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>>> THE DECISION BY THE MTS TWO-HOUR MEETING HELD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

WHEN THEY EMERGED, ACTING BOARD CHAIR STEVEN WHITBURN DELIVERED A STATEMENT.

>> WE WILL BEGIN THE% INVESTIGATION IMMEDIATELY.

IT IS THE BOARD'S INTENT THAT THE FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIATION WILL BE MADE PUBLIC.

>> Reporter THE INVESTIION WILL CENTER AROUND ALLEGATIONS MADE BY FORMER MTS PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST, GRECIA FIGUEROA.

SHE CONTENDS FLETCHER GROPED HER ON TWO OCCASIONS AND PURSUED A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FOR TWO MONTHS.

SHE WAS FIRED ON THE DAY FLETCHER ANNOUNED HIS CANDIDACY FOR STATE SENATE.

úFLETCHER HAS ADMITTED HAVING WHAT HE CALLED A CONSENSUAL AFFAIR WITH FIGARO YA.

SHE SAID IT WAS NOT AN AFFAIR BUT SIMPLY SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.

- MTS HAD DENIED KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE SITUATION UNTIL LAST WEEK.

BUT THIS LETTER WOULD SEEM TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE.

IT'S FROM GRECIA FIGUEROA'S LAW FIRM DEMANDING HER EMPLOYMENT RECORDS.

IT MENTIONS SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATINS AND POTENTIAL RETALIATION.

THE PROBLEM IS IT'S DATED FEBRUARY 17TH.

WHITBURN INSISTED THE BOARD DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS UNTIL THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED, WHICH LED TO AN OBVIOUS QUESTION.

>> ARE YOU SAYING THEN THAT IT'S CONCEIVABLE THAT SOMEONE IN THE MTS STRUCTURE GOT THE LETTER AND DIDN'T INFORM ANYBODY ON THE BOARD?

>> WE HAVE, AS A BOARD, DECIDED THAT WE ARE GOING TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL SPECIFICALLY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED.

>> Reporte: AS WE'VE REPORTED, GRECI FIGUEROA HAS INTIMATED IN HER LAWSUIT THAT A BOARD MEMBER MIGHT HAVE KNOWN WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH FLETCHER.

RIVIERA WAS UNRESTRAINED IN HIS DENIAL OF THAT.

>> I'M PISSED AND I'M - DISAPPOINTED.

A LOT OF FEELINGS THAT I HAVE, BUT I HAD NO IDEA ANY OF THAT WAS GOING ON.

>> Reporter: AMONG THE MANY QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED IS WHEN THE INVESTIGATION MEANT TO úGET THOSE ANSWERS WILL BE CONCLUDED.

WHITBURN WOULD ONLY SAY THE INVESTIGATION WOULD BE EXPEDITIUS AND THOROUGH.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.. >> RIGHT NOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT CONGRESS CAN DO IS PAST THE AFGHAN ADJUSTMENT.

CONGRESS HAS TALKED A LOT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHIN YET.

>> HELPING MEN AND WOMEN VERY STEP OF THE WAY.

úMEASURING JUST UNDER FIVE FEET TALL, YOU WOULDN'T ASSUME SHE'S THE FORCE THAT SHE IS.

INHER LINE OF WORK, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR SUGAR-COATING.

>> BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO SAY, YOU POOR THING, OH, YEAH, HE'S SUCH AN OGRE, OH, TERRIBLE!

BUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO HELP HER?

YOU'RE KEEPING HER OR HIM IN THAT PLACE OF FEEL SORRY FOR ME.

> Reporter: THE FOUNDER OF THE VISTA NON-PROFI, THE BRAVE ONES.

THE ORGANIZATION HELPS MEN AND WOMEN THROUGH LEGAL ISSUES THAT ALLOW THEM TO LEAVE ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND THRIVE.

SHE HAS BEEN RUNNING A PROGRAM FOR 22 YEARS AFTER HER OWN EXPERIENCE WITH AN ABUSIVE PARTNER.

>> WHEN WAS GOING THROUGH THE ABUSE, I HAD NO CLUE THERE WAS EVEN HELP OUT THERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

VEN AFTER MY EX-HUSBAND PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL, I STILL WENT BACK TO HIM.

I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS HELP.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT'S THE CASE FOR MANY MEN AND WOMEN, EPECIALLY WHEN LANGUAGE IS A BARRIER.

