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>>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>>> RECORD DAY ON WALL STREET.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM JOHN CARROLL, IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI .

>>> ON THE DAY THE FEDERAL INTEREST RATE CUTS, THE FINANCIAL REACTION WAS INSIGNIFICANT.

TODAY, THE S&P 500 SHOT UP 1.07% .

THE DOW WAS UP 3%.

TELLS US WHAT IS BEHIND IT, AND HOW IT COULD AFFECT SAN DIEGANS , ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE HOUSING MARKET.

>> Reporter: HAVE A PERCENTAGE POINT CUT IN INTEREST RATES MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT IT CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY.

SOME PEOPLE WERE CERTAINLY SURPRISED.

>> A HALF A POINT WAS NOT EVEN ON THE TABLE AS EARLY AS THE BEGINNING OF JULY.

>> Reporter: MERRILL KOPEC IS A KPBS COMMENTATOR AND FOUNDER OF BOTTOM-LINE MARKETING.

HE SAYS, WITH STRONG FORCE BEHIND THE FED'S DECISION WERE FALLING INFLATION RATES.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH BRINGING IT DOWN FROM 9.1% TO 2.5% IN THE LATEST INFLATION REPORTS EARLY THIS MONTH.

>> THE CHANGES IN INFLATION RATES HAVE BEEN DRAMATIC, SHOWING THE COST OF GOODS AND SERVICES WITH A HUGE DIP IN THE PANDEMIC OF 2020, BUT THEN, A TREMENDOUS BOOST IN INFLATION TWO YEARS AGO, AND THEN, A DRAMATIC DROP AGAIN SINCE THEN.

AND THEN, THE FED HAD TO ADDRESS THE WEAKENING JOB MARKET.

>> THE POST OF THE PANDEMIC, THERE WERE 12 MILLION JOBS, WHICH IS A RECORD IN THAT STATE, STILL A RECORD OF 8 MILLION OPEN JOBS TODAY.

IT IS CERTAINLY A LOT LESS THAT IT WAS AT ITS PEAK.

>> Reporter: THE IMPACT OF THE FED RATE CUT ON HOME MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES IS INDIRECT, BUT CONSIDERABLE.

STEPHANIE LLOYD IS A SAN DIEGO REAL ESTATE BROKER AND SHE SAYS, LOWER INTEREST RATES FOR HOME MORTGAGES COULD LEAD TO LOWER HOME PRICES OR MAYBE THE OPPOSITE.

>> 2021, WHEN THE RATES WERE AT HISTORIC LOWS THAT CREATED AN ABSOLUTE FRENZY IN THE MARKET, WHICH BOOSTED THE VALUES.

PEOPLE WERE PAYING SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN LIST PRICE.

IT IS A BALANCING ACT HERE.

>> Reporter: IF THE FED FOLLOWS THE INTEREST RATE CUTS WITH ONE MORE IN DECEMBER AND ANOTHER EARLY 2025, IT COULD REALLY REDUCE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS IF PEOPLE REFINANCE THEIR HOMES.

THOSE PEOPLE COULD SAVE AS MUCH AS $12,000 A YEAR ON THEIR HOME PAYMENTS.

>> AND THAT IS A LOT OF GROCERY DOLLARS.

>> Reporter: THE NEXT MEETING OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD IS COMING UP DECEMBER 18th.

THOMAS FUDGE KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE FED'S RATE CUT COMES LESS THAN 50 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, MAKING THE MOVE A BIT OF A POLITICAL FOOTBALL.

COMING UP, HOW THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE USING THE NEWS TO SWAY VOTERS.

>>> YES TO HOUSING, NO TO DELAYS .

THAT IS A PART OF THE MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM'S BAY AREA PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY IF ENOUGH A PACKAGE OF 32 BILLS AIMED AT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND EXPANDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

NEWSOM SIGNED SEVEN OF THOSE BILLS TODAY THAT CREATE, STATEWIDE INITIATIVES, TO EASE HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.

>> THERE IS NO DOUBT THE STATE OF MIND FOR MOST CALIFORNIANS THAT ISAAC CONNECTS MORE CALIFORNIANS IS THE RECOGNITION THAT THE ORIGINAL SIN IN THE STATE IS AFFORDABILITY AND IT IMPACTS MORE PEOPLE ON MORE DAYS.

