
Monday, March 20, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3007 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
North County drivers are having trouble traveling.
North County drivers are having trouble traveling while sinkhole repairs and more rain are still underway. Plus, there is a new app that allows parents to monitor what their children do on their phones, but researchers say users should think twice. Then, this year’s beauty pageant is celebrating beauty in all shapes, sizes and abilities.
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Monday, March 20, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3007 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
North County drivers are having trouble traveling while sinkhole repairs and more rain are still underway. Plus, there is a new app that allows parents to monitor what their children do on their phones, but researchers say users should think twice. Then, this year’s beauty pageant is celebrating beauty in all shapes, sizes and abilities.
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>>> IT IS STILL A MESS OUT THERE AND THERE IS MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST.
THANK YOU, FOR A JOINING US.
I AM MAYA TRABULSI.
IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE COMMUTERS HAVE ACCESS TO 78 THAT THEY FOUND MORE WORK TO DO THAN WAS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
IT KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE HAS AN UPDATE .
>> Reporter: ROADS BETWEEN EL CAMINO AND COLLEGE BOULEVARD HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY FOR EMERGENCY SINKHOLE REPAIR WORK.
HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED ACCELERATED DETERIORATION IN THE COLLAPSE OF A CULVERT THAT CAUSED THE WHOLE.
THEY ARE BETWEEN 40-60 FEET DEEP.
THAT EXCAVATION DEPTH FORCED THE HIGHWAY LANES TO CLOSE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> IT IS A DIFFICULT CULVERT TO GET TO WHEN WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT ALL OF THE VOIDS UNDER THE ROADWAY REMOVED SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE AND WE HAVE ALL LONG LIFE FROM THIS CULVERT REPLACEMENT.
>> Reporter: A TOTAL OF FOUR CULVERTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY ON THE ISSUE.
CALTRANS SAYS THE TOTAL COST FOR ALL REPAIRS WILL BE ABOUT -- DOLLARS.
THOSE THAT RELY ON HIGHWAY 78 WILL HAVE TO RELAY ON ALTERNATE ROUTES.
CALTRANS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ONCE THE WESTBOUND LANES ARE REPAIRED THEY WILL CLOSED ON THE EASTBOUND LANE FOR REPAIR.
REPORTING FROM KPBS I AM MELISSA MAE.
>>> IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE STRING SPRING BUT, THE FORECAST HASN'T REFLECTED THAT.
>>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM CONTINUES TO TOUR AROUND CALIFORNIA IN IMPERIAL VALLEY.
IT CONTAINS ONE OF THE LARGEST LITHIUM DEPOSITS IN THE WORLD.
>> WE SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BECOME THE ONLY JURISDICTION IN THE WORLD TO REQUIRE THAT ALL VEHICLES SOLD IN THIS AREA TO BE ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
NOT ONLY HAVE WE CODIFIED THOSE GOALS BUT YOU HAVE SEEN THEM IN ACTION.
>> Reporter: JUST YESTERDAY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FOR TREATMENT HOUSES AND MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES.
SOMEWHERE THIS WON'T ADDRESS ALL OF THE SYSTEMIC FAILURE SLOW.
>> Reporter: HE ANNOUNCE THE PLAN YESTERDAY AS PART OF A FIVE DAY TOUR AROUND THE STATE TO HIGHLIGHT HIS POLICY GOALS.
HE SAYS IT IS MUCH NEEDED DOES POP UP CAMPS HAVE SHOWN UP ON THE STREETS.
>> WE ARE FOOLING OURSELVES THAT IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THE NEED THAT WE CAN TURN THIS AROUND.
>> Reporter: SOME SAY HE IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> I LIKE THAT THESE TOPICS ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT NEEDS A REHAUL.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR PLANS TO DO THAT.
SENATOR -- SAYS THIS WILL PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> I WANT TO SEE HOW THEY ARE GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN WITH THE ORIGINAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT.
>> Reporter: SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 1967 SHORE ACT AS WELL.
HE SAYS THAT HAS RESULTED IN TREATMENT OF -- WILL UNDER TREATMENT.
BECAUSE OF THE GAPS IN THE SYSTEM HE ENDED UP HOMELESS THEN IN JAIL.
I ASK WHY.
