
Monday, October 30, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3171 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Santa Ana winds are elevating fire risks across California.
Santa Ana winds are elevating fire risks across California, including San Diego County. Plus, using electric power helps San Diego rapidly reduces greenhouse gas emissions, but the city’s carbon footprint continues to rise. Then, North County’s healthy art scene helps drive economic activity.
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Monday, October 30, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3171 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Santa Ana winds are elevating fire risks across California, including San Diego County. Plus, using electric power helps San Diego rapidly reduces greenhouse gas emissions, but the city’s carbon footprint continues to rise. Then, North County’s healthy art scene helps drive economic activity.
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>> LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS, THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM JOHN CAROLYN.
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTIES NOT IN AREAS WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MILES PER HOUR EXPECTED.
KPBS REPORTED ALEXANDER WHEN LOOKS INTO THE RISKS.
>> THE HILLSIDES ARE STILL LUSH AND GREEN, THE WILDFIRE STILL BLOOMING.
THAT IS WHAT WORRIES THE CAPTAIN, BEN PASCUAL.
DRYING UP QUICKLY TOWARDS THE CENTER AND CONDITIONS BECOMING FUEL FOR WILDFIRES.
>> WORKS FOR US IS HOW EASY THE FILE FIRE STARTS.
THE MAC ONCE IT STARTS, THE WIND IS A MAJOR CONCERN.
FROM OUR SLOPE FROM THE HEEL TO THAT, YOU GET A FAST MOVING BRUSHFIRE.
>> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CEDAR FIRE 20 YEARS AGO, THE WIND CAUSED THE FIRE TO SPREAD.
THE BRUSH IS NOT A STRAIGHT NOW AS IT WAS THEN, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST SAMANTHA CONNELLY SAYS THAT IS THANKS TO A COUPLE OF WEATHER EVENTS THIS YEAR.
>> WE'VE HAD A PRETTY WET WINTER, THE HILLS HAVE NOT DRIED OUT AS MUCH AS THEY USUALLY HAVE THIS TIME A YEAR, BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR BEST -- THEY HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DRIVE.
>> THEY ARE STILL GETTING VIGILANT.
OVER THE WEEKEND THERE WERE TWO FIRES THAT COULD'VE GONE OUT OF CONTROL THE BOARD OF 34 FIRE.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF FIRES WHERE IT HAS BEEN VERY WINDY AND CREWS DID A GREAT JOB OF HOLDING IT TO THE FEW ACRES.
>> SAN DIEGO GAS, IS NOT TAKING CHANCES EITHER.
THE UTILITY COMPANY HAS ACTIVATED ITS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT OFF COULD TAKE PLACE IF CONDITIONS WORSEN.
ALEXANDER WIN, KPBS NEWS.
>> WELL, WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE ACTIONS GOING TO BE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WHERE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE QUITE BLUSTERY STILL DEALING WITH THE SANTA ANA WIND, WE ARE SHOWING YOU WHEN THOSE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY START TO CALM DOWN AGAIN AND HEY, WHERE TEMPERATURES GO THROUGHOUT THE WEST OF THE WEEK HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.
>> ISRAEL HAS OPENED A NEW FRONT IN ITS WAR WITH HAMAS, LAUNCHING GROUND OPERATIONS INTO GAZA OVER THE WEEKEND.
HERE AT HOME, OUR CASES OF ANTI- SEMITISM ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE BEING UNDER INVESTIGATION.
WE GET A LOOK AT THE RIPPLE EFFECT THE WAR IS HAVING AROUND THE GLOBE.
>> SMOKE RISES FROM GAZA FOLLOWING ARTILLERY.
MOVING AHEAD WITH WHAT IT SAYS IS THE SECOND STAGE IN ITS WAR AGAINST HAMAS.
>> CALLS FOR A CEASE-FIRE YOUR ARE CALLS FOR ISRAEL TO SURRENDER TO HAMAS.
SURRENDERED TO TERRORISM.
>> ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAYS IT KILLED DOZENS OF HAMAS FIGHTERS OVERNIGHT INCLUDING FOUR PROMINENT HAMAS OPERATIVES.
AS THE CONFLICT ESCALATES, THE HUMAN TOLL CONTINUES TO RISE.
