
Monday, June 16, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3580 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Reports are growing of people being detained outside immigration court hearings.
Reports are growing of people being detained outside immigration court hearings — including a recent case involving a refugee from Afghanistan. Plus, tens of thousands rallied in San Diego County over the weekend at the “No Kings” protest. And, a California Senate bill aims to remove language barriers at the ballot box and expand access to democracy.
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Monday, June 16, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3580 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Reports are growing of people being detained outside immigration court hearings — including a recent case involving a refugee from Afghanistan. Plus, tens of thousands rallied in San Diego County over the weekend at the “No Kings” protest. And, a California Senate bill aims to remove language barriers at the ballot box and expand access to democracy.
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THE LOCATION IS NEAR STATE ROUTE 76.
CAL FIRE SAYS 19-ACRES HAVE BURNED ALONG SOUTH MISSION ROAD.
CAL FIRE ALSO SHARED THIS PHOTO ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING SMOKE AND SOME FLAMES IN THAT AREA.
NORTH COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT SAYS THE FORWARD RATE OF SPREAD HAS BEEN STOPPED.
EVACUATION ORDERS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THOSE NEARBY.
>>> REPORTS OF IMMIGRATION DETENTION AFTER COURT HEARINGS ARE GROWING.
THE LATEST TARGETING AN AFGHAN REFUGEE WHO HELPED U.S.
TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.
TONYA THORNE HAS THE VIDEO OF I.C.E.
DETAINING HIM AFTER HIS HEARING IN SAN DIEGO.
>> THE VIDEO SHOWS SYED BEING DETAINED BY I.C.E.
AGENTS IN SAN DIEGO LAST WEEK.
SYED IS ALLOWING US TO USE HIS FIRST NAME ONLY FOR HIS SAFETY.
SYED SAYS HE ESCAPED AFGHANISTAN FOR BEING AN INTERPRETER TO U.S.
TROOPS.
HE HAS A PENDING SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA.
HE WAS DETAINED WHEN HE WENT TO HIS FIRST OFFICIAL HEARING.
>> JUNE 12 WAS HIS VERY FIRST HEARING.
HE WAS THERE WITH HIS ATTORNEY AND THE GOVERNMENT SUDDENLY MOVED TO DISMISS THE CASE, WHICH MEANS -- AND THEY MOVED TO DISMISS IT BECAUSE THEY SAID THE NOTICE TO APPEAR HAD BEEN IMPROVIDENTLY ISSUED.
THERE WAS A MISTAKE, OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
THE GOVERNMENT'S LAWYER REFUSED TO DECLARE WHY, AND MOMENTS LATER, I.C.E.
DETAINED HIM ON SITE.
>> THE ORGANIZATION SAYS THIS CASE SERVES AS A WARNING.
>> NO ONE CAN DEFINE IT.
THERE'S NO APPEAL.
TO PUT LAWFUL ASYLUM SEEKERS IN A CELL.
>> FOLLOWING COURT HEARINGS ARE HAPPENING TO PEOPLE TRYING TO GET LAWFUL STATUS IN THE U.S. >> THEY SHUT DOWN REFUGEES FROM COMING HERE.
THEY CANCELED TPS.
THEY ARE CANCELING PAROLE.
NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO DISMISS CASE FOR VALID ASYLUM SEEKERS.
THIS IS A REALLY DARK TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IS GOING TO TRUST A WORD OF THE UNITED STATES IF THIS IS HOW WE TREAT OUR WARTIME THEY GET HERE.
>> SYED REMAINS IN DETENTION.
HIS ATTORNEYS PLAN TO CHALLENGE THE DECISION.
TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.
>> SATURDAY'S NO KINGS RALLIES DREW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE NATIONWIDE AND TENS AND THOUSANDS O HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO PROTEST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
KPDS SPOKE TO PEOPLE AT THE REGION'S LARGEST PROTEST IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.
>> Reporter: AN ESTIMATED 60,000 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS PEACEFULLY JOINED TOGETHER IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO SATURDAY.
SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT ORGANIZERS SAY IS A TAKEOVER OF U.S. DEMOCRACY.
>> IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS BOILING AND BOILING.
NO, I HAVE TO HAVE THE COURAGE, YOU KNOW, TO STAND UP FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN AND NOT FEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
>> AMONG THE THOUSANDS WHO MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, WERE HUSBAND AND WIFE, RAY BU BE, Y AND CORTEZ.
