
Monday, June 23, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3585 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The United States has entered the conflict between Israel and Iran. How are San Diegan's reacting?
The United States has entered the conflict between Israel and Iran — we look at how San Diegans are reacting. Plus, residents are moving into the county’s first-ever “fire resilient” community. What makes these homes better prepared for wildfire threats? And UC San Diego researchers are testing whether cold-formed steel can withstand a major earthquake.
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Monday, June 23, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3585 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The United States has entered the conflict between Israel and Iran — we look at how San Diegans are reacting. Plus, residents are moving into the county’s first-ever “fire resilient” community. What makes these homes better prepared for wildfire threats? And UC San Diego researchers are testing whether cold-formed steel can withstand a major earthquake.
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>>> THE UNITED STATES ENTERED THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN OVER THE WEEKEND, RAISING CONCERN HERE AT HOME.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.
IRAN LAUNCHED A MISSILE ATTACK ON A U.S. AIR BASE IN QATAR IN RETALIATION FOR U.S. AIR STRIKES ON THREE IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES.
THE U.S. SAID NO CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED.
JUST THIS AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL, ISRAEL AND IRAN HAVE AGREED TO A CEASE-FIRE THAT WOULD BRING AN END TO THE CONFLICT.
THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE WORD FROM EITHER COUNTRY CONFIRMING TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
JULIA BENBROOK HAS MORE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> Reporter: IRAN LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON QATAR.
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
NOW, WE ARE HEARING FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
HE POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL CONFIRMING THERE WERE NO AMERICANS HARMED AND THERE WERE "HARDLY ANY DAMAGE."
HE ADDED PERHAPS IRAN CAN PROCEED TO PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE REGION, ADDING HE WILL ENCOURAGE ISRAEL TO DO THE SAME.
SHOWING A BARRAGE OF MISSILES LIGHTING UP THE SKY IN QATAR, AS IRAN RESPONDS TO AIR STRIKES.
A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLS CNN THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF U.S.
CASUALTIES CAUSED BY THE SHORT- RANGE AND MEDIUM-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES FIRED BY IRAN.
IT'S THE LATEST SALVO IN THE ONGOING CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL.
EARLY MONDAY MORNING, THE MILITARY LAUNCHED ATTACKS ON TEHRAN, INCLUDING THE ENTRANCE OF IRAN'S NOTORIOUS PRISON.
THIS COMES AFTER WEEKEND STRIKES BY THE UNITED STATES ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A DIRECT IMPACT.
INTERNALLY, WE CANNOT JUDGE.
BUT OF COURSE, ONE CANNOT EXCLUDE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THERE.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE MONDAY REITERATED THE CLAIM THAT THE U.S.
TOTALLY OBLITERATED THE NUCLEAR SITES.
HOWEVER, THE U.N.'S NUCLEAR WATCHDOG AGENCY SAYS IT IS UNABLE TO CONFIRM THE WHEREABOUTS OF IRAN'S STOCKPILE OF NEAR WEAPONS GRADE NUCLEAR MATERIAL.
>> OBVIOUSLY IF THEY MOVED ENRICHED URANIUM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO EVALUATE AND ADDRESS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ELUDED TO THE POSSIBILITY OF REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA SUNDAY WRITE, "IF THE CURRENT IRANIAN REGIME IS UNABLE TO MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, WHY WOULDN'T THERE BE A REGIME CHANGE?
HOWEVER, MONDAY, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SATE REGIME CHANGE WAS NOT THE MOTIVATION FOR SUNDAY'S STRIKES.
>> THE PRESIDENT WAS JUST SIMPLY RAISING A QUESTION THAT I THINK MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE ASKING.
>> Reporter: TRUMP DID MEET WITH SOME MEMBERS OF HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM THIS AFTERNOON HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IN WASHINGTON, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.
>>> SAN DIEGO IS HOME TO MORE THAN 12,000 IMMIGRANTS FROM IRAN.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE.
KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE, SAYS MANY OF THEM ARE FEARFUL FOR THE SAFETY OF FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY AS THE U.S.
JOINS ISRAELI ATTACKS AGAINST IRAN.