ACCORDING TO SAVE THE CHILDREN, MORE THAN 3000 CHILDREN WERE KILLED OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS, AS REPORTED BY THE HAMAS -CONTROLLED HEALTH AND MINISTRY.
HERE AT HOME, A SERIES OF ANTI- SOMATIC INCIDENTS IS RAISING ALARMS.
OVER THE WEEKEND, ANTI-SOMATIC THREATS WERE MADE AGAINST CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND A SERIES OF ONLINE POSTS PROMPTING THE GOVERNOR TO DEPLOY STATE POLICE AND INCREASE SECURITY ON CAMPUS.
>> I CAN HERE IN PERSON WITH ONE STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THREATS OR HATRED, OR ANTI-SEMITISM OR ANY KIND OF HATRED THAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL VULNERABLE.
>> IN RUSSIA, AN ANGRY CROWD AND MOSTLY MUSLIM REGION STORMED IN AIRPORTS SUNDAY WERE A FLIGHT FROM ISRAEL ARRIVED, AUTHORITIES WERE RUSHED TO CLOSE THE FACILITY IN FLIGHT.
>> KPBS NEWS.
>> AS THREATS AGAINST , PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS AND ARAB AMERICANS INCREASE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS A -- INVESTING MORE MONEY TO FIGHT HATE CRIMES, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED $38 MILLION TO HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES, THE GRANTS INCLUDE MORE THAN 8 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, 70 MILLION TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND 2 MILLION DEDICATED FOR A CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THIS YEAR IS MORE THAN THE DEPARTMENT AWARD IN THE PAST TWO YEARS COMBINED.
A RELATIVELY NEW AND DANGEROUS ROUTE THROUGH THE JUNGLE IN PANAMA TO THE U.S. IS BECOMING MORE POPULAR THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE ROUTE HAS GAINED TRACTION AMONG CHINESE PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM, FIRST THEY FLY TO ECUADOR WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE VISAS THAN THEY MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH TO CALIFORNIA AS WE HAVE REPORTED ANY INFLUX OF MIGRANTS ARE FILLING MAKESHIFT CAMPS.
>> IT IS COMPLETELY SHOCKING TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE CROSSING FROM CENTRAL ASIA, CHINA, TURKEY, ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE ARE USED TO SEEING BORDER CROSSES, CENTRAL AMERICANS AND MEXICANS TRYING TO AVOID BORDER PATROL, HERE WE HAVE THIS GIANT MASSIVE -- MASS OF ASIANS SAYING PLEASE, ARREST ME.
>> MANY OF THE MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM SAY THEY ARE TRYING TO ESCAPE REPRESSIVE POLITICAL CLIMATE AND BLEAK ECONOMIC PROSPECTS.
A FEW MAJOR TRANSIT CENTERS MAY LOOK QUITE DIFFERENT IN NORTH COUNTY, THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A MORE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION.
>> IN EXCUSE OF NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT TO PLAN REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ESCONDIDO TRAGIC CENTER -- TRANSIT CENTER HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
THEIR PROPOSED PLAN FEATURES APARTMENTS, RETAIL STORES, OFFICES AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES WHICH IS RATHER DIFFERENT THAN IT LOOKS TODAY.
THE SITE AT -- WILL CONCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 528 HOUSING UNITS, 15% OF WHICH WILL BE AFFORDABLE.
>> KIRSCH ORLANDO IS THE CHIEF PLANNING A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.
>> THE TRANSIT WILL BE SIMILAR OR WILL GROW AS OUR SYSTEM GROWS, WHAT WILL CHANGES WE WILL HAVE A CLOSER CONNECTION FROM WHEN YOU GET OFF THE BREEZE BUS, AND YOU GET ON THE -- TRAIN WILL BE MUCH CLOSER.
>> A REGULAR TRANSIT WRITER WHO TRAVELS FROM ESCONDIDO TO CORONADO AND BACK, HE WALKS 30 MINUTES BEFORE EVEN BEGINNING HIS PUBLIC TRANSIT RIDE, AND LIKES THE PROPOSED PLAN OF ONE CONDITION.
>> THAT WOULD HELP A LOT AT LEAST IF I WAS ABLE TO GET HOUSING HERE.
CLOSER TO THE TRANSIT CENTER.