THEY FELT COMPELLED.
HE'S AN ARMY VETERAN.
>> I FEEL LIKE US THAT SERVE, AND PEOPLE ALIKE, FEEL LIKE OUR TIME IN SERVICE WAS WASTED AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SHOW THAT TO EVERYBODY ELSE, SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOR THE PEOPLE AND NOT FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
CURRENT GOVERNMENT, AT LEAST.
>> AND SHE'S A LOCAL SCHOOLTEACHER.
>> THERE'S STUDENTS WHO HAVE TOLD ME, HEY, MS. CORTEZ, THIS HAPPENED TO MY AUNT TODAY OR MY UNCLE OR MY MOM OR DAD.
SO, THEY ARE LOSING PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT AND THEY ARE JUST LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> THEY GREW UP IN SAN DIEGO AND IN IMPERIAL COUNTIES AND COME FROM IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.
THEY ARE STRESSED AND UPSET WITH THE CURRENT DEPORTATION PRACTICES.
>> PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE LEGALLY AND THIS IS HAPPENING.
AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE BEING DETAINED AND EVEN IF THEY END UP REALIZING WE MADE AN ERROR, THEY RETURN THEM BACK.
WHAT ARE THEY BASING THAT ON?
JUST HOW WE LOOK?
THEY ARE PROFILING US.
>> THE FEAR OF DEPORTATIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITY HAS BECOME UNAVOIDABLE IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
>> JUST SEEING EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING FIRSTHAND IN FRONT OF YOU SOMETIMES, OUT IN THE STREETS, SEEING I.C.E.
VANS, ALL THAT STUFF AROUND, IT'S REALLY HARD TO WATCH AND IT LEAVES YOU SPEECHLESS.
>> SPRING VALLEY RESIDENT ALSO MARCHED AT THE PROTEST WITH HER FRIENDS.
>> I'M HERE FOR MY IMMIGRANT FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE SCARED, WHO HAVE COME HERE.
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, AND THEY ARE SCARED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THE DEDISCRIMINATION THEY FACE BACK THEN AND FACING NOW.
THEY ARE SCARED TO COME AND SPEAK THEIR VOICE AND I WANT TO BE THAT VOICE FOR THEM.
>> SHE HAS FAMILY IN SAN DIEGO AND LOS ANGELES.
>> THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE TAKING, THEY ARE TAKING THE CRIMINALS, BUT THEY ARE NOT.
THEY ARE TAKING CHILDREN, THEY ARE TAKING PARENTS.
>> TO PUT SATURDAY'S GATHERING IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO IN CONTEXT, IT WAS FAR LARGER THAN ANY OTHER PROTEST IN TRUMP'S SECOND TERM, AND ALMOST DOUBLE THE LOCAL TURNOUT FOR THE WOMEN'S MARCH IN 2017.
JACOB, KPBS NEWS.
>> NOW WHILE THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS FILLED SAN DIEGO'S WATERFRONT PARK, A HANDFUL OF OTHER PROTESTS WERE TAKING PLACE THE SAME DAY THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THEY HAPPENED DOWN TO ELCAHONE.
RICHARD CANNEN, PLANS MORE LOCAL RALLIES.
HE SAYS THE GROUND SWELL OF PROTESTERS SHOWING UP TO THESE EVENTS WILL LEAD TO CHANGE.
>> THIS LEVEL AND VOLUME OF VISIBILITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NONVIOLENT AND PEACEFUL LIKE IT HAS BEEN, IT'S UNIGNOREABLE.
NEWS AGENCIES ARE PAYING ATTENTION.
PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE END GOAL, FOR PEOPLE TO BE AWARE THAT THE COUNTRY REALIZES THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
>> THE RALLIES ARE PLANNED BY DIFFERENT GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SOME OF THEM ARE ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND SOME ARE MOBILIZED BASED ON THE NEEDS.
PLANS FOR ANOTHER NATIONWIDE RALLY ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND HE EXPECTS THE CROWDS TO GROW.
AND KPBS HAD EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OTHER THE WEEKEND.
YOU CAN SEE OUR SLIDE SHOWS FROM THE EVENT.
YOU CAN FIND MORE OF OUR REPORTING AS WELL AS COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SECOND TERM AND THE PUSHBACK IT IS GENERATING IN OUR AREA.