>> Reporter: THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAS CREATED FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY FOR THE IRANIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN SAN DIEGO SAYS BEBE CASTRE.
>> I WAS BORN IN TEHRAN.
I HAVE HAD TO FLEE IRAN WITH MY PARENTS AT THE AGE OF 17, FOUR YEARS AFTER THE REVOLUTION.
>> Reporter: SHE'S AN IRANIAN ACTIVIST WHO HAS LIVED IN SAN DIEGO SINCE 1996.
>> THIS TRAUMA IS IN OUR DNA.
WE KNOW WHAT WAR MEANS.
>> Reporter: SHE'S CONCERNED FOR HER MANY EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS STILL IN HER HOME COUNTRY.
>> THE WARNING CAME FROM ISRAEL AND AMERICA FOR A CITY OF 10 TO 14 MILLION PEOPLE, WHICH IS TEHRAN, TO LEAVE TEHRAN.
THAT'S WHERE CHAOS STARTED BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE, WHERE SHOULD THEY GO?
>> Reporter: SHE COULDN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH HER FAMILY FOR FOUR DAYS, LARGELY DUE TO INTERNET OUTAGES.
SHE SAYS HER COUSIN TRIED TO GET FUEL FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE FLEEING.
>> SHE SAID ON THE FIRST DAY THEY TRIED A DISTANCE THAT TOOK 20 MINUTES TOOK EIGHT HOURS.
THEY HAD TO COME BACK HOME.
UNDER THE THREAT OF BOMBINGS.
>> Reporter: BESIDES HELPING HER FAMILY, SHE HAS 120,000 FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM, AND HAS BEEN TRYING TO ASSIST ANYONE WHO REACHES OUT, EVEN STRANGERS.
>> I WAS LIKE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO?
WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CAR?
WHO DOESN'T HAVE FUEL?
TRYING TO MATCH THEM.
IT WAS CHAOTIC.
LIKE WE HAVE NOT SLEPT A WINK, WHETHER WE ARE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE TEHRAN.
IT'S BEEN VERY TOUGH.
>> Reporter: LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS REACTIONS TO THE AIR STRIKES HAS BEEN SPLIT AMONG PARTY LINES WITH REPUBLICANS PRAISING THE EFFORT, AND DEMOCRATS LIKE SARA JACOBS CONDEMNING THE LACK OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.
THIS IS ABOUT HUMAN LIVES AT STAKE AS MANY REMAIN IN LIMBO.
>> PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE, BUT THEIR FIRST WORRY IS BASICALLY THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND HOW TO SURVIVE, SURVIVAL.
>> Reporter: RALLY IS PLANNED OUTSIDE THE SAN DIEGO HALL OF JUSTICE TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO POSE WHAT ORGANIZERS CALL ESCALATING REPRESSION IN IRAN IN SUPPORT FOR A DEMOCRATIC CHANGE.
JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.
>> U.S.
STRIKES ON IRAN ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY TURN FOR THE MILITARY THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE MOVING ON FROM CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
IT IS ALSO A TURN FOR MILITARY FAMILIES.
RIGHT NOW, SAN DIEGO'S USS CARL VINCENT AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS IN THE ARABIAN SEA.
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, IT'S PART OF A STRIKE GROUP THAT'S NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE DEFENSE OF ISRAEL.
INSTEAD, IT'S PROVIDING SECURITY FOR U.S.
BASES ALONG THE GULF OF PERSIA AS THE CALL TO ACTION LOOMS FOR SERVICE MEMBERS.
CALLS FOR MILITARY SPOUSAL SUPPORT ARE ALSO RAMPING UP.
>> WHEN WE WATCHED OUR SERVICE MEMBER LEAVE, THERE SAUCE A CHANCE SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT MIGHT BE AS UNPREDICTABLE AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WITH RECENT EVENTS, OUR FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN FEEL SCARED.
>> THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL VOTED THIS AFTERNOON TO RESTORE FUNDING IN THE CITY'S 2026 BUDGET THAT THE MAYOR VETOED LAST WEEK.
AND THIS WAS GLORIA, OH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT THE WRONG VIDEO.