>> THEYDON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

AND SOMETIMES THEY'VE GONE TO COURT AND THEY ASK, DO YOU SPEAK SPANISH?

NO.

OKAY, GO OVER THERE, AND THEY POINT YOU TO GO OVER THERE.

DO YOU SPEAK SPANISH?

NO.

GO OVER THERE.

AND BY THE TIME IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, THEY'RE FRUSTRATED AND THEY JUST GO HOME AND BACK TO THE ABUSER SOMETIMES.

WELL, THEY COULDN'T HELP ME AT COURT.

>> Reporter: ALL OF THE STAFF ARE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AND NOW HELP OTHERS.

THEY'VE LIVED IT, THEY'VE SURVIVED IT.

THEY UNDERSTAND.

THEY KNW THAT DEALING WITH COURTHOUSES AND LAWYERS CAN BE INTIMIDATIN.

>> ERATTORNEYS ARE EXPENSIVE.

I WORK WITH SEVERAL WHO ARE VERY, VERY GOOD AND I KNOW THEIR RETAINER FEES ARE REALLY NOT TAT EXPENSIVE.

BUT EVEN TIR LOW PRICES CAN BE A LOT.

WE'VE SEEN THE NEED OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: THEY FILL THAT NEED AND HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF WMEN LIKE MARIA ISABELLE MONTEZ.

ú >> OUR CULTURE INSTILLS IN US THAT MARRIAGE IS FOREVER, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.

IT'S FOREVER WHEN IT'S A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP.

WHEN THERE'S RESPECT AMONG EACH OTHER AND NE HELPS THE OTHER.

BUT WHEN THAT'S MISSING, THE HEALTHIEST THING IS TO CUT TIES.

>> Reporter:AND MIRIAM FLORES WHO LEFT AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP IN 2007 WITH HER FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN.- >> IT WAS LIKE A LOT OF UP AND DOWNS FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A JOURNEY.

IT'S A PROCESS.

AND THEN I MET MY HUSBAND, MY HUSBAND NOW.

>> Reporter: THROUGH HER HEALING PROCESS, SHE FOUND LOVE AGAIN, SOMEONE WHO WAS ALSO GETTING OUT OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.

> HE WAS GETTING OUT OF A SITUATION AND APPLYING FOR HIS KIDS AND HE HAD TO FIGHT AGAINST LL THE STIGMA AGAINST MEN, THAT THIS IS UNIQUE TO WOMEN.

PERPETRATOS.

AND THAT BROUGHT US TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS LEAVING - HER FIRST RELATIONSHIP WAS HARD, BUT SHE'S GLAD SHE DID.

>> AND IT'S HARD TO MOVE ON AND LET GO, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS SUPPORT OUT THERE, THAT YOU'RE OT ALONE, THAT IT ISN'T HAPPENING ONLY TO YOU.

THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF.

AND I THINK PLACES LIKE THIS ARE NE OF THOSE OUTLETS TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: AND THAT IS WHY CERRANO STARTED THE ORGANIZATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> AND THAT'S WHY I DO WHAT I DO.

AM I TOUGH, AM I HARD?

YES.

BECAUSE I LOVE THEM.

AND I CARE ABOUT THEM.

úAND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANOTHER WOMAN GET BEAT UP BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW THERE'S HELP.

THAT BREAKS MY HEART.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>> TANYA'S STO WAS INCLUDED IN SAN DIEGO NEWS PODCAST, A MIX OF LOCAL HEADLINES AND ORIGINAL REPORTING FROM KPBS.

YOU CAN STREAM IT ANY TIME WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

>>> WEEKS AFTER A DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN NASHVILLE, SOME DEMOCRATS IN TENNESSEE STATE HOUSE ARE ON THE VERGE OF LOSING THEIR JOBS.

IT'S ALL OVER HOW THEY PROTESTED LAWAKERS' LACK OF ACTION AND HOW REPUBLICANS SAY THEIR TACTICS CROSSED THE LINE.

LAURA AGUIRRE HAS MORE ON TDAY'S VOTE.

>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF PROTESTORSAT THE TENNESSEE STATE HOUSE SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THREE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS FACING EXPULSION BY THEIR GOP COUNTERPARTS FOR THIS.

REPRESENTATIVES GLORIA JOHNSON, JUSTIN JONES AND JUSTIN PEARSON JOINED GUN REFORM DEMONSTRATORS AT THE STATEHOUSE LAST WEEK.