>> IT IS ONE OF 11 COASTAL TRAIN STATIONS THROUGHOUT NORTH COUNTY, WHERE THE DISTRICT IS PURSUING MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS.
>> EFFORTS LIKE THIS ARE A PART OF A REALLY BROAD PLAN TO ALL ONLY -- NOT ONLY PUSH RIDERSHIP BUT TO PUSH FARTHER TO CREATE TRANSIT CENTERS THAT GENERATE ORGANIC SOURCES.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS RIGHT AT THE LOCATION.
>> CONSTRUCTION FOR THE ESCONDIDO PROPERTY COULD BEGIN IN 2026, JACOB A YEAR, KPBS NEWS.
>> THERE'S A NEW PLAN TO TRANSFORM HILLCREST, RELEASING THE UPTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN EARLIER THIS MONTH, IT INCLUDES SEVERAL BUSY STREETS TO ONE-WAY TRAFFIC, AND ADDING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND PROMENADES FOR PEOPLE TO WALK.
THE CITY IS ALSO PROPOSING AN LGBTQ+ HISTORIC DISTRICT AND MORE HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS.
THE WOMAN WHO WORKS SAYS MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF HILLCREST.
>> LET'S DO SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 4 JOBS JUST TO MAKE RENT.
>> CITY OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS NOT THE FINAL VERSION OF THE PLANT, THEY WILL NEED TO APPROVE THAT.
THE LAST HOLDOUT.
>> OUR AID GROUPS BORN OF AIRSTRIKES GETTING CLOSE TO HOSPITALS AS ISRAELI FORCES PUSH DEEPER INTO GAZA, COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING ADDITION ON KPBS.
>> THE LAST HOLDOUT IN THE LONGEST U.S. AUTO STRIKE NOW APPEARS TO BE ON BOARD, GM HAS REPORTEDLY JOINED FORD AND CHRYSLER'S PARENT COMPANY AND REACHING A TENTATIVE DEAL WITH AUTOWORKERS AFTER NEARLY TWO MONTHS.
KAREN KAFA HAS A LOOK AT WHAT THE END OF THE STRIKE MEANS FOR THE CAR INDUSTRY AND YOU.
>> AN UNPRECEDENTED STRIKE SEEMS TO BE ENDING, GM AND THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ACCORDING TO A SOURCE.
IT ENDS NEARLY SEVEN WEEKS OF AN UNPRECEDENTED STRIKE, GM, FORD, AND CHRYSLER OWNER STELLANTIS.
A TOTAL OF NEARLY 50,000 WORKERS WALKED OUT OF THEIR JOBS DURING SOME PART OF THE STRIKE DEMANDING BETTER BENEFITS AND PAY, CITING THE AUTO INDUSTRIES RECORD PROFITS.
>> WE HAVE NOT HAD A RAISE IN YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN GIVING AND GIVING.
>> WHILE THE DETAILS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED, IT IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE DEAL ARE READY ALLOWED AT FORD AND STELLANTIS ACCORDING A GUARANTEED PAY INCREASE WHICH WOULD HAVE WORKERS PAID MORE THAN 30% MORE.
MONDAY'S MOVE COMES TWO DAYS AFTER THE UNION EXPANDED THE PICKET LINE TO THE ENGINE PLANT IN SPRINGFIELD, TENNESSEE.
THEY ANNOUNCED A DEAL WITH FORTIN ON SATURDAY, IT ANNOUNCED A DEAL WITH STELLANTIS.
>> FOR EVERY MEMBER, THE MONEY WILL BE SIGNIFICANT.
FOR MANY MEMBERS, IT WILL BE LIFE-CHANGING.
>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE AUTO INDUSTRY AND FOR CONSUMERS?
THE LONG LABOR STRIKE HER TO THE AUTOMAKERS FINANCIALLY, A PROLONGED DISPUTE WOULD CREATE A PAINFUL, NO EFFECT TO CAR DEALERS, AND EVENTUALLY TO YOU EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE MARKET.
THAT'S BECAUSE EXPERTS SAY IT COULD LEAD TO FEWER CARS ON LOTS AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR SHOPS TO PREPARE YOUR CAR -- REPAIR.
FROM CONSUMER WATCH, I AM KAREN KAFA.