>> Reporter: WELL AFTER A PRETTY NICE FIRST WEEKEND OF SUMMER AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON THIS MONDAY, WE'RE STAYING PRETTY MILD.
DROPPING DOWN TO 60 DEGREES.
WE DO HAVE THE LOW CLOUDS TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE OF THE MARINE LAYER.
THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF EBB AND FLOW THROUGHOUT THE START OF THE WEEK, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE WEEK AHEAD COMING UP.
>>> WELL, BACK TO THE STORY I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL VOTED THIS AFTERNOON TO RESTORE FUNDING IN THE CITY'S 2026 BUDGET THAT MAYOR TODD GLORIA VETOED LAST WEEK.
THIS AFTER GLORIA WARNED IT COULD LEAD TO FURTHER CUTS DOWN THE ROAD.
KPBS'S REPORTER JAKE GOTTA JOINS US WITH MORE.
>> Reporter: OVERRIDING THE VETO TO RESTORE SOME FUNDING FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS.
THIS CAPS OFF A BUDGETING PROCESS THAT STARTED BACK IN DECEMBER, WHEN THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE CITY WAS FACING A $258 MILLION DEFICIT.
THAT NUMBER HAS SINCE GROWN TO $350 MILLION.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, GLORIA RECEIVED THE CITY'S APPROVED BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, ADDING MORE THAN $30 MILLION TO HIS PROPOSAL.
LAST WEEK, HE RETURNED HIS LINE ITEM VETO TO THE COUNCIL, CUTTING NEARLY $5 MILLION WITHOUT SPENDING THAT THE MAYOR SAID WOULD PUT THE CITY AT FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL RISK.
AND NOW THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY, HE KOAD THESE CONCERNS.
>> SHOULD THIS COUNCIL CHOOSE TO OVERRIDE MY VETO ENTIRELY, YOU'RE ENDORSING A LEVEL OF RISK THAT I CANNOT SUPPORT AND I WILL NOT SUPPORT.
THAT BUDGET WILL NOT CARRY MY SIGNATURE.
IF THIS COUNCIL'S PROJECTED REVENUES FALL SHORT AS THE INDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYST HAS WARNED THAT THEY MIGHT, THEN DEEPER CUTS MUST BE MADE AT MID YEAR.
THOSE CUTS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES BELONG TO THOSE WHO WILL CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE ADVICE AND THE WARNINGS THAT HAVEN BE GIVEN IN THIS CHAMBER.
>> STILL, COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER INTRODUCED A MOTION TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO ENTIRELY.
THAT VOTE FAILED.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER THEN INTRODUCED A SECOND MOTION, LEAVING OUT SOME OF THE MAYOR'S VETO, WHICH PASSED 6-3.
WITH THIS VOTE, THE COUNCIL IS MAKING THEIR PRIORITIES CLEAR, RESTORING SOME FUNDING FOR BRUSH MANAGEMENT.
FROM THE NEWSROOM, JAKE GOTTA, KPBS NEWS.
>>> OKAY, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, JAKE.
THE MONTE FIRE IS NOW 90% CONTAINED WITH MORE THAN 1,000 ACRES CHARRED.
NO HOMES WERE BURNED.
>> Reporter: WHEN KEVIN WALTON MOVED INTO HIS HOME THREE MONTHS AGO.
>> WE WANTED TO BE CLOSE TO OUR DAUGHTER.
>> Reporter: HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WOULD BE AMONG THE FIRST DOZEN OR SO FAMILIES TO LIVE IN A FIRE COMMUNITY.
>> WE ONLY LEARNED THAT AFTER THE FACT.
>> Reporter: HE CALL IT HAD A BONUS.
>> FOR A BRAND NEW HOUSE, THAT'S PERFECT.
WE WANTED TO ADD THE INDOOR SPRINKLER SYSTEM, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO.
IT WAS BUILT IN, SO TOTAL BONUS.
>> Reporter: AND THERE IS ANOTHER BONUS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER ZONE.
>> THIS WILL HELP THE CUSTOMERS GUARANTEE THEY CAN GET INSURANCE FROM AN INSURANCE PROVIDER IN THIS STATE.