A CALL TO ACTION SPARKED BY THE MURDERS OF SIX PEOPLE AT NASVILLE'S COVENANT ELEMENTARY CHOOL LAST MONTH.

REPUBLCANS ACCUSED THE THREE DEMOCRAT OF VIOLATING HOUSE DECORUM AND PROCEDURE RULES.

>> BEFORE I VOTE ON ANY MOTION FOR EXPULSION THAT I CAN SEE VIDEO OF EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED ON THIS HOUSE FLOOR.

>> YOU SHOWING US VIDEO WHERE WE WERE IN THE HEAT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING THAT DAY, YOU'LL GO RIGHT BACK TO HOW YOU FELT THAT DAY.

NOW THAT DOES NOT GIVE THESE MEN AND WOMEN A CHANCE.

>> Reorter: DEBATE ROLLED ON AFTER LAWMAKERS WATCHED THE VIDEO FROM THE HOUSE FLOOR DEMONSTRATION THAT DAY.

[INDISCERNIBLE] AMONG THE CROWDS CROWDS, STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE SAN DIEGO THREE.

>> STAND UP FOR OUR REPRESENTTIVES THAT CARE ENOUGH TO PUT THEIR JOBS ON THE LINE, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, >> WE'RE FAILING OUR CHILDREN.

GUNS IN SCHOOLS, GUNS EVERYWHERE.

>> Reporter: THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTY UNION OF TENNESSEE CALLS THE POTENTIL EXPULSION AN EXTREME MEASUR, ONE THAT WOULD STRIP VOTERS OF REPRESENTATION BY THE PEOPLE THEY ELECTED.

- I'M LAURA AGUIRRE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> PEOPLE ACROSS SAN DIEGO ARE RUSHING TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS BEFORE THE INCENTIVES CHANGE.

SOAR OWNERS RECEIVE MONEY FOR EXCESS ELECTRICITY CREATED BY THEIR PANELS BUT SOON THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE CREDITED COULD DROP BY AN AVERAGE OF 80%.

HOWEVER, CUSTOMERS WHO APPLY BEFORE APRIL 15TH CAN STILL QUALIFY FOR THE PREVIOUS STATE INCENTIVES.

HES SOLAR SAYS THEY'VE NEVER úBEEN THIS BUSY IN THEIR 22 YEARS IN BUSINESS.

>> SOME OF OUR ENERGY CONULTANTS ARE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, MANY HOURS A DAY.

SO WE FINALLY MADE THE DECISION TO DO IT.

>> Reporter: EVEN AFTER THIS INCENTIVE CHANGED, THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ESTIMATES THAT THE AVRAGE SOLAR CUSTOME COULD SAVE MORE THAN $100 EVERY MONTH.

THAT'S AFTER REGAINING THE COSTS OF INSTALLATION.

WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING THESE SUNNY DAYS AFTER WEEKS OF WARM WEATHER, BUT AS WE SPEND MORE TIME OUTDOORS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO THROW ON SOME SUNSCREEN.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS MORE ON WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE.

>> Reporter: WORDS OF WARNING AND ADVICE FROM ACTOR HUGH JACKMAN THIS WEEK.

>> I JUST HAD TWO BIOPSIES DONE úAND SHE SAW LITTLE THINGS THAT COULD BE OR COULD NOT BE BASAL CELL AND TRUST ME, THIS IS ALL STUFF THAT HAPPENED 25 YEARS AGO THAT'S COMING OUT NOW.

>> Reporter: JACKMAN HAS BEEN TREATED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE FOR SKIN CANCER.- THANKFULLY HIS RESULTS HAVE COME BACK NEGATIVE THIS TIME, BUT THE% WARNING REMAINS.

ACCORDING TO THE SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION, ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS WILL DEVELOP SKIN CANCER BY THE TIME THEY TURN 70 AND THE TWO MOST COMMON CAUSES, EXPOSURE TO THE SUN'S UV RAYS AND TANNING BEDS, BUT HOW DOES THE SUN AFFECT OUR SKIN?

>> THE SQUAMOUS CELLS AND THE BASAL CELLS LIE THERE IN THAT EPIDEMIS.

THEY CAN BE MUTATED AND TURN INTO CANCER.

YOU ALSO HAVE MELAN SITES.