IT IS THAT IMBALANCE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

IT IS THE FACT THAT WE SIMPLY HAVE NOT GOTTEN OUT OF OUR WAY.

WHAT MAC THE NEW LAWS CREATE MANDATES TO HOUSE VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND INCREASE THE ABILITY OF GOVERNMENTS ON A LOCAL LEVEL.

NEWSOM ADDED THAT THIS LEGISLATOR HAS DONE MORE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS AND PREVIOUS LEGISLATORS HAVE DONE IN THE LAST 40 TO 50 YEARS TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.

>>> AS WE GET READY TO HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, ALL EYES WILL BE ON RAIN CHANCES FOR SOME AREAS, BUT OVERALL, WE WILL BE HEADING INTO A SUNNY AND MILD WEATHER PATTERN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

IT WILL BE A LITTLE BREEZY WITH MORNING FOG TO CONTEND WITH, EVEN OVERNIGHT SHOWERS.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE WILL STAY DRY AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

MORE ON THAT UPDATED FORECAST IN JUST A BIT.

>>> NATIONAL POLITICS IS TAKING A TOLL ON SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

FREQUENT BOMB THREATS HAVE DISRUPTED DAILY LIFE, LEAVING RESIDENTS ON EDGE.

AS LAURA EXPLAINS, IN PENDING VISITS BY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND OTHERS ARE ONLY ADDING TO THE STRAIN.

>> A LOT OF STRESS.

THERE ARE MORE BOMB THREATS UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: COMMUNITY AND CITY LEADERS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO RACING FOR YET ANOTHER DAY IN A POLITICAL FIRESTORM.

>> OUR GOAL IS TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.

>> Reporter: A GOAL THAT MAY HAVE TO WAIT AS THE RHETORIC AND MISINFORMATION TARGETING HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS AND IN THAT CITY INTENSIFIES.

>> CAME IN ILLEGALLY, DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY.

>> IF KAMALA HARRIS WAIVES THE WAND ILLEGALLY AND SAYS, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOW HE'LL LEGALLY, I AM STILL GOING TO CALL THEM AN ILLEGAL ALIEN.

>> Reporter: SPRINKLED OFFICIALS SAY, MOST OF THEIR RESIDENTS HAVE TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO RECEIVE CITY SERVICES WHILE THEY AWAIT EMPLOYMENT APPROVAL.

>> TPS IS A LEGAL PROCESS.

THESE FOLKS HAVE LEGAL STATUS.

>> IS OUTSIDE STUFF THE DEBATE IS AWFUL.>> THEY ARE EATING THE DOGS.

>> Reporter: BY LATE DISCREDITED RUMORS THAT BECOME MORE IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

>> IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE HIM HERE.

>> Reporter: SO DIFFICULT THAT THE MAYOR THURSDAY ISSUED A PROCLAMATION, GRANTING HIM TEMPORARY EMERGENCY POWERS TO MORE QUICKLY MOBILIZE RESOURCES AGAINST ANY RISKS LIKE CIVIL UNREST, CYBER THREATS, AND ANY OTHER VIOLENCE.

>> THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN ARE EATING THE CATS.

>> I WISH YOU WOULD OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF HIS HEART, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE WAS INFORMED, AND ASK THE GROUP THAT ARE HERE FOR HATEFUL REASONS TO LEAVE OUR CITY.

>> Reporter: I'M LAURA GARY FOR KPBS NEWS PEER >>> MILITARY OFFICIALS WILL NOT SAY WHY A SENIOR ENLISTED MARINE AT THE RECRUIT DEPOT WAS ARRESTED AND SENT TO THE BREAK LAST WEEK.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER SAYS, COURT FILINGS SUGGEST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

>> Reporter: IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER FILED TUESDAY, THE WIFE OF SERGEANT MAYOR MAJOR GERADO TREVINO SAYS, HE HAS BEEN FIGHTING WITH HER FOR MONTHS.

SHE SAYS, HIS ARREST SEPTEMBER 11th CAME DAYS AFTER THE LATEST ATTACK.

GARY BARTHEL IS A LAWYER IN SAN DIEGO WHO SPECIALIZES IN MILITARY CASES.

HE SAYS, THE MARINE COULD BE FACING SEVERAL CHARGES.