>> Reporter: STEVE RUFNER OVERSEES THE PROCESS.
WHAT MAKES THIS 64-HOME COMMUNITY FIRE RESILIENT?
>> WE ARE A BUILDING CLASS A FIRE RATED ROOFS.
ON TOP OF THAT, IT IS FIRE RATED.
ON TOP OF THAT, ALL THE VENTING MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE SCREENING MATERIAL ON OUR GUTTERS, ETC., WILL NOT ALLOW AN EMBER TO GET INTO THE ATTIC DURING A WIND BLOWN EVENT AND CAUSE A FIRE.
>> Reporter: IN ADDITION, THERE IS ALSO A FIVE-FOOT PERIMETER AROUND THE HOME WHERE NO LANDSCAPING IS ALLOWED.
>> ON ALL OF OUR EAVES, NO WIND- BLOWN EMBER COULD POSSIBLY REACH THE ROOF.
AND THEN ALL THE HOUSES HAVE METAL FENCING OR MASONRY.
THIS IS METAL.
IT WON'T CATCH FIRE.
>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO THE METAL FENCING AND THE EAVES, THE HOME, TEN FEET APART, TO SLOW DOWN THE SPREAD OF FIRE.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE NON- PROFIT INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HOME SAFETY DECLARED THE COMMUNITY FIRE PREPARED.
IT PREVIOUSLY ONLY GAVE SUCH DESIGNATION TO INDIVIDUAL HOMES.
IN A DEMONSTRATION, HOMES NOT BUILT TO IBHH STANDARDS BURNED WITHIN 40 MINUTES.
HOW MUCH DO THESE HOMES COST?
>> WE ARE LIKE IN THE VERY LOW TO A MILLION DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE LOT AND THE HOME.
REALLY, THAT'S CLOSE TO THE MEDIAN PRICE FOR A NEW HOME IN THE COUNTY.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO ZILLOW, THE MEDIAN PRICE FOR AN EXISTING HOME IN ESCONDIDO IS NEARLY $860,000.
ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.
>>> WELL, TODAY STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AT SAN DIEGO SAW HOW A TEN-STORY BUILDING MADE FROM COLD FORMED STEEL COULD REACT IN A 6.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE.
THEY SIMULATED THAT KIND OF EARTHQUAKE ON THEIR OUTDOOR SHAKE TABLE.
KPBS REPORTER WAS THERE.
>> Reporter: THE EARTHQUAKE SHAKE TABLE WAS READY TO GO AND IT HAD A TEN-STORY BUILDING SITTING ON IT.
ABOUT HALF AN HOUR, THE TABLE WOULD START MOVING AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, BEN SCHAEFFER, WAS READY TO SEE HOW THE BUILDING WOULD HANDLE IT.
>> EXTERNALLY, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT EXACTLY HOW THE BUILDING DEFORMS.
BUT INTERNALLY, WE HAVE A HUGE NUMBER OF SENSORS TO LOOK AT EVERY ASPECT OF THE BUILDING TO SEE IF IT IS PERFORMING THE WAY WE WANT, AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW ALL THE FORCES ARE MOVING INSIDE THE BUILDING.
>> Reporter: THE BUILDING SHOOK AND, WELL, IT DIDN'T COLLAPSE.
SCHAEFFER, THE CO-INVESTIGATOR HAS SAID TODAY'S TEST RESULT WASN'T QUITE WHAT THEY EXPECTED.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE FOR US IN TERMS OF THE FACT THE BUILDING WAS TWISTING, AS WELL AS SHAKING SIDE TO SIDE.
AND SO KIND OF NO SURPRISE HERE.
WE SAW MORE OF THAT TWISTING IN ADDITION TO SHAKING SIDE TO SIDE.
>> Reporter: THE EARTHQUAKE SHAKE TABLE REPRODUCED THE EFFECTS OF THE LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE, THE ONE THAT HIT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IN 1999.
THE SHAKE TABLE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 2004, AND IT IS ONE OF ONLY THREE LIKE IT IN THE WORLD.