>>> 32,000 LEGISLATORS COULD STRIKE IF THEIR DEMANDS ARE NOT ADDRESSED, MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO AUTHORIZE THE STRIKE.
AMONG THEIR DEMANDS PAY INCREASES THAT STAY AHEAD OF INFLATION, PAY EQUITY, MANAGEABLE WORKLOADS AND EXPANDED PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.
THE UNION SET TO MEET WITH THE CSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON NOVEMBER 7th IN LONG BEACH.
A NEW NATIONAL MAMMOGRAM STUDY IS LOOKING TO RECRUIT MORE BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER THAN WHITE WOMEN.
KPBS REPORTER SPOKE WITH THE SAN DIEGO ONCOLOGIST WHO SAYS THAT CAN BE CHANGED.
>> BREAST CANCER OUTCOMES ARE IMPROVING FOR EVERYONE, THEY ARE IMPROVING MUCH SLOWER FOR BLACK WOMEN SAYS BREAST ONCOLOGIST ANGELIQUE RICHARDSON.
>> THAT IS THE MOST ALARMING THING, WE HAVE ALL THESE GREAT THINGS, WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS BUT JUST NOT SEEING IT IN ALL GROUPS.
>> THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY USED TO THINK THAT WAS LARGELY GENETIC, RESEARCH SHOWS IT IS MORE ABOUT UNEQUAL HEALTHCARE ACCESS.
SHE SAYS THAT BLACK WOMEN TEND TO LIVE FARTHER FROM LARGE CANCER CENTERS.
>> I HAD PATIENTS THAT DRIVE FOUR HOURS TO COME TO CLINIC, THEY TYPICALLY LACK HEALTH INSURANCE BUT COVERS TRANSPORTATION OR CHILDCARE, MANY BLACK WOMEN WHOSE RESEARCH SHOWS A MORE OFTEN PRIMARY BREADWINNERS CANNOT TAKE OFF WORK.
THE DELAY TREATMENT OR GET IT LESS FREQUENTLY.
WHEN AXIS IS EQUALIZED, LIKE IN A BREAST CANCER CLINICAL TRIAL RICHARDSON OVERSEAS, THAT MORTALITY DIFFERENCE GOES AWAY IT SAYS.
IT URGES THEM TO LISTEN TO BLACK PATIENTS, I HAD A LOT OF WOMEN OR SEVERAL, TOO MANY COME AND SAY THAT I FELT THIS AND SOMEONE TOLD ME IT WAS NOT ANYTHING.
TO KIND OF WEIGHT ON IT, THEY COME BACK AND IT HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE CANCER LATER.
THAT HAS HAPPENED FAIRLY OFTEN IN MY BLACK WOMEN, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REALLY LISTENED TO.
>> RICHARDSON SAYS SHE KNOWS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HOW HARD IT CAN BE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF AS A BLACK WOMAN.
KATEY RICHASON, KPBS NEWS.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS URGING SCHOOLS TO KEEP MEDICATION THAT CAN REVERSE OPIOID OVERDOSES, WHITE OUT OF -- WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY THAT EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD STOCK NARCAN AND THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS SHOULD BE STRAINED -- >> Translator: USER.
THIS IS A NATIONWIDE RISE IN OVERDOSES AMONG ADOLESCENTS, THE FDA APPROVED NARCAN FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER USE.
THE MANUFACTURER IS LOWERING ITS COST TO MAKE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS GREAT POWER BUT WITH IT COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS OUT WITH A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMED AT KEEPING THE AI POWER CONSTRAINED AND ITS DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE.
MIKE HAS MORE ON THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF AI.
>> ADVANCING RAPIDLY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SCRAMBLING TO KEEP UP.
>> AM ABOUT TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTION ANY GOVERNMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IS EVER TAKEN ON AI SAFETY EXCUSE ANY -- >> AIMED AT MITIGATING THE RISKS OF AI WHILE ALSO HARNESSING ITS POTENTIAL.
>> TO REALIZE THE PROMISE OF AI AND AVOID THE RISK, WE NEED THE GOVERNMENTS TO ELEGY.