>> HE IS LOOKING AT POTENTIAL, IF CONVICTED, HE COULD RECEIVE A DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE, HE COULD RECEIVE SUBSTANTIAL TIME IN CONFINEMENT, ALSO LOSS OF HIS RETIREMENT.

>> Reporter: THE MARINES SAY TREVINO WAS ARRESTED BY NCIS AGENTS AND IS BEING HELD IN THE WEEK.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, THEY WILL NOT CONFIRM THE REST IS RELATED TO THE ALLEGED ATTACK.

THE MARINES WILL ONLY SAY, HE WAS REMOVED AT FROM HIS JOB AT THE DEPOT DUE TO A LOSS IN TRUSTED CONFIDENCE.

THE BOILERPLATE CLINICIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS ALWAYS GIVE FOR SUCH RELEASE.

>> WHEN THE COMMAND COMES OUT AND SAYS THOSE SORTS OF STATEMENTS, IT REALLY ERODES THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THE PUBLIC HAS IN THE MILITARY, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE HIDING THE BALL.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS, THERE IS GOOD REASON FOR THE MILITARY TO BE CAREFUL, BECAUSE ANY OFFICIAL STATEMENT COULD JEOPARDIZE BECAUSE ONCE IT IS IN COURT.

WHEN IT COMES TO SENIOR OFFICIALS, HE THINKS THE MILITARY OWES THE PUBLIC MORE.

>> IF THE COMMAND WOULD SIMPLY STATE WHAT THE ALLEGATION THE INDIVIDUAL IS BEING RELIEVED FOR, THEN THAT WOULD PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY.

IT WOULD PROMOTE SUBORDINATE SERVICEMEMBERS IN BELIEVING IN LEADERSHIP, AND IT WOULD ALSO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC'S TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE MILITARY AS WELL.

>> Reporter: TREVINO WAS THE BATTALION SERGEANT MAJOR FOR THE THIRD GROUP TRAINING BATTALION, ONE OF THREE AT THE DEPOT WHERE THOUSANDS OF RECRUITS TRAIN EACH YEAR.

SERGEANT MAJOR IS THE HIGHEST ENLISTED RANKING IN THE MARINES.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT HAS BEEN NEARLY 46 YEARS, BUT THERE IS FINALLY A PROPER MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF PSA FLIGHT 182.

THE BOEING 727 CRASHED INTO A NORTHPARK NEIGHBORHOOD ON SEPTEMBER 25th OF 1978.

THIS AFTERNOON, AND CREWS WERE OUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WHITE AND NILE, PLACING A MEMORIAL PLAQUE.

WE COULD NOT YET SEE THE PLAQUE AS THE CEMENT HAS TO CURE BEFORE CREWS WILL UNCOVER IT.

FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE KILLED AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO GET A MEMORIAL PLACED AT OR VERY NEAR THE CRASH SITE.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH KPBS LAST YEAR, COUNCILMEMBER STEPHEN WOODBURN PROMISED THE MEMORIAL WOULD BE READY WITHIN A YEAR.

HIS DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF EXPLAINS WHY IT TOOK SO LONG.

>> Reporter: >> FOR YEARS, THE COMMUNITY WITH THROUGH DIFFERENT KINDS OF SITUATIONS, TRYING TO FIND A LOCATION.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS KIND OF RED TAPE ABOUT CERTAIN AREAS.

SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANTED IT IN AN AREA, OTHERS DIDN'T.

>> Reporter: THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF THE PLAQUE WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY ON THE 46th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRASH.

ALL 135 PEOPLE ABOARD WERE KILLED, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN, ALONG WITH SEVEN PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

AND WE WILL BE THERE FOR THAT.

>>> CROSS-BORDER POLLUTION APPEARS TO BE TAKING A TOLL ON THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SOUTH BAY, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN.

OUR MEDIA PARTNERS SPOKE WITH DR. VINE WHEN, A PEDIATRICIAN AT KAISER PERMANENTE IN OLD-TIME MESA.

SHE SAYS, SHE HAS SEEN HIGHER RATES AND AS IN KIDS IN THE SOUTH BAY AS OPPOSED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

THAT IS AMONG OTHER HEALTH CONCERNS.