>>> WE HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.
WE KEPT THE LOW CLOUDS TOWARDS THE COAST.
THINGS ARE A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE HERE, BUT AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY INLAND, YOU ARE FINDING EXTREME HEAT.
TONIGHT, NOT MUCH DIFFERENT EITHER.
61 FOR THE LOW WITH THE LOW CLOUDS OUT THERE.
AS WE TRANSITION THROUGH TIME, SOME INLAND LOCATIONS ARE GOING TO GET COOLER.
I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN THE FORECAST AHEAD.
>> THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER WHO CONTROLS THE CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD IS FAR FROM OVER.
TOMORROW, A MAJOR APPEALS COURT WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES.
THE 9th CIRCUIT OF APPEALS WILL REVIEW THE CASE.
THE APPEALS COURT PUT A HOLD ON THAT RULING SETTING THE STAGE FOR TOMORROW'S HEARING.
THE CASE DEALS WITH THE 4,000 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS ACTIVATED TO HELP PROTECT PATROL PROPERTY IN LOS ANGELES.
IT DOES NOT TOUCH ON THE ISSUE OF USING ACTIVE DUTY MARINES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERED 700 MARINES TO HELP WITH THE RESPONSE.
>>> OTHER MAJOR CITIES MIGHT SEE INCREASED I.C.E.
OPERATIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE IS DIRECTING OFFICERS TO BOOST THEIR NUMBER OF DAILY ARRESTS.
TRUMP ALSO SAYS THE FOCUS WILL BE ON MAJOR URBAN CENTERS IN CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND NEW YORK THAT HE SAYS ARE RUN BY DEMOCRATS.
INTERNAL I.C.E.
DOCUMENTS SHOW A MAJORITY OF IMMIGRANTS DO NOT HAVE A RECORD OF VIOLENT CRIME.
LESS THAN 10% OF THOSE DETAINED HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF SERIOUS CRIMES LIKE MURDER OR RAPE.
>>> IMMIGRATION RAIDS ARE HAVING A CHILLING EFFECT IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
IN SANTA ANA, A STREET VENDOR HAS NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN BUSINESS AND FOOT TRAFFIC.
MITCHELL TALKED WITH WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS.
♪ >> THE SIDEWALK NEXT TO THE FOOD TRUCKS ON PINE STREET IN SANTA ANA ARE USUALLY CROWDED WITH CUSTOMERS.
SINCE MONDAY, AS THE COMMUNITY BEGAN HEARING ABOUT IMMIGRATION ACTIONS, EMPLOYEES SAY BUSINESS HAS BEEN HORRIBLE.
>> LIKE 50% LESS PEOPLE IN THE STREETS.
MAYBE THEY ARE WORKING.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> ONCE HE STOPPED BY FOR SOME SEAFOOD.
AND TOLD ME IT'S A LOT QUIETER.
HE SAYS THE CROWD USED TO BE TEN DEEP AND NOW, THERE'S BARELY A LINE.
>> I'VE BEEN TO A FEW OF THEM, I'VE SEEN THAT ALREADY.
THERE'S BEEN A FEW BIRIA TRUCKS AND CERVECE TRUCKS.
THEY ARE STARTING TO NOT COME OUT.
THEY ARE AFRAID.
OR PEOPLE THAT COME TO GET A QUICK BITE ARE NOT COMING OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE SCARED TO BE OUT.
>> YEAH, I ORDERED TACOS.
AND THEY ARE REALLY GOOD.
>> THIS MAN TOLD ME HE HAS BEEN IN SANTA ANA HIS WHOLE LIFE AND HE IS SO SAD ABOUT WHAT HE IS SEEING.
>> YEAH, A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE BEING IMPACTED BECAUSE I.C.E.
IS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND DRAGGING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES, THEIR WORK.
>> LIU IS A FOOD TRUCK REGULAR.
THE DIFFERENCE IS DRAMATIC.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE -- THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ALL THE TIME.
THEY TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT, RIGHT?
THEY ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS.
I JUST CAME FROM A PHOTO PLACE, AND THEY ARE NOT PICKING UP THE PHOTOGRAPHS BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID TO COME OUT.
>> MICHELLE REPORTING THERE.
AND TOMORROW, THE MILITARIZED EQUIPMENT USED BY SAN DIEGO POLICE WILL GET MORE SCRUTINY.
THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO UPDATE THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE ARSENAL AND HOW IT IS USED.
THE PRESENTATION WILL HAPPEN DURING THE 2:00 P.M.
SESSION AND INCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
LAST YEAR REVEALED DOZENS OF ITEMS FROM DRONES.
JUST ABOUT $1 MILLION WAS SPENT ON THESE ITEMS IN THE MOST RECENT BUDGET CYCLE.
>>> VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN THE DISTRICT 1 SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR SPECIAL ELECTION.
AND TODAY WAS THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO VOTE.
WE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF COVERAGE OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION AT THE KPBS VOTER HUB AND IT INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH THE TWO CANDIDATES AND DETAILS ON VOTING LOCATIONS.
IN-PERSON VOTING BEGINS LATER THIS WEEK.
DISTRICT 1 COVERS PARTS OF SAN DIEGO, DOWN TO THE MEXICAN BORDER.
YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THE VOTER HUB ON OUR HOME PAGE AT KPBS.ORG.
>>> A NEW CALIFORNIA BILL COULD FORCE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY TO START TRANSLATING THEIR AGENDAS INTO SPANISH.
IMPERIAL VALLEY REPORTER SAYS THE LACK OF TRANSLATION HAS KEPT MANY COUNTY RESIDENTS FROM FULLY PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
>> LAST SEPTEMBER, DOZENS OF SPEAKERS GATHERED AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
THEY WERE THERE TO DISCUSS THE COUNTY'S PLAN TO SPEND FUTURE TAX DOLLARS FROM THE LITHIUM INDUSTRY.
ONE OF THE MAJOR CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY.
BUT SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HAD SOMETHING ELSE THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
>> THERE'S NO SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE UPDATED PLAN.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO PUSH ASIDE SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS WHEN THEIR HEALTH AND LIVELIHOODS ARE AT STAKE.
>> WITH THE IMPERIAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION.
SHE POINTED OUT THE COUNTY HAD ONLY PUBLISHED THE SPENDING PLAN IN ENGLISH.
MANY RESIDENTS WERE LOCKED OUT OF THE DISCUSSION.
>> A LOT OF TRANSLATION IS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.
HOW ARE OUR COMMUNITIES SUPPOSED TO FULLY ENGAGE WHEN THEY CANNOT ACCESS THE MOST BASIC INFORMATION?
>> TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS CAN VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE STATE.
THE LACK OF SPANISH TRANSLATION IN IMPERIAL COUNTY IS ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT.
ACROSS THE COUNTY, THREE QUARTERS OF RESIDENTS SPEAK SPANISH AT HOME.
A QUARTER OF THEM SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY.
>> THERE'S NO REASON WE CAN'T HAVE DYNAMIC, MULTILINGUAL CONVERSATION ACROSS THE STATE AND THE LEGISLATOR AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
EVEN IF WE'RE NOT A BIG CITY.
>> RAUL IS A FORMER MAYOR.
THE COUNTY'S SECOND LARGEST CITY.
WHERE NINE IN TEN RESIDENTS -- HALF SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY.
>> ESPECIALLY IN A CITY WHERE SPANISH IS NOT THE MINORITY LANGUAGE.
IT IS THE MAJORITY LANGUAGE.
THE OVERWELMING MAJORITY LANGUAGE.
>> OFFERS INTERPRETATION DURING THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
IT IS ONE OF MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS STATEWIDE THAT DON'T TRANSLATE KEY DOCUMENTS.
THAT MEANS A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE A HARDER TIME HOLDING THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE.
PREVIOUS ELECTED OFFICIALS HAD BEEN OVER SPENDING.
CREATING AN ON GOING FINANCIAL CRISIS.
ONE OF THE CAUSES THE AUDIT SAID WAS THAT THEY ONLY PUBLISH THE KEY BUDGET DOCUMENTS IN ENGLISH.
>> TO HAVE A CHECK ON GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AND TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN THE FINANCES.
THE STATE GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDED THAT AT LEAST THE BUDGET WILL BE TRANSLATED SO THAT THE POPULATION COULD KNOW WHERE THEIR MONEY WAS BEING SPENT.
>> ONLY ONE EXAMPLE.
THE IMPERIAL COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF VIOLATING FEDERAL VOTING LAW.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS ALSO FACED CRITICISM FOR HOLDING ENGLISH ONLY MEETINGS.
