns a 32-year- old state ban on assault weapons. His comparison to a "swiss army knife." And water wars involving two local communities. Why they're ready to "tap out" and go it on their own.
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Monday, June 07, 2021
Season 1 Episode 2545 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
A major immigration ruling by the supreme court. The impact it has on those already living in the U.S. Plus, a plan being implemented here by county leaders. Also, a federal judge in San Diego overturns a 32-year- old state ban on assault weapons. His comparison to a "swiss army knife." And water wars involving two local communities. Why they're ready to "tap out" and go it on their own.
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I AM MAYA TRABULSI.
ACHY SUPREME COURT RULING, A VICE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION AND A NEW PROPOSAL IN OUR COUNTY.
TONIGHT, MAJOR MOVES ARE BEING MADE ON THE IMMIGRATION FRONT.
OUR COVERAGE BEGINS WITH KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDRA ON HOW.
>> CONNECTING AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND IDENTIFYING WHERE THERE ARE JOBS THAT CAN SAVE AN IMPACT LIVES.
>> NATHAN FLETCHER AND NORA VARGAS ARE PROPOSING TO CREATE A SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
THE OFFICE WOULD BE A HUB WHERE IMMIGRANTS CAN RECEIVE AVAILABLE RESOURCES INCLUDING LEGAL SERVICES.
IS MOHAMMED ABDULLAH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MASS PACE AND SOMALI REFUGEE IS, SAYS HIS OFFICE IS LONG OVERDUE.
>> IT IS A NECESSITY SHE WISHES HER FAMILY HAD WHEN THEY RESETTLED IN THE U.S. >> WHEN MY FAMILY FACED FOOD INSECURITY DECADES AGO, AS NEWLY RESETTLED REFUGEES, WE HAD AN OFFICE LIKE THIS, WE KNEW WHERE TO GO, THE ONE-STOP SHOP GIVING US ACCESS THAT WERE SERVICES THAT WERE AVAILABLE.
ALSO BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS, IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT IN OUR LIVES EARLY ON.
>> VICE CHAIR VARGAS, DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO, SHARES THE SAME SENTIMENT AND HOPES THIS OFFICE CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE COUNTY.
>> 20% OF OUR POPULATION WAS BORN IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
60 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN IN THE THREE AND.
>> BOARDS ARE FLETCHER ACKNOWLEDGED THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS IMMIGRANT FAMILIES BRING TO THE COMMUNITY .
>> WE KNOW OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WORK EXCEPTIONALLY HARD.
WE KNOW THEY PAY TAXES INTO THINGS THEY CANNOT ACCESS.
OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES REMAIN DISCONNECTED FROM AVAILABLE RESOURCES DUE TO MANY MISGUIDED POLICIES.
>> AS THE COUNTY MOVES FORWARD WITH THEIR FRAMEWORK, TO MAKE SAN DIEGO A WELCOMING PLACE FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS WITH TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS IN THE U.S.
RECEIVED A SETBACK MONDAY MORNING.
THE SUPREME COURT RULED UNANIMOUSLY THAT PEOPLE UNDER CPS, WHO ENTERED THE COUNTRY UNLAWFULLY, ARE INELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO BECOME PERMANENT RESIDENTS.
THE U.S.
CURRENTLY PROVIDES TPS TO OVER 400,000 PEOPLE.
ALEXANDRA RON HOWELL, KPBS NEWS.
>> IMMIGRATION IS TOP OF KAMALA HARRIS DURING HER FIRST FOREIGN TRIP AS VICE PRESIDENT.
TODAY, SHE HELD MEETINGS IN MULLET, TOMORROW IN MEXICO CITY, SHE HAD A MESSAGE FOR ANYONE IN THE REGION THINKING ABOUT MAKING A TRIP TO THE US- MEXICO BORDER.
>> NOT COME.
DO NOT COME.
THE UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS AND SECURE OUR BORDER.
THERE ARE LEGAL METHODS BY WHICH MIGRATION CAN AND SHOULD OCCUR.