>> DEFINITELY HAVE KIDS WITH MIGRAINES.

KIDS WHO HAVE NEVER HAD HEADACHES BEFORE, A LOT OF KIDS WITH BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA, TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE ON THE THIRD ROUND OF ANTIBIOTICS.

I HAD A COUPLE OF KIDS END OF WITH THAT, CHEST TUBES IN.

IT SEEMS KIND OF ODD, BECAUSE IT IS THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER.

THERE IS DEFINITELY A CORRELATION FOR ME.

>> THEY DID ASK AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ABOUT HYDROGEN SULFIDE LEVELS IN THE AREA LAST WEEK, BUT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SAY, THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

>>> DATA SHOWS LACK OTHERS AND INFANTS FACE HIGHER CHILDBIRTH -RELATED COMPLICATIONS OR DEATH THAN ANY OTHER RACE OR ETHNICITY.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANIA THORNE SAYS, THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IS EXPANDING VALUABLE RESOURCES TO BLACK MOTHERS AND BABIES TO HELP BRING THOSE RATES DOWN.

>> Reporter: CHILDBIRTH CAN BE A HAPPY TIME FOR A MOM, BUT FOR BLACK MOTHERS, IT CAN BE DIFFERENT.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, BLACK WOMEN HAVE HIGHER RATES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORTALITY, AFRICAN AMERICAN BABIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE BEFORE THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY THAN HISPANIC WOMEN, ASIAN WOMEN, AND CAUCASIAN WOMEN.

>> Reporter: IRIS PAIN IS DIRECTOR OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BLACK WOMEN HEALTH PROGRAM, WHICH RECENTLY EXPANDED INTO NORTH COUNTY.

>> WE HAVE A PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED.

I THINK AS A SOCIETY, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.

IF WE ALL THRIVE INDIVIDUALLY, THEN WE ALL THRIVE AS A COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE TO IMPROVE AFRICAN AMERICAN INFANT AND MATERNAL HEALTH AND DECREASED HEALTH AND SOCIAL INEQUITIES.

>> I ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE WOMEN TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO THEIR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL.

THEY PROVIDE THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

AND ACTUALLY WOMEN, WHEN THEY ARE IN THE PROGRAM, THEY ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP OTHER RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN, SO THEY ARE BUILDING THEIR NETWORK OF A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: WOMEN LIKE DANIEL MORGAN AND SHIRE RICHIE.

YOU WOULD THINK THEY'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS, BUT THEY ACTUALLY JUST MET AT THE NEW BLACK INFANT HEALTH PROGRAM CENTER IN OCEANSIDE.

>> PERSONALLY, BEING LIKE A BLACK MOM, I KNOW IT IS REALLY HARD TO FIND OTHER BLACK MOM'S.

THEY ARE HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY ARE OUT AND ABOUT AS EASILY AS A LOT OF OTHER RACIAL GROUPS, JUST BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF RESOURCES.

>> THE LACK OF RESOURCES AND REPRESENTATION IS WHAT INSPIRED RICHIE.

>> WHAT I LEARNED THERE WERE ONLY 4% OF BLACK WOMEN THAT REPRESENTED MIDWIFERY, I KNEW I HAD TO GET IN THERE.

>> Reporter: SHE IS STUDYING TO BECOME A MIDWIFE.

SHE PICKS MORE REPRESENTATION COULD HELP CHANGE THE MOBILITY RATES BEING BLACK MOTHERS AND INFANTS FACE.

>> THAT IS THE WAY TO MAKE SURE OUR PEOPLE ARE FOUGHT FOR IN A WEIGHT THAT THE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE SOUGHT JUSTICE TOWARDS MAKING SURE MATERNAL BIRTH RATE DECREASES UNTIL WE ARE NO LONGER AT A DEFICIT.

>> Reporter: SHE CREDITS PROGRAMS LIKE BLACK AND HEALTH FOR RAISING SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARENESS.

THE PROGRAM OFFERS NEW AND EXPECTING BLACK MOTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR DOCTOR'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS RESOURCES.

THE OFFICE LOCATED AT OCEANSIDE AT 156 VISTA WAY, IS HAVING A GRAND OPENING ON SATURDAY FROM 1:00 TO 4:00 P.M. .