>> Reporter: MONEY WOULD BE SET ASIDE TO HOUSE 10,000 HOMELESS VETERANS.
I'M ALEXANDER NGUYEN FOR KPBS NEWS.
>>> MORE THAN 4500 U.S. MILITARY DEATHS TOOK PLACE IN IRAQ.
AS KPBS REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN TELLS US, THINGS HAVE CHANGED .
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 460,000 U.S. AND COALITION FORCES BEGAN AIRSTRIKES AND A GROUND INVASION OF IRAQ.
THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION ALLEGED THAT THE COUNTRY POSSESSED WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
THE DISSOLUTION OF THE IRAQI ARMY LED TO -- SO IT ALONG THE WHERE MORE THAN A DECADE.
>> IRAQ HAS BEEN PART OF MORE THAN A 25 YEAR CAREER IN THE ARMY AND AS A MILITARY HISTORIAN, IT HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE AND WHAT OUR POLICY HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF THE CENTURY.
>> Reporter: THAT IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR WAR.
HE GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT AND SERVED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM.
HE SAYS -- UNDERPINNED THE CHALLENGES OF IRAQ.
>> WE ASSUMED IT WOULD BE A PART TWO OF DESERT STORM BUT THAT DID NOT PLAY OUT.
>> Reporter: CAMP PENDLETON BASED MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE LED THE PATIENT.
THEY ALSO HAD NAVY SEALS OPERATING IN THE COUNTRY AND SAN DIEGO-BASED NAVY SHIPS INCLUDING NAVY SHIP CONSTELLATION PROVIDED SUPPORT.
ALMOST 4500 U.S.
TROOPS WERE KILLED IN IRAQ AND THE ESTIMATION OF IRAQI DEATHS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 500,000.
THEY SAY ONE LESSON TO BE LEARNED IS THAT THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT WE CAN DO MILITARILY OVERSEAS.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS AND MORE HONEST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR FAITH AND THE LIMITS OF WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE WHEN WE GO TO WAR.
>> Reporter: 20,000 MARINES AND SAILORS PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL INVASION AND MOST WERE ATTACHED TO LOCAL UNITS.
>>> LOS ANGELES COUNTY SCHOOL WORKERS ARE PLANNING TO GO ON A THREE DAY STRIKE FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS.
TEACHERS, ASSISTANCE, CUSTODIAL STAFF AND MORE PLAN TO WALK OUT.
THEY SAY THE STRIKE COULD CLOSE OUT SCHOOLS.
>> Reporter: ON TUESDAY, A THREE DAY STRIKE IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE SCHOOLS IN THE SECOND- LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY.
JOSI SAYS HE MAKES ABOUT $25,000 PER YEAR.
HE WORKS AT AN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER.
>> I KEEP IT CLEAN BUT IT JUST LIKE THEY DON'T APPRECIATE IT.
>> Reporter: AND THEY SAY RESPECT IS WHAT THE STRIKE IS ABOUT.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY BUT SOME ARE BEING HARASSED FOR DOING SO.
>> SOME HAVE BEEN HARASSED TO THE POINT THAT THEY HAVE LOST JOBS AND INCOME.
>> Reporter: LOCAL 99 IS A UNION REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF CAFETERIA WORKERS, CUSTODIANS AND OTHER SCHOOL WORKERS.
BUT THE TEACHERS UNION IS ALSO JOINING THE STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY.
THE SUPERINTENDENT IS HOPEFUL THAT THE TWO SIDES WILL COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND THEY SAY THAT HARASSMENT CLAIMS ARE BEING REVIEWED.
>> THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENTED WITH COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF THE ISSUES.
THERE ARE ISSUES AND THOSE ARE INVESTIGATED.
CONSEQUENCES ARE APPLIED AS WARRANTED.
>> Reporter: THEY WANT TO SHINE A LIGHT ON MINORITIES AND LOW INCOME WORKERS THAT KEEP THE SCHOOLS RUNNING.
IT IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR SOME DISTRICTS TO FUND EDUCATION.
>> ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SHOULD SEE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE AND SEE THIS IS HAPPENING IN EVERY DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THAT WHEN THEY COME TO AN AGREEMENT THE REST OF THE NATION COULD USE IT AS AN EXAMPLE.