>> PLEASE READ.
>> NOW, THOUGH, A NEW STATE BILL COULD PUSH THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL TO DO MORE.
STATE SENATOR MARIA OF LOS ANGELES IS THE BILL'S AUTHOR.
>> THIS BILL ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES BETTER AND INCREASES THE PUBLIC'S ACCESS TO MEETINGS, ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
>> THE BILL SB707, WOULD STRENGTHEN PARTS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, REQUIRING CERTAIN COUNTIES AND LARGER CITIES TO PROVIDE TRANSLATED VERSIONS OF THEIR MEETING AGENDAS.
WHICH LIST MAJOR DECISIONS AND POLICIES THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE PLANNING ON VOTING ON.
THOSE REQUIREMENTS WOULD APPLY TO THE IMPERIAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND APPLY TO THE CITIES OF COLEXICO.
OFFICIALS ARE PUSHING BACK, THOUGH.
ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE.
AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR'S MEETING, THE COUNTY'S ASSISTANT CEO, POINTED OUT THAT THE BILL DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY STATE FUNDING TO COVER THE COSTS.
>> IT PRESENTS SUBSTANTIAL COSTS AND OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THE COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT.
ESPECIALLY COUNTIES THAT ARE SMALL, DEALING WITH BUDGET CONCERNS AS WELL.
>> OTHERS ARE MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT THE CHANGES THE BILL MIGHT BRING.
LIKE VEGA, THE ADVOCATE THAT ATTENDED THE LITHIUM ION HEARINGS.
SHE WAS TRYING TO SPEAK UP FOR EVERYONE WHO FELT SHUT OUT, INCLUDING HER OWN PARENTS WHO FELT LIKE THEY COULDN'T TAKE PART BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TRANSLATION.
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US, YOU KNOW, THEY TOLD US IT'S IN ENGLISH, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SPACE WHERE I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND I'M LOOKING ALL CONFUSED.
>> VEGA THINKS THE NEW BILL COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE LIKE HER PARENTS.
>> BY LITERALLY JUST TRANSLATING A MEETING, YOU ARE ALREADY SAYING, YOU'RE INVITED.
YOU'RE IMPORTANT.
WE CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
>> THE CALIFORNIA SENATE PASSED THE BILL EARLIER THIS MONTH.
IT'S NOW IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY.
KPBS NEWS.
>>> POLICE IN MINNESOTA SAY A MAN HUNT THAT LASTED ALL WEEKEND IS OVER.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TWO PROMINENT POLITICIANS AND THEIR PARTNERS WAS IN COURT TODAY JUST HOURS AFTER HIS ARREST.
IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS AN UPDATE ON THE CASE AND NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE CRIMES.
>> INFLICTED UNIMAGINABLE HARM TO OUR COMMUNITY SATURDAY MORNING.
AND HE DID IT WHILE IMPERSONATING THE VERY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRUSTED TO PROTECT AND SERVE.
>> INVESTIGATORS SAY THESE HAUNTING SURVEILLANCE IMAGES, POLICE STYLE BADGE AND TACTICAL VEST AS HE APPROACHED THE FRONT DOOR OF JOHN HOFFMAN, EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND WOUNDING HOFFMAN AND HIS WIFE SHORTLY BEFORE HE SHOT AND KILLED MELISSA HARTMAN AND HER HUSBAND.
AUTHORITIESCAPTUREED HIM AFTER A ROUGHLY 43 HOUR MAN HUNT.
>> TODAY, THE MAN HUNT IS OVER.
BUT THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PROCESS TO HEALING BEGINS.
>> BELTER IS NO FEDERAL CUSTODY, STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT TURNED THEM OVER MONDAY MORNING TO FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
>> MY EXPECTATION BASED ON PRIOR CASES OF THE FEDERAL CASE, THE FEDERAL CHARGES WILL BE LITIGATED FIRST.
THE STATE CHARGES WON'T NECESSARILY GO ANYWHERE.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT IS STILL INVESTIGATING A MOTIVE, THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THE ACCUSED GUNMAN HAD AN APPARENT HIT LIST, WITH DOZENS OF NAMES, INCLUDING PROMINENT DEMOCRATS AND FIGURES WITH TIES TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD OR THE ABORTION RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
>> IT IS A FRIGHTENING TIME WE ARE LIVING IN.
POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS PREVALENT AND THE WAY WE TALK TO AND ABOUT EACH OTHER HAS RAISED THE TEMPERATURE TO UNFATHOMABLE LEVELS.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE ON THIS WAY.
>> IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.
>>> SOUTHERN MEXICO IS DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF A TROPICAL STORM AND MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK.
THIS VIDEO WHERE TROPICAL STORM DELILAH CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING..
THE FOURTH NAMED STORM IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC SO FAR THIS HURRICANE SEASON.
WEATHER EXPERTS SAY THAT USUALLY DOESN'T OCCUR UNTIL MID JULY.
>>> WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE'LL START FALLING OUT OF THE HEAT.
THE LAST OF THE PEEK OF THE HEAT FOR THOSE IN THE DESERT COMMUNITIES COMES TODAY.
AND THE NUMBERS START TO GO BACK DOWN.
IT IS BECOMING LESS HOT AS THE DEEPER MARINE LAYER WILL TAKE HOLD AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE MUCH COOLER FOR THOSE DESERT LOCATIONS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, 61 IN THE CITY, AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY TOWARDS OCEAN SIDE.
55 IN RAMONA.
AND 73 DEGREES.
TRANSITIONING THROUGH YOUR TUESDAY, YES, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF HEAT OUT THERE.
WE DON'T FULLY LOSE IT.
IT'S NOT AS MUCH.
WE'RE STARTING TO WEAKEN THE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN BRINGING US SO MUCH OF THE HOT, DRY AIR, AND THAT BREAKS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, OUR NUMBERS DO CHANGE.
74 FOR THE HIGH FOR THE CITY.
AS YOU HEAD TOWARD MT.
LEGUNA, 79.
112 FOR THAT FORECAST HIGH IN RAMONA COMING IN AT 95.
THE UPCOMING DAYS FOR THE COAST.
WE HOLD ON TO THE 70s.
EVEN THAT IS GOING TO BE TAPERED OFF A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN SEE AS WE HEAD THROUGH TOMORROW.
MID TO UPPER 70s AND BACK INTO THE MID 70s.
SOLIDLY AS WE HEAD THROUGH WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.
THAT'S THE SUBTLE CHANGE THERE FOR US.
SIMILAR SETUP FOR THE INLAND COMMUNITIES.
CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES, BUT WE EASE OFF OF THINGS EVEN MORE AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80s.
THEN FALLING PRETTY COOL FOR YOUR SATURDAY, BACK INTO THE MID 70s.
THAT'S GOING TO BE BIG-TIME RELIEF.
AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.
UPPER 70s AS WE HEAD THROUGH TOMORROW BACK TO THE MID AND LOWER 70s FOR MANY OF THE DAYS.
IT WILL BE PRETTY DECENT TIMES FOR THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY.
AND LIKE I SAID, EASING OUT OF THAT HEAT, WE DO IT GRADUALLY WITH 110 BY THE TIME WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY AND THEN BACK TO 107 FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
AND WE'LL HOLD JUST ABOVE IS 00 AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.
SO SOME BIG NOTABLE CHANGES HERE AHEAD.
FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP RECENTLY SAID PROTESTERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO WEAR MASKS AND THAT COMMENT IS RAISING CONCERNS AMONG HEALTH EXPERTS, ESPECIALLY AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE REPORTEDLY DETAINED THIS WEEKEND AFTER NO KINGS PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR WEARING OR HANDING OUT MASKS.
KPBS HEALTH REPORTER EXPLAINS WHY ONE SAN DIEGO PHYSICIAN SAYS MASKING IS STILL AN IMPORTANT OPTION.
>> IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, DONALD TRUMP CLAIMED MASKS WERE BANNED AT PROTESTS.
SAYING IT PREVENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM IDENTIFYING VIOLENT AGITATORS.
BUT SOME PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SAY A MASK CAN BE A LIFELINE.
NOT A THREAT.
>> SAYING SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO WEAR A SURGICAL MASK OR RESPIRATOR IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH IS CONCERNING TO ME AS A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
>> PEDIATRICIAN MAYA KUMAR SAYS THAT'S WHY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE AT HIGHER RISK SHOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CAREFULLY WEIGH THE RISK OF GOING TO, YOU KNOW, A CROWDED GATHERING WITHOUT WEARING A MASK, PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST RESPIRATORY VIRUSES OR YOU HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT PREDISPOSE YOU TO MORE SEVERE ILLNESS.