IF THEY BECOME MUTATED, THEY CAN TURN INTO MELANOMA.

>> Reporter: MAKE SURE TO DO IF YOU NOTICE SOMETHING UNUSUAL, REMEMBER A-B-C-D-E. >> A IS THAT LESION OR MOLE ASYMMETRIC BORDERS, IRREGULAR IN SOME WAY?

I THE COLOR CHANGING?

THAT'S THE "C".

AND THEN "D", DIAMETER, IS IT GROWING IN SIZE, AND "E", EVOLVING, MEANING IS IT CHANGING IN SOME WAY.

>> Reporter: REMEMBER, PROTECTION FROM THE SUN DOESN'T MEAN ZERO FUN.

TAKE IT FROM WOLVERINE.

>> PUT SOME SUNSCREEN ON.% YOU'LL STILL HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TIME OUT THERE, ALL RIGHT?

IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE SOME PRETTY PLEASANT WEATHER IN PROGRESS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

A FEW COOL DAYS.

THERE WILL BE A BIG CHANGE WHEN% IT COMES TO SUNDAY'S WEATHER AS TEMPERATURES NOSE UPWARDS, ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR, SO W'LL HAVE A WARMER DAY ON THE HORIZON AND REALLY PLEASANT DRY WEATHER CONTINUES IN THROUGH AT LAST EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THERE ARE SIGNS THE DRY WEATHER AND THE DRY SEASON IS BEGINNING TO SET IN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PRETTY WELL.

WE HAD A SMALL CHANCE FOR A HINT OF MOISTURE, MAYBE SPRINKLES LATER NEXT WEEK, REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

NO PRECIPITATION OF CONFIDENCE - THAT WE CAN SPEAK OF THIS FAR SOUTH IN VIEW AT THIS POINT.

TONIGHT, MAINLY CLEAR SKIES, 52°, LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE.

NICE AND NIPPY INTO RAMONA, MOUNT LAGUNA, 37, CAMPO, 34.

EL CAJON, MID 40S.

FRIDAY, PRETTY NICE DAY.

A HINT MILDER JUST INTO THE INTERIOR, BUT MARGINALLY WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR SOME.

WE'RE GOING TO BE REAL CLOSE TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO METRO FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AND YOU CAN SEE SHOWERS, EVEN A LITTE BIT OF NORTHERN SIERRA SNOW IN THE FORECAST.

FUTURE CAST REALLY DOES KEEP THAT WELL NORTH.

SO THROUGH FRIDAY, WE LOOK GOOD.

NICE PLEASANT WEATHER OUT THERE, O COMPLAINTS FOR US IN SAN DIEGO.

AND THE REGIONAL FORECAT HERE FOR OUR FRIDAY, CLOSING OUT THE WEEK, EL CAJON, 72.

IN THE CITY, WE'RE DEALING WITH A 66° HIGHWAY AND TOASTY INTO B ARREGO SPRINGS.

WE DO GET A LITTLE WARMER ON SUDAY.

WE'LL BE GETTING TO SEE THAT HERE WITH OUR FORECAST.

AT THE COAST, NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE BUT WE'LL JUMP UP TO 68, THREE DEGREES OF WARMING FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY.

A LITTLE MORE PRONOUNCED, FIVE DEGREES OF WARMING ATURDAY INTO SUNDAY INTO THE INLAND AREAS AND úA PRONOUNCED RISE AS WE HEAD INTO THE DESERTS IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT FOR THE MOUNTAINS, SUNDAY.

STILL PRETTY COOL.

5 ON MONDAY.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A WARMING - TREND THERE FOR THE HIKERS.

úAND HERE WE'RE JUMPING UP PRETTY NICEL FROM 84 EARLY THIS WEEKEND TO 90 ON SUNDAY AND THEN 95 ON MONDAY.

A LITTLE BIT OF A TASTE OF SPRING HEAT IN THE DESERT.

>>> WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THAT STORY ON PROPOSED AFFORDAE HOUSING IN DEL MAR.

HERE'S KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE.

>> O, MY GOD.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WE JUST HEARD THAT WE'LL FEEL A BIT OF A WARMING TREND IN RECENT DAYS.

IT'S A REMINDER THAT SPRING IS HERE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING.