>> AS MAYBE GIZA REPORTS, THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE TO STEM THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS INTO THE U.S. >> AFTER THE START OF A TECHNICAL ISSUE THAT FORCED THE VICE PRESIDENTS PLANE TO RETURN BACK TO WHERE IT STARTED, KAMALA HARRIS LANDED IN GUATEMALA'S CAPITAL IN HER FIRST FOREIGN TRIP AS VICE PRESIDENT, HOPING TO FURTHER SOLIDIFY THE ADMINISTRATION STRATEGY TO MIGRATION.
>> SHE DOES NOT HOLD BACK, WHICH IS GOOD.
SHE IS FRANK.
>> IN AN INTERVIEW, GUATEMALA PRESIDENT BLAMED THE HEIGHTENED BORDER CROSSINGS IN PART ON THE BITING ADMINISTRATIONS BOWEL TO REUNITE FAMILIES.
>> THE NEXT DAY, THEY WERE HERE ORGANIZING GROUPS OF CHILDREN TO TAKE THEM TO THE UNITED STATES.
WE ASK THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO SEND MORE OF A MESSAGE TO PREVENT MORE PEOPLE FROM LEAVING.
>> IT IS A HIGH-STAKES TRIP FOR HARRIS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF MIGRANTS ARRIVING AT THE US- MEXICO BORDER.
IN APRIL ALONE, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AND COUNTED MORE THAN 178,000 MIGRANTS.
SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS SAY HARRIS WILL TRY TO DEEPEN THE U.S.' RELATIONSHIP, BONOMO AND MEXICO.
SHE IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON BORDER SECURITY, CORRUPTION AND ADVANCING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
I AM MANDY GAITHER REPORTING.
IS A CRITICAL MONTH ON CAPITOL HILL FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AGENDA INCLUDING OVERHAULING INFRASTRUCTURE, VOTING RIGHTS, AND POLICING.
ISABEL ROSALES HAS A LOOK AT THE MAJOR OBSTACLES THE PRESIDENT FACES INCLUDING ONE KEY PLAYER IN HIS OWN PARTY.
>> AS CONGRESS WORKS IN THE SUMMER, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS REMAIN AT ODDS.
>> WE HAD A COVID-19 BILL PASSED THAT WAS NOT ABOUT TO.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS TEST ABOUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABOUT EXTRA INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> PRESSURE IS BUILDING FROM THE LEFT TO PULL THE PLUG ON NEGOTIATIONS AFTER REJECTING THE GOP'S LATEST COUNTER OFFER ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO MEET AGAIN WITH THEM MONDAY.
>> THIS IS JUST NUMBERS, IT IS HELPING THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE TO BE ABLE TO FIND A RESOLUTION ON THAT.
IF WE CANNOT, THAT SPELLS TROUBLE.
>> MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT REPUBLICAN SUPPORT TO TAKE TIME AND HAVE POLITICAL FOLLOW.
MODERATE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JOE MANCHIN HOLDS CRITICAL POLITICAL POWER IN A SPLIT SENATE.
>> I VOTED IN A BIPARTISAN WAY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS OF THE SENATE.
I'M DOING WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS DONE.
>> SOME DEMOCRATS ACCUSED HIM OF STANDING IN THE WAY OF BIDENS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
>> JOE MANCHIN HAVE BECOME THE NEW MITCH McCONNELL.
>> FOLLOWING THE RISE OF NEW RESTRICTIVE VOTING LEFT, AT THE STATE LEVEL, DEMOCRATS DO NOT HAVE THE VOTES IN THE SENATE TO PASS VOTER PROTECTIONS.
MASON MANSION IS THE ONLY DEMOCRAT THAT DID NOT COSPONSOR THE "FOR THE PEOPLE" ACT.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS I AGREE WITH IN THE LEGISLATION, BUT THERE ARE A LOT BUT DO NOT PERTAIN TO VOTING.
>> THE NEGOTIATORS ARE LOOKING TO FINALLY DEAL.
TIM SCOTT IS TELLING RESPONDERS IT IS JUNE OR BEST.
IN WASHINGTON, ISABEL ROSALES, KPBS NEWS .
>>> $650 MILLION, THAT IS HOW MUCH FEDERAL FUND MONEY COUNTY SUPERVISORS WILL BE DIVIDING UP TOMORROW.
HALF OF THE EIGHT WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR, THE REST WILL BE MY NEXT SPRING.
A DRAFT PROPOSAL COST FOR $307.5 MILLION TO PAY FOR PANDEMIC COSTS.