WE HAVE ALL AI DEVELOPERS TO SHARE ALL SAFETY TEST WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
BEFORE THEY ARE RELEASED, THEY WILL NOTIFY THE GOVERNMENT OF AN AI MODEL IN DEVELOPMENT POSES NATIONAL SECURITY ECONOMIC, OR HEALTH RISKS.
YOU STAY IN THE U.S., ESTABLISH STANDARDS TO PREVENT AI PRODUCTION OF DANGEROUS BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS AND DEVELOP BEST PRACTICES OF AI DISPLACING HUMAN WORKERS, AMONG A NUMBER OF CONCERNS, GETTING AI REGULATION RIGHT IS CRITICAL.
>> THEY ARE NOT FREE WILLING TECHNOLOGIES, THEY ARE MORE LIKE PHARMACEUTICALS, YOU GET THEM WRONG AND PEOPLE DIE.
>> AI HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE WAY WE LIVE AND WORK FOR THE BETTER IF THE TECHNOLOGY IS KEPT IN CHECK.
WE MET THIS THE BEGINNING OF A VERY LONG NATIONAL PROCESS, BUT IT IS A START AN IMPORTANT START.
>> I AM MIKE VILLARREAL REPORTING.
>> THROUGH THE USE OF ELECTRICITY, SAN DIEGO HAS SLASHED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, DESPITE THAT PROGRESS, THE CITY'S CARBON PRINT ACTUALLY INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN 2021, KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS THAT IS DUE TO THE CITY'S BIG TORT -- SOURCE OF POLLUTION, CARS.
>> IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE WAS MORE PROTECTION FROM THESE CARS GOING REALLY FAST.
>> AND WALKING WITH KARINA CONTRERAS ON THE MAIN PEDESTRIAN ROUTE TO THE TROLLEY STATION, SHE IS A POLICY ADVOCATE OF THE NONPROFIT CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN.
IT COULD BE A MAJOR ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY OF GRANTVILLE, THE JOURNEY TO GET THERE IS NOT EASY OR PLEASANT.
IT IS A LONG AND INDIRECT WALK, THERE IS NO SHADE AND IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE DEAFENING I ATE FREEWAY.
>> NOISE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT REALLY DESTROY YOUR PEACE OF MIND.
>> IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING WITH NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS, GIVEN HOW INACCESSIBLE THE TROLLEY IS, IT IS NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHILE MOST OF THE NEW RESIDENTS ARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR CARS, THAT TRANSLATES TO MORE TRAFFIC AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
>> WE COULD BE MAKING TREMENDOUS ADVANCES WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY AND REDUCING OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
GET EVERYBODY IS FORCED TO DRIVE BECAUSE TRANSIT STATIONS LIKE THIS ARE NOT WELL CONNECTED TO NEIGHBORHOODS, OF COURSE OUR GHD OMISSIONS ARE GOING TO KEEP GOING UP.
>> IN FACT, SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN MAKING BREAK -- BIG PROGRESS, EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY FELL BY AN IMPRESSIVE 27% IN 2021, THE MOST RECENT YEAR WITH AVAILABLE DATA.
2021 ALSO SAW MORE CARS ON THE ROAD AS COVID RESTRICTIONS EASED AND THAT EFFECTIVELY CANCELED OUT THE YEARS PROGRESS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY, THOSE FINDINGS WERE BURIED IN THE APPENDICES OF A CLIMATE MONITORING REPORT THE CITY RELEASED IN MARCH.
>> IT DOES NEED TO TREND DOWNWARD, IT HAS TO, BUT POLICIES DON'T MANIFEST IMMEDIATELY.
>> ALYSSA MUTO IS THE DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY AND MOBILITY, SHE SAYS MANY OF THE CITIES CLIMATE POLICIES LIKE ALLOWING MORE DENSE HOUSING IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALREADY CAR DEPENDENT WILL TAKE YEARS TO TRANSLATE TO LOWER EMISSIONS.
SHE SAYS THE YEAR-TO-YEAR FLUCTUATIONS ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE LONG-TERM TREND TOWARD THE CITY'S GOAL OF NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 20 TO 35.
>> WE REALLY CHANGE THAT PERSPECTIVE OF WE ARE GETTING TO NET ZERO, WE ARE -- IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE WE START, WE KNOW WE NEED TO GET TO THE SERIAL NUMBER.