PETE MUNTEAN TELLS US HOW THE NATION'S AIRPORTS ARE DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF SOME OF THEIR MOST CRITICAL WORKERS.

p>> Reporter: THE LATEST CHALLENGE FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP IS NOT ENOUGH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS -- SCALED BACK SUMMER SERVICE AT NEW YORK'S THREE MAIN AIRPORTS, WARNING STAFFING SHORTFALLS COULD AMPLIFY DELAYS BY 45%.

>> WE NEED MORE CONTROLLERS.

>> Reporter: HE NATIONAL AIR RAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION SAYS STAFFING SHORTAGES SWELLED DURING THE PANDEMIC DUE IN PART TO RETIREMENT AND A HIRING FREEZE.

A UNION ANALYSIS ANALYSIS - NATIONWIDE, TWO IN EVERY TEN CONTROLLER JOBS ARE EMPTY.

A KEY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY IN NEW YORK IS ROUGHLY ONE HALF STAFFED.

>> WE ARE CRITICALLY STAFFE IN MOST OF OUR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITIES.

>> eporter: THE NEW ADMISSION COMES AFTER AIRLINES DELAYED MORE THAN A HALF MILLION FLIGHTS AST SUM AND PUT SOME OF THE BLAME ON THE FAA.

>> THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TODAY AND THEY NEED MORE.

> WE CONTINUE TO HIRE.

>> Reporter: THE FAA ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SAYS THE AGENCY PLANS TO ADD 1500 NEW CONTROLLERS THIS YEAR AND 1800 NEXT YEAR.

THE AGENCY SAYS LAST JUNE IT WAS FLOODED WITH ALMOST 58,000 APPLICATIONS TO BECOME AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER THOUGH ITS TRAINING ACADEMY REMAINS BEING BACKLOGGED.

THE ARE >> THE SYSTEM DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RELEASES TS REVIEW OF THE CHAOTIC WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN.

THAT'S COMING UP AT 7 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> KPS THEATER CORNER KICKS OFF ITS THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON TONIGHT.

THE INTERVIEW SERIES IS HOSTED BY MICHAEL TAYLOR.

IT'S DEDICATED TO PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION BOTH ON THE STAGE AND IN THE SEATS.

ONE OF THE GUESTS ON TONIGHT'S SEASON'S OPENER IS STEVIE AGNEW.

HE'S DIRECTOR OF LIGHTING AT THE OLD GLOBE AND ONE OF THE FEW BLACK LIGHTING DIRECTORS IN THE INDUTRY.

>> IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAY BE THE ONLY BLACK STAFF MEMBER AT THE GLOBE NOW AND IN MANAGEMENT.

>> WHAT ARE THE ROADBLOCKS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR TO MAKE IT TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE?

>> THE GLOBE HAD A DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AND ACCESSIILITY, SO WE'RE THE TWO IN MANAGEMENT RIGHT NOW.

AND I MANAGE A FULL-TIME STAFF OF FIVE PEOPLE AND THEN A PART-TIME STAFF VARIES BETWEEN SHOWS.

SOMETIMS IT CAN BE 20 TO 30 PEOPLE.

BUT I THINK THAT ROADBLOCK IS WE DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS BEHIND THE CAMERA.- I THINK THAT'S THE BIG HURDLE IS EVERYONE SEES THE PERSON ONSTAGE AND YOU FORGET THERE ARE OTHER JOBS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES.

AND THEN GETTING INTO THAT FIELD AND FINDING THAT NICHE, BECAUSE IT'S SO PEOPLE DRIVENS.

DRIVEN.

IF YOU DON'T MAKE A CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE, IT'S HARD TO MOVE- FORWARD IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH THE DIRECTOR OR THE CHOREOGRAPHER OR THE COMPANY, PER SE.

SO IT'S ABOUT BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND FINDING A WAY TO GET THROUGH THE DOOR.

>> Reporter: THEATER CORNER SEASON 3 DEBUTS TONIGHT AT 8:30 p.m. AND THEN IT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PBS APP TO WATCH ANY TIME.

>>>THE AZTECS HISTORIC MARC MADNESS RUN ENDED THIS WEEK, BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE BENEFITS OF MAKING IT TO COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

> THIS YEAR, WE DIDN'T LOSE A BASKETBALL GAME IN MARCH.