85 MILLION FOR HOMELESS SERVICES, 50 MILLION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, INFRASTRUCTURE IS 46 MILLION AND 40 MILLION IS SLATED FOR PREMIUM PAY FOR COUNTY WORKERS, JUST SOME OF THE PLANS FOR THE MANY.
WE WILL SEE WHAT SUPERVISORS FINALLY DECIDED AT TOMORROW'S MEETING.
>>> A FEDERAL JUDGE, IN SAN DIEGO, HAS OVERTURNED CALIFORNIA'S THREE DECADE OLD BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.
KPBS REPORTER JACOB SAYS GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES CELEBRATED THE DECISION WHILE OTHERS FEAR THE RULING MAY LEAD TO MORE VIOLENCE.
>> IN THE 94 PAGE RULING U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ROBERT BENITEZ SAID SECTIONS OF THE BAN OF MILITARY STYLE RIFLES IN PLACE SINCE 1989 VIOLATE THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
HE ALSO COMPARED THE ARF 15 ASSAULT RIFLE TO A SWISS ARMY KNIFE.
HE ISSUED A 30 DAY STAY OF HIS ORDER TO GET STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB MONTEL THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN APPEAL.
THAT KEEPS THE BAN IN EFFECT.
HE CALLED THE RULING FOR MENTALLY FLAWED AND SAID THERE WAS NO SOUND BASIS IN THE FACT TO WEEKLY ASSAULT RIFLES WITH SWISS ARMY KNIFE.
JOHN DYLAN IS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE GUN OWNERS RIGHTS GROUPS, WHICH FILED THE SUIT.
THEY ARGUED THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE RESTRICTED BECAUSE THE STATES DEFINITION OF AN ASSAULT WEAPON WAS BROUGHT INTO OVERTIME.
>> EVER-EXPANDING EVER-CHANGING LAW THAT WE ARE CHALLENGING.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THE ATTACHMENTS THAT GO TO THE GUN, THESE DIFFERENCES DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO THE ACTUAL FUNCTION OR THE BALLISTICS OF THE FIREARM.
>> THIS COMES AT A TIME WHERE ELIMINATION CONTINUES WITH GUN VIOLENCE WITH A RISE IN MASS SHOOTINGS AND PLACES FROM LAWMAKERS TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS.
CAROL WAS A SAN DIEGO RESIDENT AND WITH MULTIPLE GUN ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING SAN DIEGO AND FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
THEY SAY THESE ORGANIZATIONS DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS AWAY FROM RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS, BUT THIS POSES A SERIOUS RISK FOR GUN VIOLENCE.
>> STATES WITH LESS RESTRICTIVE GUN RULES HAVE A MUCH HIGHER DEATH RATE FROM DUNS.
THAT IS BOTH HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE.
WE KNOW THAT THESE LAWS DO WORK , THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY SOLUTION, BUT THEY ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
>> JUDGE VINEET HAS PREVIOUSLY RULED THE BAN ON HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND OVERTURNED THE RESTRICTION ON HER OWN PURCHASES OF GUN AMMUNITION.
THE STATE IS APPEALING BOTH OF THOSE DECISIONS.
JACOB EIR, KPBS NEWS .
>>> A MAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO TAKING PART IN A CHARITY FRAUD SCHEME LED BY FORMER HUB OUT OF PAULI RABBI ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN WAS SENTENCED TODAY.
BRUCE BAKER RECEIVED 15 MONTHS IN CUSTODY.
THE LA JOLLA RESIDENT ADMITTED TO DONATING AT LEAST $2.6 MILLION TO THE SYNAGOGUE OVER MORE THAN TWO DECADES WITH NEARLY ALL OF THAT MONEY FUNNELED RIGHT BACK TO HIM BY GOLDSTEIN.
THE FORMER RABBI PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES IN THE SO-CALLED "9010 TAX DEDUCTION CONSPIRACY."
>>> PRAYERS, HUGS AND TEARS AT AN ESCONDIDO PARK HAS HUNDREDS REMEMBERING TWO SAN DIEGO POLICE DETECTIVES KILLED IN A RUNWAY CRASH.
YESTERDAY'S VIGIL WAS HELD BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE THE MARRIED COUPLE LIVED.