PROFESSOR JOELLE CANTE HAS WORKED WITH THE DEVICE SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
IT'S GONE FROM ONLY BEING ABLE TO MOVE IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION TO DOING A LOT MORE.
>> SO THE TABLE CAN NOW MOVE NORTH, SOUTH.
IT CAN GO UP AND DOWN.
IT CAN PITCH, CAN ROLL.
SO WE HAVE THE FULL MOVE FOR THEM.
LIKE YOUR FEET WOULD FEEL THE GROUND DURING AN EARTHQUAKE.
>> Reporter: THE BUILDING THAT WAS TEST TODAY WAS BUILT FROM A RECYCLED STEEL CALLED COLD FORM STEEL.
THESE DAYS SUCH BUILDINGS CAN ONLY BE SIX-STORY HIGH IN AN EARTHQUAKE ZONE.
BUT A SUCCESSFUL TEST ON THE SHAKE TABLE COULD ALLOW TALLER CONSTRUCTIONS.
>> COLD FORM STEEL IS THIN SHEET STEEL.
IT'S VERY LIGHT.
>> Reporter: REDUCING THE MASS OF A BUILDING IS A GRADED VANTAGE IN AN EARTHQUAKE.
THE LIGHTNESS ALSO ALLOWS THE BUILDING TO BE BUILT-IN MODULES, LIFTED BY THE CRANE AND PUT IN PLACE.
THAT SAVES TIME AND MONEY FOR BUILDERS AND HOPEFULLY REDUCES THE COST OF HOUSING FOR EVERYONE.
THERE IS MORE SHAKE TESTING TO COME FOR THIS TEN-STORY BUILDING.
THEY PLAN TO TURN UP THE FORCE OF THE LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE, TO SIMULATE WHAT THEY CALL THE MAXIMUM CREDIBLE EARTHQUAKE EVENT.
ABOUT 50% HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL EARTHQUAKE.
>> THAT WILL BE A VERY RARE EARTHQUAKE, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GENERATE THE DATA TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE BEHAVIOR OF THE BUILDING UNDER THAT VERY RARE EVENT.
>> Reporter: THAT RARE EARTHQUAKE IS ONE THAT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN ONCE EVERY 2,500 YEARS.
THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.
>>> AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONTINUES TO PROGRESS, COULD WE SOON SEE SOME ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS DISAPPEAR?
IN RECENT WEEKS, A FEW OF SILICON VALLEY'S TOP LEADERS HAVE WARNED A.I.
IS COMING FOR PEOPLE'S JOBS AND IT'S COMING FAST.
HERE IS MICHAEL YOSHIDA ON WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IF YOU'RE WORRIED A.I.
WILL BE COMING FOR YOUR JOB.
>> Reporter: SOME INDUSTRY INSIDERS, INCLUDING THE CEO OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABS ARE RINGING THE WARNING BELL.
>> COMPARED TO PREVIOUS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE LABOR IMPACT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING SO FAST THAT YES, PEOPLE WILL ADAPT, BUT THEY MAY NOT ADAPT FAST ENOUGH.
>> Reporter: EXPERTS ARE SPLIT ON JUST HOW QUICKLY AND DRASTICALLY A.I.
WILL HIT THE JOB MARKET.
STILL, IMPACTS ARE BEING FELT.
>> ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS, THAT FIRST RUN ON THE CAREER LADDER ARE BREAKING DOWN A BIT.
>> Reporter: LINKEDIN SAYS IT IS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING JOB MARKETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN DECADES.
>> THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY WE HAVE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST HALF CENTURY, IT'S ON THE WAY OUT.
>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE WORRIED A.I.
IS COMING FOR YOUR JOB, FOCUS ON NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS, THE FIVE C'S.
ALSO FIGURE OUT AND HONE IN ON WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE.
THAT'S YOUR EDGE.
AND REMEMBER, LEARNING DOESN'T STOP WHEN YOU GRADUATE.
KEEP BUILDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE AND UNDERSTANDING OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
>> OUR DATA AT LINKEDIN SHOWS IT'S 70% OF THE AVERAGE SKILLS FOR THE AVERAGE JOB WOULD HAVE CHANGED BY 2030.