>> I BELIEVE IT WILL BE PRECEDENT SETTING FOR THE COUNTRY AND WE WILL TAKE PRIDE IN IT.
THE USER TO SOME OF THE LOWEST WAGE EARNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: BOTH SIDES WORRY ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT COULD SUFFER FROM SCHOOL CLOSURES.
>> IF YOU SHUT DOWN A SCHOOL THEY LOSE SOME OF THE RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
THE RIGHT TO FOOD, THE RIGHT TO MENTAL HEALTH.
AND MORE.
>> Reporter: THE UNION BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE LIKE JOSI NEED TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
>> IT IS HARD.
SOMETIMES I THINK TO MYSELF, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE IT ANOTHER DAY.
>> Reporter: THEY SAY HIGHER SALARIES WILL LEAD TO BETTER EDUCATION.
>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE UN WARNS OF TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO WARD OFF CLIMATE CHANGE.
THAT'S COMING UP TONIGHT.
>>> A NEW STUDY OUT OF UC SAN DIEGO FOCUSES ON HOW SPYWARE WORKS.
OUR KPBS TECHNOLOGY REPORTER SAYS MANY ARE FINDING IT EASY TO HACK.
>> Reporter: SPYWARE ALLOWS YOU TO SEE ANOTHER PERSONS TAX, PHONE MILLS, EMAILS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
IT IS SEEN IN CASES OF SPOUSAL ABUSE AND STALKING.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAMONA McCARTHY SAYS THAT SOME STOCKING VICTIMS DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSELY THEY ARE BEING WATCHED.
>> THEY TRIED TO MINIMIZE THEIR PUBLIC PERSONA ONLINE BUT THEY ARE STILL FINDING OUT THAT THEIR FORMER PARTNER ARE SOMEHOW STILL ABLE TO FOLLOW THEM.
THEY KNOW THEIR NEW JOB AND SO ON AND THEY WONDER HOW.
>> Reporter: ALEX SHOWS HOW SPYWARE CAN INTERCEPT A TEXT MESSAGE AND DISPLAY IT ON A WEB PORTAL.
HE IS A PHD STUDENT WHO SPECIALIZES IN CYBER SECURITY.
THE RESEARCH REVEALED HOW IT WORKS.
MANY USE UNENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION CHANNELS THAT CAN EASILY BE HACKED.
>> ONCE YOU ARE HACKED, IT IS MORE DIFFICULT.
I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT EVERYTHING ON YOUR PHONE TO BE LEAKED TO THE PUBLIC.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE APPS THAT CAN TRACK SMART PHONES SUCH AS LIFE 360 AND OTHER APPS THAT LET PARENTS SEE WHERE THEIR KIDS ARE BUT THEY SAY -- HAS THE CONSENT OF BOTH PARTIES.
>> YOU HAVE TO CLICK A BUTTON THAT SAYS I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT IN REALITY, IT'S NOT.
>> Reporter: THOMAS -- TOOK PART IN THE STUDY AND HE SAID ON A RECENT VISIT TO UC SAN DIEGO HE CONTACTED CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR SOME APP COMPANIES AND ASKED IF THEIR SOFTWARE WOULD BE GOOD TO TRACK A SPOUSE.
>> ONE SAID, THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS FOR.
THIS IS FOR CHILD SAFETY AND WHAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL.
THE OTHER EIGHT OF NINE SAID, OUR TOOL DOES THAT IN HERE IS HOW YOU SET IT UP TO TRACK YOUR SPOUSE.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE APPS ARE EASY TO INSTALL.
>>> THIS SUMMER TRAVELERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER WILL HAVE ACCESS TO REAL-TIME DATA AT PORTS OF ENTRY.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT MESA EAST.
IT IS PART OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN CALTRANS AND -- WHEN THEY LOOKED AT SENSORS TO CALCULATE HOW LONG THE LINE IS.
>>> A LANDMARK IS IN NEED OF REPAIRS IN THE CITY WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THEY ARE HOLDING MEETINGS ABOUT REPLACING THE OCEAN BEACH..
CURRENTLY IT IS CLOSED AND THE CITY IS SEEKING GRANTS TO REPAIR IT.