RYAN PARK AND JAMIE HUNTLEY PARK MET AT THE POLICE ACADEMY AND WERE PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE TOGETHER IN 2018.
SAN DIEGO POLICE CHIEF DAVID SAID THEIR LOSS IS A TRAGEDY, BUT THEIR LEGACY LIVES ON.
>> SEEING HOW THIS HURTS AND THERE IS NO WAY OTHER THAN TO SAY IT HURTS AND IT SUCKS AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
I KNOW JAMIE AND RYAN WOULD WANT US TO BE STRONG.
THEY WOULD WANT US TO CARRY ON AND DO OUR JOB AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, LIKELY KNOW HOW.
>> THE NAME OF THE DRIVER WHO SLAMMED HEAD ON INTO THE COUPLE'S CAR HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
SHE ALSO DIED IN FRIDAY'S CRASH IN SEND SEDRO.
>>> A NEW STUDY OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND AIR POLLUTION FINES REDUCING BOTH COULD SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES.
HERE IS KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON.
>> THE PUSH TO CUT BACK GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MAY END UP HAVING AN ADDED BENEFIT OF CLIMATE FRIENDLY STRATEGIES ALSO LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN AIR POLLUTION.
PASCAL POLEMIC IS A PHD STUDENT AT THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY.
HIS PAPER FOUND CUTTING DIESEL EMISSIONS TO MEET THE COMMON ACCORD GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TARGETS HAVE THE ADDED BENEFIT OF ELIMINATING A HEALTH THREAT FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
>> ENACTING GREENHOUSE GASES ARE ADMITTING OTHER STUFF LIKE PARTICULAR MATTER, WHICH HAS NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR HUMAN HEALTH.
>> HE SAYS BLACK CARBON PARTICULATES ARE BAD FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND ACCELERATE THE PLANETS WOMEN.
HE SAYS REDUCING INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION COULD REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING, AND IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH.
THE FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE EARTH'S FUTURE.
ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS .
>>> TWO WATER AGENCIES THAT SERVE THE RAINBOW AREAS WANT TO SEPARATE FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
THEY SAY THEY GET BETTER RATES ELSEWHERE.
KPBS'S ALEXANDRA NGUYEN EXPLAINS.
>> GROWING AVOCADOS IS BUSINESS IN THE NORTH COUNTY AND AVOCADO TREES NEEDS WATER, LOTS OF IT.
FRANK IS A SECOND-GENERATION FORMER WHO RUNS THE WHILE THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT OPERATING HUNDREDS OF ACRES FOR A VARIETY OF OWNERS.
HE SAYS WHAT THE COSTS ARE MAKING IT HARDER TO STAY IN BUSINESS.
>> MANY REDUCTION AND WATER HELP HELPS US.
I THINK IT IS INPUT COSTS.
>> UTILITY DISTRICT, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.
HAVE YOU NOTICED THE COST OF WATER GOING UP?
BACK HELPING FARMERS STAY IN BUSINESS IS WHY THE DISTRICT AND FALLBROOK UTILITY DISTRICT FILED THE APPLICATION DIFFERENT FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY.
THEY WANT TO MOVE TO A RIVERSIDE AGENCY, WHICH THEY SAY COULD SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.
>> THEY GIVE US THE RIGHT TO DETACH.
>> TOM KENNEDY OF THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF THE WATER AGENCY.
HE SAYS RATES HAVE BEEN GOING UP WITH THE REAL BENEFITS TO ITS CUSTOMERS.
>> WE SAID WHY DON'T WE JUST CHANGE WHOLESALERS?
>> THE WATER AUTHORITY DEFENDED ITS RATE INCREASES SAYING THEY WERE NECESSARY TO ENSURE WATER RELIABILITY.
KILLED GAGE IS A WATER AUTHORITY WATER RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
>> WHILE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPAIRS HAVE BEEN PAYING SOMEWHAT HIGHER RATES, IT IS BECAUSE WE CAN COUNT ON THE WATER SUPPLY, ESPECIALLY IN THESE AREAS AND THOSE INVESTMENTS COST MONEY.
>> A PANEL OF LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE WEIGHING THE ISSUES AND A DECISION IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE FALL.