>> Reporter: EDUCATORS ARE EMBRACING THESE CHANGES TOO.
THE DEAN OF TULANE'S BUSINESS SCHOOL SAYING THE CURRICULUM IS EXPANDING TO FIT THIS NEW BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.
>> THE EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE MORE EXPERIMENTING.
>> IN WASHINGTON, I'M MICHAEL YOSHIDA, REPORTING.
>>> SCHOOL IS OUT FOR SUMMER.
WHILE IT MEANS FUN IN THE SUN FOR KIDS, IT CAN ALSO BE EXPENSIVE FOR PARENTS AS THEY JUGGLE CHILDCARE NEEDS.
DATA SHOWS COSTS SKYROCKET FOR PARENTS DURING THE SUMMER.
JEN SULLIVAN LOOKS AT HOW MUCH PARENTS SPEND IN WAYS TO HELP YOU SAVE.
>> Reporter: YEAR-ROUND CHILDCARE COSTS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE GONE UP 29% ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY FROM CHILDCARE AWARE AMERICA.
LAST YEAR, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF CHILDCARE WAS MORE THAN $13,000.
>> PARENTS ARE HAVING TO JUGGLE THEIR KIDS BEING OUT OF SCHOOL, AND NOW THEY'RE NOT IN JUST AFTER SCHOOL CARE, THEY'RE NEEDING CARE ALL DAY LONG.
>> Reporter: SUMMERS COULD BE PARTICULARLY EXPENSIVE FOR PARENTS.
BETH WORKS AT SAVINGS.COM.
SHE IS ALSO A MOM AND KNOWS FIRSTHAND HOW CHALLENGING THE SUMMER MONTHS CAN BE.
>> IT TAKES A LOT OF PLANNING.
IF YOU CAN DO THAT IN ADVANCE, THEN IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
>> Reporter: SAVINGS.COM RECENTLY CONDUCTED A SURVEY AND FOUND CHILDCARE COST INCREASE OVER 300% IN THE SUMMER MONTHS FOR A TYPICAL FAMILY.
>> THESE PARENTS TOLD US THEY SET ASIDE ALL YEAR LONG, SO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF EVERY CHECK GOES TOWARDS THOSE INCREASED EXPENSES IN THE SUMMER.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE A FEW WAYS FOR PARENTS TO SAVE.
A LEAN ON FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR HELP.
MANY CAMPS OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS.
MOST PUBLIC LIBRARIES OFFER FREE DROP-OFF PROGRAMS.
CHECK OUT THE PROGRAMS AT YOUR LOCAL YMCA.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FREE ACTIVITIES, MOST PUBLIC PARKS HAVE FREE SPLASH PADS.
SOME MUSEUMS, THEY OFFER FREE DAYS.
>> KIND OF PLAN AROUND THESE ARE THE FREE EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO LOAD OUR SUMMER UP WITH.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BREAK THE BANK.
>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO A FAMILY TRIP, THEY SAY HOTELS AND AIRFARE TEND TO BE CHEAPER TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST.
FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I'M JEN SULLIVAN.
>>> WELL, WE STARTED SUMMER WITH A RELATIVELY COOLER PATTERN WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW OUR HISTORICAL AVERAGES.
THIS WEEK, WE'RE DEALING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A WARMING TREND THAT'LL GET US BACK TO HISTORICAL AVERAGES, BUT IT DOES CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.
WE WILL BUMP UP A LITTLE BIT ABOVE WHERE WE SHOULD BE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
NOW, THE LOW CLOUDS, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IT TO START OFF THE WEEK.
THAT'LL CONTINUE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE MARINE LAYER WILL DEEPEN AND LESSEN KIND OF DAY TO DAY.
HOW FAR INLAND THESE LOW CLOUDS GET IS GOING TO KIND OF DEPEND ON THE DAY.
BUT JUST BE AWARE YOU COULD HAVE SOME LOW CLOUDS TO START OUT YOUR MORNING.
JUST KNOW YOU COULD SEE SOME VISIBILITY IMPACTS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT FOR TONIGHT THOUGH.