>> ONE OF THE LATEST EFFORTS THE CITY IS TAKING TO REDUCE OMISSIONS IS THE MOBILITY MASTER PLAN.
THE CITY ANALYZED A HOST OF DATA SOURCES TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND POLICIES THAT WILL INCREASE MOBILITY WHILE REDUCING EMISSIONS.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO WIDEN OF WHY A LIST OF OVER 200 PROJECTS THAT IF THE CITY INVESTS IN THOSE, MORE NEAR TURN WILL HELP TO MOVE UP TO PROVIDE MORE OPTIONS THAT ARE SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND BUSINESSES ALIKE.
>> SOMETHING THE CITIES MOBILITY MASTER PLAN DOES NOT DO IS IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT WILL INCREASE ADMISSIONS, THERE IS ONE SUCH PROJECT IN GRANTVILLE.
>> I'M HERE ON FAIRMOUNT AVENUE IN GRANT HILL, THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS CONGESTED.
CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ARE RESPONDING WITH THE PLAN TO WIDEN THE ROADS TO ACCOMMODATE MORE CARS, THAT WILL COST TAXPAYERS $40 MILLION BUT GET THIS, BY THE CITY'S OWN ESTIMATES, BEST CASE SCENARIO IT WILL SAVE DRIVERS ABOUT 22 SECONDS.
>> WHILE WE COMMIT TO MULTI--- TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.
WE ARE ENHANCING STREET-LEVEL SAFETY.
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
KARINA CONTRERAS IS UNIMPRESSED BY THE MASTER PLAN, SHE SAYS THAT IT IS GOOD THE CITY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO EQUITY IN TRYING TO IMPROVE MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES FIRST.
THE CITY STILL DOES NOT HAVE A DETAILED PLAN FOR HOW TO FULLY DECARBONIZE ITS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
>> EVERY YEAR YOU ARE NOT ADVANCING TOWARDS ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS, YOU ARE FALLING FURTHER BEHIND.
RIGHT, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE THIS A+ VISION AND YOU ARE KIND OF OPERATING AT A D- LEVEL.
>> ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.
>> IN JUST TWO DAYS, WE WILL COME IN NOVEMBER, THAT MEANS THE START OF SKI SEASON.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM BOREAL MOUNTAIN RESORT NEAR LAKE TAHOE, YOU CAN SEE THEY BEGAN MAKING SNOW.
THE UC BERKELEY CENTRAL SNOW LAB RECORDED THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE 23- 24 SEASON LAST WEEK.
NEARLY 4 INCHES FELL IN A 43 HOUR PERIOD ON WEDNESDAY.
>> WELL, LET'S START YOU OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH A FEW LEFT ALDERS -- LEFTOVERS.
WE ARE STAYING DRY AND WARM DURING THE DAY.
A LITTLE COOLER AT NIGHT BUT AS WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE LATE WEEK, YOU WILL NOTICE A SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITION A GLOSS -- ALONG THE COAST BUT IT WILL STILL BE WARMER MORE INLAND.
THE BIG STORY HAS BEEN THE SANTA ANA WIND, YOU'RE FEELING A LOT OF THE BRUNT AS WE ARE HEADING INTO MONDAY NIGHT, YOU WILL NOTE L.A. KIND OF IN THIS BUBBLE OF NOTHING, WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING THE SANTA ANA WIND TO REALLY IMPACT THE L.A.
REGION AS HE MOVED FURTHER SOUTH, THAT IS HOW YOU ARE RUNNING INTO GUEST BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH WHILE IT IS ALSO DRY AS WELL, NO OUTDOOR BURNING RECOMMENDED, THERE IS AN ELEVATED FIRE RISK.
WATCH THE WARNINGS THAT ARE OUT, IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, WE HAVE A WIND ADVISORY THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE REGION EVEN DOWN FURTHER SOUTH CLOSER TOWARDS THE BORDER, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE SEEING THOSE WINDS STILL GUSTING PRETTY BREEZY, PRETTY DUSTY SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO BE WEATHER AWARE ABOUT, THAT WIND ADVISORY LAST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WHILE IT WILL EXPIRE LATER ON TONIGHT, WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO 47.
ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION, OCEANSIDE 38, 47 MOUNT LAGUNA 40 AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY, STILL PRETTY WARM ALONG THE COAST, 85, SAN DIEGO 85.
MOUNT LAGUNA 57, 81.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE TEMPERATURES GO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ALONG THE COAST YOU WILL NOTICE SLIGHT COOLING AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THAT'S WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING IT DOWN TO THE 70s.
OTHER AREAS FURTHER INLAND, YOU WILL NOTE TEMPERATURES STAY PRETTY STEADY, WE ARE IN THE 80s ALL WEEK.
NOW FOR THE MOUNTAIN STAYING IN THE UPPER 50s, LOW 60s NOT GOING TO SEE MUCH OF A CHANGE THERE.
ALSO ALONG THE DESERT, YOU SEE A SLIGHT WARMING TREND HOPPING A FEW DEGREES AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST BREE GUY.
>>> ONE $.3 MILLION, THAT'S HOW MUCH SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE LOCAL ECONOMY, FROM THE LOCAL ART PROSPERITY STUDY.
KPBS ALEXANDER WIN LOOKS AT ONE ORGANIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
>>> UP-AND-DOWN CARLSBAD VILLAGE, THERE ARE SHOPS AND EATERIES EVERYWHERE.
IN THE MIDDLE IS NEW VILLAGE ARTS, A THEATER COMPANY THAT TRACKS MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR.
>> NEW VILLAGE ARTS ITSELF PROVIDES $2.6 MILLION OF ECONOMIC IMPACT TO NORTH COUNTY SAN DIEGO.
>> CHRISTIE AND IS THE FOUNDER OF THE 22-YEAR-OLD COMPANY.
SHE SAYS THE ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY REPORT PROVES THEY'RE HAVING AN -- HEALTHY ART SCENE HELPS THE COMMUNITY.
>> BY HAVING THIS IN A COMMUNITY NOT CARLSBAD, YOU ARE ACTUALLY RISING THE TIRED FOR ALL OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS, AND SHOPS.
EVERYONE AROUND YOU, NOT JUST FINANCIALLY.
THEN YOU ARE ALSO FEEDING THE SOUL OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> NEW VILLAGE ARTS IS SURROUNDED BY RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS, EVERY TIME THERE IS A SHOW, THOUGH SHOPS SAY THEY SEE AN INCREASE IN BUSINESS.
PEER PROJECT IS LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM NEW VILLAGE ARTS, WE LOVE SUPPORTING THEM AND THEY LOVE SUPPORTING US.
>> KAILEE VOGUE SAYS SHE NOTICES A AND INCREASE IN CUSTOMERS EVERY TIME THERE IS A SHOW.
>> WHEN THE SHOWS ARE ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AND EVEN THOSE MANY SHOWS SUNDAY MORNING, PEOPLE GO TO THEIR BRUNCH AND THEY GET THEIR NEW VILLAGE ART SONG.
THEY WILL COME OVER TO US AND SWING BY, MORE THAN FOOT TRAFFIC.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE POINTED OUT IS THAT PEOPLE WHO TEND TO SHOW, THEY HAD $50 MORE PER PERSON OUTSIDE OF THE COST OF THE TICKETS.
>> I'M SURE THEY ARE GOOD, PUT THEM ON THE SIDE.
>> SHE THINKS IT IS VITAL THIS IS REPORT INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONS, 70% OF STAFF IDENTIFIED WHICH STANDS FOR BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
>> WE CAN MAKE THIS ARGUMENT OF WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ME CULTURAL CULTURAL STANDPOINT.
YOU CAN SHOW IS IS AS FINANCIALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.
>> SHOWING ART CANNOT ONLY FEED THE SOUL, IT CAN ALSO FILL OUR BELLIES.
ALEXANDER WIN, KPBS.
>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TOMORROW.
FOR DECADES, WARNINGS HAVE GONE OUT ABOUT HALLOWEEN CANDY THAT HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH DESPITE LITTLE TO NO EVIDENCE, NPR'S MORNING EDITION IS LOOKING INTO WHAT MAKES THE MYTH PERSIST.
ON KPBS MIDDAY ADDITION, A CONVERSATION ON HOW THE HIGH COST OF LIVING PARTICULARLY HOUSING IS IMPACTING YOUNGER PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUILD A LIFE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
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