VOTERS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
IN THE NORTH COUNTY, ALEXANDER WHEN, KPBS NEWS.
>>> THE IRS IS SENDING REFUNDS TO SOME 13 MILLION PEOPLE FOR TAXES PAID ON 2020, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
UPWARDS OF TWO POINT IT REALLY MADE FRIENDS ARE GOING OUT THIS WEEK.
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT EXCLUDES UP TO $10,200 AND AN EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR A TAXPAYER PAID LAST YEAR, TAXES PAID ON THE BENEFITS NOW COUNT AS OVERPAYMENTS.
MOST AFFECTED TAXPAYERS WILL NOT HAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED RETURN.
>>> AS CALIFORNIA FACES ANOTHER DANGEROUS FIRE SEASON, FEDERAL FIRE CREWS ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP STATIONS STOPPED.
THAT IS BECAUSE OF LOW PAGES IN PART THAT SOME ARE CALLING UNREASONABLE.
KAY RECEDE HAS MORE.
>> THESE ARE PICTURES OF CAPTAIN LONNIE BROWN AND HER COLLEAGUES AS THEY BATTLE 2016 FIRE.
THAT WAS ONE OF MANY DEVASTATING WILDFIRES SHE HAS FOUGHT IN HER BELOVED CAREER AS A FOREST SERVICE CAPTAIN.
>> I WANT TO START BY SAYING I LOVE MY JOB.
I ENJOY THE OUTDOORS, I LOVE THE CAMARADERIE WAS IN MICRO AND THE WILDLIFE FIREFIGHTING COMMUNITY.
>> AS WILDFIRES, AS SUCH AS THE COMPLEX OF RAVAGED CALIFORNIA, A FIRE WHICH SHE HELPED FIGHT, SHE SAID FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS ARE OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID.
>> OF ASKING PEOPLE TO DO PEOPLE'S HEART DANGEROUS WORK WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE IS NOT REASONABLE.
>> SHE SAYS IT START AT $13.45 PER HOUR.
CALIFORNIA'S MINIMUM WAGE IS $15.00 AN HOUR.
>> WHAT THAT EQUATES TO IS OUR FIREFIGHTERS CANNOT AFFORD A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT IN THE AREAS THEY LIVE IN.
>> SOME CREWS ARE UNDERSTAFFED ARE BY 30%.
>> IT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING TO WATCH THESE QUALITY PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND REALLY WANT TO DO THIS JOB BASICALLY HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.
>> EVEN AS THE FIRES HAVE GOTTEN WORSE, THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS HAS DROPPED.
>> CONGRESSMAN JOSH HARTER HAS BEEN WORKING TO CREATE INCENTIVES TO CREATE CREWS A LIVING WAGE AND HIRE MORE STAFF AND TO RETAIN THEM.
>> THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A STAKE IN IT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE CREWS ARE STAFFED BECAUSE THIS FIRE STATION WILL BE DEVASTATING.
>> BROWN HAS NOT ONLY BEEN FIGHTING FIRES FOR MUCH OF HER CAREER, SHE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR BETTER PAY.
SHE IS GRATEFUL THIS ISSUE IS GAINING TRACTION.
>> HAVING EYES ON THE PROBLEM, THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM.
>> BROWN SAID IT WOULD HELP TO RECLASSIFY FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS.
SHE SAYS THERE PACIFIED AS FORESTRY TECHNICIANS, NOT FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH CAN AFFECT THE PAYGRADE.
>>> AS WE LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES, WE HAVE ANOTHER TRAFFIC MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN STATE.
THAT MEANS OUR MARINE LAYER WILL DEEPEN, GETTING BODY DRIZZLE.
WINDS AROUND THE YEAR INCREASE.
THAT IS THROUGH TOMORROW, BUT BY THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK, WE WILL SEE GRADUAL WARMING.
WE HAVE SOME WIND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING, STRONG WESTERLY WINDS HERE WHISTLING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.
TONIGHT, IN THE METRO, WE WILL LOOK AT LOW CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60s.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT DIPPING DOWN TO THE 50s, BORREGO SPRINGS TO MT.
LAGUNA, RAMONA IS AT 52 AND OCEAN RIGHT IS ABOUT 58.
WE HAVE PLENTY CLOUDS HUGGING THE COASTAL AREAS.