EVERY GAME IN MARCH, WE WON, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE AND WE WON% A GAME IN APRIL AS WELL, SO AMAZING TO SEE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO FOR OUR MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND FOR US AS A COACHING STAFF MOVING FORWARD AND THE THINGS WE LEARNED, BUT THE NUMBER-ONE THING WE'LL TAKE FROM THAT IS THAT WE BELONG AND WHEN WE GO, WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT TO WIN.

>> Report: THE AZTECS MAY NOT HAV WON THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT THEIR APPEARANCE IS GOING TO BOOST NOT ONLY THEIR BASKETBALL PROGRAM ... >> WE HAVE A NATIONAL RELEVANCE NOW BECAUSE WE PLAYED A NATIONAL - TITLE GAME, SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR RECRUITING BASE ON THE WEST COAST AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND POSSIBLY INTERNATIONALLY.

>> Reporter: BUT THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY WILL BENEFIT.

>> THE UNIVERSITY IS AFFECTED BY FINAL FOUR RUNS, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

THE ADMISSIONS, THE APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSIONS, I SHOULD SAY, IT ILL JUST GO THROUGH THE ROOF.

WE'VE SEEN IT WITH OTHER TEAMS LIKE WICHITA STATE, BUTLER, LOYOLA, CHICAGO.

IT'S ABSOLUTE AFFECTED NOT JUST MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM BUT THE UNIVERSITY AS WHOLE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO SDSU, THERE'S BEEN AN 88% INCREASE IN SDSU WEB PAGE VIEWS AND A 59% INREASE IN TRAFFIC TO THEIR ADMISSIONS PAGE.

AND MOST NOTABLY, THE SCHOOL RECEIVED AN EQUIVALENT OF $200 MILLION -- >> THE WAY IT SHOULD BE AND I'M HAPPY THAT THAT'S THE CASE.

>> Reporter: THIS RUN WILL ALSO AFFECT A NEW PART OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS CALLED N.I.L.

WHERE AN ATHLETE CAN RECEIVE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR THE USAGE OF THEIR NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS.

SDSU'S N.I.L.

WAS NOT HIGH.

- BUT NOW ... >> HOPEULLY WE HAVE A BETTER NIL SITUATION AT SAN DIEGO STATE FOR OUR PLAYERS, FOR ALL STUDENT ATHLETES, AND IT'S IMPORTANT NOW ND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL AS COACHES, BUT WE KNOW- IT'S A PART OF ATHLETICS NOW IN GENERAL AND ESPECIALLY IN MEN'S BASKETBALL.

SO IT'S GOING TO AFFECT - HOPEFULLY IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.

>> THE CITY LOVES GETTING BEHIND A WINNER AND I THINK EVERYBODY ENJOYED THE RIDE THAT WE WERE ON.

AND I THINK WE'LL SEE THAT MOVING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR.

I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THE GAMES AND >> THE RESPECT LEVEL THAT SAN DIEGO STATE WILL HAVE NOW AND WE'LL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO HAVE A CHIP OP OUR SHOULDER.

W KNOW WHAT OUR GRASS ROOTS ARE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE RESPECT THAT WE JUST EARNED AND AGAIN, IT WASN'T GIVEN, IT WAS EARNED OVER ALL THESE YEARS.

>>> THE PARTY IS NOT OVER YET FOR THE AZTECS MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AND FANS ARE INVITED TO THIS ONE.

A CELEBRATION IS PLANNED FOR SATURDAY NIGHT OVER AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM.

GATES WILL OPEN UP AT 6 p.m. WITH THE TEAM ARRIVING AROUND 6:30 BEFORE THE OFFICIAL 7:30 START.

TICKETS ARE FREE, BUT THEY MUST BE RESERVED ONLINE.

FINAL FOUR MERCHANDISE AND COCESSIONS WILL ALSO BE AVAILBLE.

>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

THE NATION GETS ANOTHER STATUS CHECK ON A KEY PART OF OUR ECONOMY.

NPR'S MORNING EDITION WILL HAVE DETAILS ON THE MARCH JOB REPORT.

>>> AND THS WEEK'S KPBS ROUNDTABLE FOCUSES ON A STORY THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPING ALL WEEK LNG.

THE PENDING RESIGNATION OF SAN DIGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETHER.

THAT AIRS FRIDAY AT NOON ON RADIO AND CAN ALSO BE STREAMED AS A PODCAST.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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CALL 1-800-ILL-HOWE OR VISIT .billHowe.com.

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