DROPPING DOWN TO THE 50s AND 60s.
OVERALL, 56 IN ESCONDIDO, 56 ALSO IN EL CAJON, AND 53 OVER THERE IN MOUNT LAGUNA.
TOMORROW, WE'RE WARMING UP INTO THE 70s FOR MOST OF US.
82 THERE IN ROMONA, BUT 70 FOR SAN DIEGO.
AND, OF COURSE, THE SPRINGS, A LITTLE BIT OF THE OUTLIER THERE, GETTING CLOSE TO TRIPLE DIGITS ONCE AGAIN.
IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO FEEL LIKE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUMMER, RIGHT?
SO TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT TO EXPECT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
NOW, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WARMING TREND FOR SOME OF US, RIGHT?
WE'RE JUST VARYING BY A DEGREE OR TWO THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORKWEEK.
BUT THEN AS WE GET TO SATURDAY, THAT'S WHEN WE BUMP UP INTO THE MID-70s.
OVERALL, IT'S JUST A DEGREE OR TWO.
EACH DAY IS GOING TO FEEL VERY SIMILAR.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE OF CLOUDS, LOW CLOUDS, MORE OF THE HIGH CLOUDS ON WEDNESDAY.
BUT OVERALL, A PRETTY MILD WEEK AHEAD.
FURTHER INLAND, WE DO GET TO THE 80s BY THE TIME WE GET TO WEDNESDAY.
84 FOR YOUR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
MOVING TO OUR MOUNTAIN FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK, WE'RE IN THE 60s.
BUT TAKE A LOOK AT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
FRIDAY, WE'RE AT 70.
THEN WE JUMP 11 DEGREES UP TO 81 FOR YOUR SATURDAY.
GETTING WARMER THERE.
NOW IN OUR DESERT FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK, WE DO GET BACK TO THE TRIPLE DIGITS, RIGHT?
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO 106, 107 BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ACCUWEATHER ANNA.
>>> THE ROCK 'N' ROLL LEGEND WAS BORN, ROSIE HAMLIN, A LEGEND.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS ORIGINALLY BORN IN OREGON, BUT HER FAMILY WAS IN THE MILITARY, AND THEIR FAMILY MOVED AROUND FOR YEARS.
EVENTUALLY THEY SETTLED HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
>> SHE PLAYED THE CLASSICAL PIANO.
>> Reporter: HE USED TO HANG OUT AT HER HOUSE.
HE DIDN'T LIKE CLASSICAL MUSIC, BUT HE LIKED LISTENING TO HAMLIN.
>> HER MOTHER USED TO BUY US BEER.
WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WOULD LISTEN TO ROSIE PLAY THE CLASSICAL PIANO.
>> Reporter: NATIONAL CITY IS THE MOST LATINO COMMUNITY.
A PROFESSOR OF MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AND HISTORY AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.
THE 1960s WAS A TIME OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AWAKENING FOR CHICANOS AND LATINOS.
>> MANY IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE 1960s FELT IT WAS A TIME FOR LIBERATION.
IT WAS A TIME TO STAKE THEIR OWN CLAIM IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, BUT ALSO BUILD THEIR OWN SPACE.
>> Reporter: HAMLIN'S BIGGEST DREAM WAS TO BECOME A SINGER.
SHE WAS 14 WHEN SHE WROTE ONE OF HER FIRST SONGS.
IT WAS A LOVE POEM.
SHE CALLED IT, "ANGEL BABY."
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ IN THE SUMMER OF 1960, HAMLIN AND HER FRIENDS DROVE TO A MAKESHIFT RECORDING STUDIO TO TAPE THE SONG.
THEY WENT TO THE MANAGER OF A DEPARTMENT STORE IN SAN DIEGO AND ASKED IF HE WOULD PLAY THE RECORD IN THE LISTENING BOOTH.
IT WAS A HIT.
♪ IT'S JUST LIKE HEAVEN ♪ TEENAGERS WHO HEARD THE SONG GOT THE ATTENTION OF AN EMPLOYEE AT HIGHLANDS RECORD.
SOON AFTER, THEY GOT A CONTRACT.