>>> MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE CELEBRATING THE PERSIAN NEW YEAR.
KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO VISITED A HOME IN IRAN.
>> THIS IS CALLED --.
>> Reporter: MARCH 20 IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING BUT IT IS ALSO EXTRA SPECIAL AS THE PERSIAN NEW YEAR IS BEING CELEBRATED.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING THE NEW YEAR WITH HOPE AND PROSPERITY.
AND BETTER DAYS FOR PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>> Reporter: MOIEN IS ON THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE HOUSE OF --.
THEY SAY THE MESSAGE IS UNIVERSAL AND REPRESENTED IN THE TRADITIONAL TABLE SET FOR NAROOSE.
>> WE HAVE A TABLE SET UP OVER HERE.
IT HOLDS SEVEN AT SO, THERE ARE SEVEN ITEMS ON THIS TABLE AND EACH ITEM HAS A MEANING.
IN OUR TRADITION AND CULTURE.
YOU SEE THIS GRAPH YOU SEE THIS APPLE OVER HERE AND IT IS A SIDE OF PROSPERITY.
>> Reporter: MANY OF THE ITEMS REPRESENT NEW LIFE.
LIKE THE EGG.
MANY FAMILIES WILL INCLUDE SOMETHING NEW AT THE TABLE.
THE WORDS WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM.
>> IT MATTERS TO THEM.
THE THREE ITEMS IN THAT MANTRA.
THAT MISSION STATEMENT, IF YOU WOULD.
IT SIGNIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF ONE'S LIFE AND WITHOUT WOMEN THAT LIFE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: FOR ONE NIGHT WHEN DAY AND NIGHT ARE EQUAL HOURS LONG, EVERYONE WILL GATHER AROUND THE TABLE.
>> AT 2:25 PM TODAY WE WILL GREAT ONE ANOTHER.
>> Reporter: THE CELEBRATION WILL LAST ALMOST 2 WEEKS AND ON THE 13th DAY THEY WILL TOSS OUT THE GREENERY ALONG WITH ALL OF THE BAD LUCK.
>> I WANT TO WISH ALL OF INDIANS AROUND THE WORLD PEACE.
>> Reporter: THE HOUSE OF IRAN WILL HAVE A CELEBRATION TO MARK THE DAY ON SUNDAY.
I'M KITTY ALVARADO FOR KPBS NEWS.
>>> WE HAVE SOME ACTIVE WEATHER ON THE WAY.
LET'S START OFF WITH WEATHER HEADLINES.
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
TONIGHT, AROUND THE METRO WE WILL DROP DOWN TO A LOW OF 56.
LANE WILL COME LATE.
AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INLAND, TEMPERATURES WILL DROP.
BORREGO SPRINGS AROUND 50 AND THEN THAT RAIN WILL PASS THROUGH MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS WE TAP INTO ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER.
WE HAVE HIGH WIND WARNINGS FROM NEWPORT BEACH DOWN TO SAN DIEGO.
JULIA AND PINE VALLEY AS WELL.
AND WE ARE TALKING WIND GUSTS THE SITE IS 60 MILES PER HOUR SO IT WILL BE A BLUSTERY TUESDAY.
WE HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR IN AND PINE VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
WE ARE TAPPING INTO SOME SNOW AS WELL.
THIS WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL START TO PUSH IN AROUND 1:30 AM.
WE HAVE REDS AND ORANGES EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS SO IT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND IT WILL BE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT TUESDAY.
EVEN GOING INTO TUESDAY MORNING AROUND 10 AT 11 AM.
WE ARE TALKING BIG RAIN.
4-8 INCHES ALONG THE LA BASIN BUT AS WE HEAD DOWN TOWARD SAN DIEGO, WE COULD PICK UP 2-4 INCHES.
IT WILL BE RAINY AND 60s ALONG THE COAST.
HERE AGAIN, RAINY ALONG THE COAST AND SHOWERS ON THURSDAY.
BACK UP TO THE 60s BY FRIDAY AND INLAND, RAN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND THEN WE REBOUND TO THE 60s BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS WE COULD EVEN END UP WITH SOME SNOW.
BETWEEN 6-12 INCHES.