LOOKING AT THE FUTURE RADAR, YOU CAN SEE A FEW CLIPS OF LOCALIZED AREAS WITH DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
THERE IS THE TROUGH TUESDAY.
THE HEAT AS WELL INTO THE INTERIOR, OUR TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR AVERAGE OR SLIGHTLY BELOW.
YOU CAN SEE IT HEAT UP TO 95 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.
78 IN EL CAJON AND OCEANSIDE IS AROUND 70 DEGREES.
WE HAVE A FRIEND SWINGING TO OUR AREA THAT WILL FALL APART.
THAT KEEPS THE HEAT AND THE INTERIOR AND COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS NEAR THE COAST.
WE WILL SEE WINDS IN THE INTERIOR AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.
CHECKING OUT OUR WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, A DEEP MARINE LAYER, CLOUDS AND SUN.
A GREEN LAYER, NOT AS POTENT, LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE NICER WEATHER AT THE END OF THE WEEK.
INLAND AREAS WITH CLOUDS AND SUN AND THE WARM-UP IS COMING LATER IN THE WEEK HEADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS, SO REFRESHING HERE, A LOT OF SUNSHINE INTO THE WEEKEND AND IN THE DESERTS.
TEMPERATURES GET BACK TO TRIPLE DIGITS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO .
>>> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL NOT TAKE UP A CASE CHALLENGING THE ONLY MILITARY DRAFT.
THE JUSTICES DECLINED TO HEAR A CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE FILED BY THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR MEN.
THE GROUP WANTED THE COURT TO RECONSIDER A 1981 DECISION UPHOLDING THE MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.
THE LAW REQUIRES ALL MEN TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT, BUT LEAVES WOMEN OUT.
THE CASE ARGUED IT WAS UNLAWFUL , SEX TERMINATION.
>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, CITY LEADERS RAISED THE LGBTQ FLAG AT SAN DIEGO'S CITY HALL.
THE EVENT ALSO HELPED COMMEMORATE PRIDE MONTH, MAYOR TODD GLORIA WAS JOINED BY LGBTQ LEADERS TO RAISE THE RAINBOW FLAG, AND TO PROMOTE A MORE INCLUSIVE SAN DIEGO.
SAN DIEGO CARRIES THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY TO EVER ELECT A OPENLY MAN AS MAYOR .
>> 47 YEARS AGO, THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD RATE OUR GAY NIGHTCLUBS AND BEAT US.
WE HAVE LGBTQ POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR POLICE CHIEF MARCHES IN OUR PARADES.
>> LAST WEEK, SAN DIEGO UNIFIED RAISED TWO FLAGS AT A LOCAL SCHOOL, THE PRIDE FLAG AND TRANSGENDER FLAG TO KICK OFF PRIDE MONTH AND MAKE STUDENTS FEEL ALL WELCOME.
>>> THE FDA APPROVED THE FIRST NEW ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT IN NEARLY 20 YEARS.
KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAY SAYS THE APPROVAL DOES NOT COME WITHOUT SOME CONTROVERSY.
>> IN SAN DIEGO, ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE SUFFER FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO SAYS IT IS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE COUNTY.
YOU DO KNOW WHAT IS THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT AND CEO.
SHE IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TODAY'S APPROVAL OF THE DRUG.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST DRUG THAT IS BROUGHT TO MARKET THAT IS NOT TO TREAT SYMPTOMS.
BIOGEN BELIEVES THIS DRUG CAN ACTUALLY TREAT THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE WHEN GIVEN APPROPRIATELY.
>> BIOGEN IS THE MAKER OF ACCU HEALTH AND HELPS TO REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF AMULET BETA PLAQUES IN THE BRAIN.
THOSE PLAQUES DISRUPT SELF FUNCTION.
BIOGEN SAYS IT CAN POTENTIALLY HELP THOSE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
THAT APPROVAL IS CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE AND TRIAL RESULTS WERE INCONSISTENT.
THE CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP PUBLIC CITIZEN SAYS THE APPROVAL SHOWS A RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR SCIENCE.
>> I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE SKEPTICISM BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN TWO CLINICAL TRIALS FOR THIS DRUG, ONE WAS POSITIVE AND ONE WAS NEGATIVE.
PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY SURE THE EFFICACY.
>> THAT APPROVAL WAS DONE ON AN ACCELERATED BASIS.
BIOGEN WILL CONTRACT A CONTROLLED TRIAL TO VERIFY THE CLINICAL BENEFIT OF ADDING HOW MUCH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
WELCH SAYS ONE POSITIVE FROM THE APPROVAL IS AWARE.
>> PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO SEEK A DIAGNOSIS BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
WE ARE HOPING BECAUSE THE WINDOW IS SO SHORT AND YOU HAVE TO START THE TREATMENT VERY EARLY IN YOUR DISEASE PROCESS, IT MIGHT TRIGGER SOME TO GET DIAGNOSED SOONER.
>> THE FDA ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO'S DATE WITH THE CURE EVENT, A VIRTUAL QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
>> WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESEARCHERS AS ANALYSTS.
THEY WILL BE A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND 90 MINUTES AVAILABLE FOR ATTENDEES TO ASK QUESTIONS.
>> TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY, JUNE WEALTH 12, THEY CAN GO TO WWW.ALZSD.COM, OR CALL 892440.
MELISSA MAY, KPBS NEWS A RECENT REPORT FROM THE CDC IS RENEWING COST OF ELIGIBLE YOUNG AMERICANS VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.
AS MANDY GAITHER REPORTS, NUMBERS SHOW A RISE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THOSE AGED 12 TO 17.
>> Reporter: IN THE U.S., NEW COVID-19 CASES CONTINUED TO GO DOWN.
TOP U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE FOCUSING ON ANOTHER NUMBER COMING UP.
>> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A POPULATION THAT WE WERE HOPING WOULD JOIN THE TENS OF MILLIONS WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, THAT IS ADOLESCENTS.
>> A WEEKLY CDC REPORT SHOWS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUTH HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 THE SPRING.
>> MORE CONCERNING WHERE THE NUMBER ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHO REQUIRED TREATMENT IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH MENTAL VENTILATION.
>> Reporter: THE STATISTICS RENEWING CLOSE TO GET SHOTS IN ARMS OF THOSE AGED 12 TO 17 WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE.
>> THE LEVEL OF SEVERE DISEASE, EVEN AMONG YOUTH, THAT ARE PREVENTABLE, THAT FORCE US TO REDOUBLE OUR MOTIVATION TO GET OUR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS VACCINATED.
>> A RECENT POLL SHOWS TWO THIRDS OF U.S.
ADULTS NOW SAY THEIR LIVES ARE AT LEAST SOMEWHAT BACK TO NORMAL REFLECTING A SHIFT ABOUT THE PANDEMIC SENSE THIS FALL.
THE CDC DIRECTOR DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY SAYS UNTIL A YOUNG PERSON IS FULLY VACCINATED, SHE RECOMMENDS THEY CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS AND TAKE PRECAUTION TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
FOR HEALTH A MINUTE, I AM MANDY GAITHER.
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>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR.
A NEW ALZHEIMER'S DRUG, THE FDA APPROVES A CONTROVERSIAL TREATMENT FOR THE DISEASE.
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>>> A KAYAKER ATTEMPTING TO PEDDLE FROM CALIFORNIA TO HAWAII HAD TO CUT HIS TRIP SHORT JUST SIX DAYS INTO HIS JOURNEY.
SIREL JURO LOST A GPS CAPABILITIES AND CAPSIZED THEM OF ROUGH SEAS AND HIGH WINDS.
HE CALLED FOR A RESCUE ON SATURDAY WEST OF SANTA CRUZ AND WAS PICKED UP BY A HELICOPTER.
HIS 23 FOOT KAYAK IS STILL ADRIFT, BUT HE HOPES TO GET IT BACK LATER THIS WEEK WHEN THE WINDS DIED DOWN.
>>> JEFF BEZOS IS GOING TO SPACE.
OF THE AMAZON CEO SAYS HE WILL BE FLYING ABOARD HIS BLUE ORIGIN ROCKY NEXT MONTH.
IT WILL TAKE AN 11 MINUTE FLIGHT ON JULY 15th TRAVELING MORE THAN 60 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH.
SIX PEOPLE WILL BE ABOARD THE CAPSULE INCLUDING JEFF BEZOS' BROTHER.
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