>> STUDIES SHOW, IMMUNOCOMPROMISEED PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED OR DIE FROM COVID, EVEN IF VACCINATED.
AND DURING THE 2020 BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS, WHERE UP TO 96% OF PEOPLE WORE MASKS, ELEVEN OUT OF 12 CITIES SAW NO SPIKE IN COVID CASES.
>> THAT WILL PROBABLY BECOME A MUCH BIGGER DEAL IF PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO TAKE SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS LIKE WEARING A SURGICAL MASK OR RESPIRATOR TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
>> SOME PEOPLE FACE REAL RISKS, EVEN OUTDOORS.
>> FOR SOMEONE WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS, LIKE ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE, OR MAYBE WHO IS PREGNANT OR WHO IS ELDERLY OR HAS SOME OTHER IMMUNOCOMPROMISE, IT TAKES ONE EXPOSURE TO ONE SICK PERSON TO LAND YOU IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> KUMAR SAYS DECISIONS ABOUT MASKING SHOULD BE PERSONAL, NOT POLITICAL.
SHE WARNS THAT BANNING MASKS COULD DISCOURAGE VULNERABLE PEOPLE FROM SAFELY JOINING PUBLIC PROTESTS.
HEIDI DEMARCO, KPBS NEWS.
>>> EARLIER, WE HAD A STORY ON HOW I.C.E.
RAIDS ARE AFFECTING SMALL BUSINESSES.
ENFORCEMENT IS BEING FELT IN THE STATE'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
JOY BENEDICT TELLS US MORE ABOUT THE LABOR SHORTAGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>> Reporter: IT'S A SOUND HEARD IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS.
AS CONSTRUCTION IS BIG BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA, BUT ON SOME JOB SITES, THE POOL OF WORKERS IS STARTING TO LOOK A LITTLE SMALL.
MANUEL IS WORKING THIS SITE IN ONTARIO.
HE SAYS MANY OF HIS COWORKERS ARE NOT.
HE SAYS THEY ARE NOT SHOWING UP TO WORK.
ACROSS THE STREET AND TWO STORIES UP, THIS WORKER SAYS THEY HAVE A FIFTH OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS JOB AS THEY USUALLY DO, HE ADMITS HE IS SCARED OF RECENT RAIDS.
BUT HE GOES ON TO SAY, HE IS MORE AFRAID OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY.
>> ANY SMALL DISRUPTION IN THE LABOR MARKET IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPACTFUL TO CONSTRUCTION IN CALIFORNIA.
>> TIM IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UCLA CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE.
HE SAYS CALIFORNIA HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF IMMIGRANT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN THE NATION.
>> IN CALIFORNIA, 41% OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE IMMIGRANTS.
UNDOUBTLY, SOME OF THOSE WORKERS ARE UNDOCUMENTED.
>> LOS ANGELES IS ALREADY FACING A LABOR SHORTAGE, AND AN INDUSTRY FACED BE REBUILDING 16,000 STRUCTURES THAT BURNED DURING THE RECENT FIRES.
SO ANY LOSS OF WORKERS WILL HURT, ESPECIALLY WITH COSTS GOING UP.
>> WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF LABOR AND THERE COULD BE SOME SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS AND COST OF BUILDING MATERIALS GOING UP WITH TARIFFS.
SO, IT'S REALLY A DOUBLE WHAMMY.
>> HERE AT THE LABOR CENTER, THEY SAY THEY ARE SEEING SOMETHING ELSE, WAGE THEFT.
AFTER SOME CONTRACTORS ARE NOW REFUSING TO PAY, EVEN AFTER THE JOB IS FINISHED.
>> INSTEAD OF PAYING THEM, LIKE THE AGREEMENT WAS MADE, VERBALLY, THEY DON'T PAY THEM.
AND THEN WHEN THE LABORER TRIES TO RECOUP THEIR WAGES, THEY ARE CALLING I.C.E.
>> AFFECTING THE DELICATE BALANCE OF BUILDING.
ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T APPEAR THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE STOPPED PROGRESS, EXPERTS ARE FEARFUL FOR THE FUTURE OF THE STATE'S ECONOMY IF IMMIGRATION ISSUES CONTINUE TO SAW APART IT WORK FORCE.
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