THURSDAY, SHOWERS WILL BE AROUND.
40s ON FRIDAY.
SOME RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY AND IT WILL BE WINDY.
BACK UP TO THE 70s BY FRIDAY.
FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST BRIE GUY.
>>> THE AZTECS TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS THIS WEEKEND.
AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE 16 REMAINING TEAMS.
THEIR GAME IS SET FOR 330 PACIFIC TIME ON FRIDAY.
>>> THERE IS A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE PAGEANT CIRCUIT.
THE MISS EXTRAORDINAIRE CONTEST WILL BE STARTING SOON.
AND WE ARE INTRODUCING YOU TO SOME OF THE CONTENDERS.
>> Reporter: FOUR-YEAR-OLD JOY AND HER MOTHER KIERSTEN OUR DANCE PARTNERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN FOR QUITE A WHILE.
>> OH MY GOSH.
LOOK AT YOU!
>> Reporter: MOM CALLS HER -- BUT EVERYBODY ELSE CALLS HER REMI.
SHE HAS QUITE THE SMILE READY FOR THE RUNWAY.
>> HER BODY LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN US.
BUT SHE DOES USE ICONS TO TALK.
SHE LIGHTS UP EVERY ROOM SHE WALKS IN.
>> Reporter: REMI WAS BORN WITH LOW OXYGEN OF THE BRAIN DUE TO A BIRTH INJURY.
THAT RESULTED IN CEREBRAL PALSY.
SO SHE IS DIFFERENTLY ABLED.
SHE HAS THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF HER FAMILY AS WELL AS HER BROTHERS.
ALONG WITH THEIR LIVE-IN NANNY AND GRANDMA WHO LIVES CLOSE BY.
THE FAMILY IS A PICTURE-PERFECT FAMILY, READY TO SUPPORT REMI IN WHICH SHE IS GOING TO DO.
>> REMI LOVES TO DANCE SO WE ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING A DANCE SO THAT SHE CAN USE HER ARMS AND SHOW HER ABILITY TO MOVE.
>> Reporter: REMI IS REGISTERED AS A CANDIDATE IN THE EXTRAORDINAIRE PAGEANT COMING TO THE AREA.
THE FORMER MISS UNITED STATES IS SPONSORING THE CONTEST.
SHE IS A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST THAT WORKS WITH NARRATIVE URGENT CHILDREN.
IT IS NOT JUST A CHANCE TO GET ON STAGE AND LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
THEY ARE BEING PREPARED FOR A FORMAL WHILE FORMALWEAR COMPETITION.
AND ITS --.
>> Reporter: CURE IS AN ACTRESS AND A BLOSSOMING COMEDIAN.
THAT SHE IS LIVING WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SHE SUFFERED WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR CROSSING THE STREET WITH HER MOTHER AS A YOUNG CHILD.
THAT WAS THEN AND THIS IS NOW.
>> OH MY.
>> Reporter: SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVE AND PERSISTENT IN SHATTERING STEREOTYPES OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED PEOPLE .
>> IT IS NOT REALITY AT ALL.
YOU REALLY HAVE TO NOT BE AFRAID TO STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE .
>> Reporter: HER DAD AND YOUNGER SISTER ARE PART OF THE FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEM.
NOURISHED BY HER MOTHER, HER BIGGEST CHEERLEADER.
>> WE HELP HER THROUGH THE HARD PARTS AND CELEBRATE THE GOOD.
>> Reporter: THE MISS CALIFORNIA EXTRAORDINAIRE PAGEANT WILL HAVE BEAUTY, TALENT, AND SO MUCH MORE.
>> SOCIETY SEES A WHEELCHAIR.
A HANDICAP OR A DISABILITY.
THIS WILL ALLOW SOCIETY TO SEE WHAT IS UNDERNEATH ALL OF THIS.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND PLENTY OF JOY.
REMEMBER, THAT IS THIS GIRLS MIDDLE NAME.
>> I CANNOT IMAGINE THE BLESSINGS WE WOULD NOT HAVE WITHOUT THESE KIDS TEACHING US.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT EVERYBODY WILL LEARN BY HEART.
ON M.G.
PEREZ FOR KPBS NEWS.
>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION.
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I AM MAYA TRABULSI.
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