THEY CALLED THEMSELVES ROSIE AND THE ORIGINALS.
"ANGEL BABY" WAS PUT ON REGULAR ROTATION ACROSS THE NATION TO NEW YORK CITY, FROM SEATTLE TO KEY LARGO.
TWO MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE, IT HIT NUMBER FIVE ON THE BILLBOARD'S HOT 100.
IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE CRUISING SONG IN NATIONAL CITY.
A SONG THAT CHANGED POPULAR MUSIC AND RESHAPED CHICANO CULTURE.
HAMLIN'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND HAD JOINED THE ARMY AND WAS STATIONED NEAR MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA.
>> ANGEL BABY CAME ON, AND SO I SAID HEY, I KNOW THAT GIRL.
SHE'S A FRIEND OF MINE.
NOBODY BELIEVED ME.
♪[ MUSIC ] ♪ >> Reporter: THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE EMERGENCE OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS LIKE CHAVEZ, WHO FOUNDED THE UNITED FARMWORKERS.
CHICANOS WERE STARTING TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND PUSH BACK AGAINST SYSTEMATIC INEQUALITIES.
>> IN MANY WAYS, IT WAS THEIR THIRD SPACE.
IT WAS A SPACE WHERE THEY WOULD THRIVE, WHERE THEY WOULD CARVE OUT THEIR OWN DESTINIES, WHERE THE PEOPLE WOULD LOOK FOR GREATER COMMUNAL AFFIRMATION.
WHERE THE PEOPLE DECIDED TO STAKE A CLAIM ON AUTONOMY.
>> Reporter: BUT HAMLIN HAD TO CONFRONT THE WHITE SPREAD MISOGYNY SPACE OF TIME.
WOMEN WERE EXPECTED TO TAKE TRADITIONAL DOMESTIC ROLES.
WHEN WOMEN DID WORK, THEY EARNED SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN MEN FOR COMPARABLE WORK, AND EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE.
>> I'M SURE IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT TIMES BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF RACISM.
>> Reporter: NORMA GREW UP IN NATIONAL CITY AT THE TIME ANGEL BABY WAS A HIT.
>> CERTAINLY MISOGYNY PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T ALLOW HER TO PUT HER NAME ON IT.
>> Reporter: FOR HAMLIN, THE RECORD LABEL DIDN'T GIVE HER CREDIT FOR WRITING ANGEL BABY BECAUSE SHE WASN'T 18 WHEN SHE WROTE IT, AND BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN.
STILL, HAMLIN BECAME EVEN MORE FAMOUS.
ROSIE AND THE ORIGINALS PERFORMED WITH SOME OF THE GREATS LIKE JACKIE WILSON, CHUCK BARRY, AND BIG MAMA THORNTON.
SHE WAS ALSO THE FIRST LATINA TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME.
JOHN LENNON CALLED ANGEL BABY ONE OF HIS ALL-TIME FAVORITE SONGS, AND RECORDED HIS OWN VERSION IN 1973.
THROUGH ALL THIS, HAMLIN FOUGHT TO RECLAIM THE RIGHTS TO ANGEL BABY.
DEMANDING ROYALTIES OVER THE YEARS, CREDIT FOR HER WRITING, ALMOST 20 YEARS LATER, HAMLIN WON HER CASE.
IN 2001, ROSIE AND THE ORIGINALS RELEASED A NEW VERSION OF ANGEL BABY.
THIS TIME, IN SPANGLISH.
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >> THE SONG, ANGEL BABY, SORT OF BECAME AN ANTHEM FOR MANY CHICANO FAMILIES, MEXICAN- AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> SHE BROUGHT PRIDE TO THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY.
TO THIS DAY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT TALK ABOUT IT.
>> ROSIE HAMLIN DIED IN HER SLEEP IN NEW MEXICO IN 2017.
SHE WAS 71.
HAMLIN PROVED LOVE CAN TRANSCEND DEATH.
HER MUSIC HAS.
ROSIE AND THE ORIGINALS HAVE ENTERED IMMORTALITY.
IN NATIONAL CITY, FOR KPBS NEWS.
>>> WHAT A STORY AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS.
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