FAMILY PORTRAITS, ACTIVITIES, AND FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED AND ANYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> POLITICS COLLIDING WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S INTEREST RATE CUT.

BRIAN ABEL REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON ON HOW THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEWS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

>>> AFTER OVER THREE YEARS OF GRAPPLING WITH THE ECONOMY, CRIPPLED BY COVID, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS WILL NOMINEE, KIM HARRIS CELEBRATED WEDNESDAY'S FEDERAL INTEREST RATE CUT IN A CAMPAIGN STATEMENT CALLING IT WELCOME NEWS.

THE TIMING OF THE CUT, THOUGH, IS LEAVING HER OPPONENT, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE DONALD TRUMP, TO QUESTION WHETHER THE FED'S MOVE IS A POLITICAL ONE.

>> THEY DID NOT CUT IT BY THAT MUCH.

WE CAN JUST BLAME POLITICS.

THE ECONOMY WOULD BE VERY BAD, OR THEY WILL BLAME POLITICS, ONE OR THE OTHER.

IT WAS A BIG CUT.

>> Reporter: SOME EXPERTS AND ECONOMISTS, HOWEVER, DISMISSING THOSE CLAIMS.

>> THE JOB MARKET, WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

INFLATION IS GETTING BACK WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

>> IS THE FEDERAL RESERVE WERE TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION, TRYING TO HELP DEMOCRATS, THEY WOULD HAVE CUT RATES NINE MONTHS AGO.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYING THIS IN A THURSDAY ECONOMIC SPEECH.

>> GOOD NEWS FOR CONSUMERS AND IT MEANS THE COST OF BUYING A HOME OR A CAR ME SO MUCH MORE, WILL BE GOING DOWN.

>> Reporter: ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF VOTERS WILL FEEL THE IMPACT OF LEVELING INFLATION OR THE RATE CUT, OR IF THEY WILL BELIEVE IT IS POLITICAL SMOKE AND MIRRORS BEFORE CASTING BALLOTS IN NOVEMBER.

>> IS LOOK MUCH AS PEOPLE LIKE TO PUT THE ELECTION ON THE FED'S SHOULDERS, THE FEDERAL RESERVE DOES WHAT IT DOES WHEN HE THINKS IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO IT AND WHEN IT THINGS IT NEEDS TO DO IT, NOT ANSWERING TO ANY POLITICIANS.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, BRIAN ABEL REPORTED.

>>> WE ARE IN THE PEAK OF ELECTION SEASON, BUT OUR COVERAGE OF DEMOCRACY DOES NOT STOP THERE.

KPBS RECENTLY LAUNCHED, PUBLIC MATTERS, A PARTNERSHIP WITH TRUSTED MEDIA OUTLETS.

OUR MAYA TRABULSI RECENTLY TALKED WITH OUR PARTNERS ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN THIS COLLABORATION.

>> Reporter: OUR PUBLIC MATTERS PARTNER, I NEWS SOURCE, HAS A NEW PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTY.

IT IS CALLED SAN DIEGO DOCUMENTARIES THAT TRAINS AND PAYS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ATTEND PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CREATE A RECORD OF WHAT HAPPENS.

FROM THERE, JOURNALISTS WRITE NEWS STORIES.

HERE WITH US TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS DOCUMENTER'S PROGRAM COORDINATOR, AND I NEWS SOURCE MANAGING EDITOR JAMES CELL, WELCOME.

ISAAC, I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

TELL US, WHAT IS DOCUMENTER'S?

>> I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT WELL.

TO ADD TO THAT, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TRYING TO ENGAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING THEIR COMMUNITIES BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT DECISIONS BEING MADE AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE OFTEN ALREADY KIND OF CYNICALLY CURIOUS OR INTERESTED, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND THE WAY IN, THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE COME IN .

OUR PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY PART OF A NATIONAL NETWORK.

THERE ARE 19 COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO ARE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR.

WE ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY ACTIVE NETWORK IN CALIFORNIA, AND WE ARE THE FIRST NETWORK IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WHAT WE DO IS, WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL LIBRARIES, WITH SCHOOLS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING TRAININGS TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

WE ARE ALSO THE FIRST PROGRAM IN THE NATION TO OFFER OUR TRAININGS IN SPANISH.

>> THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A PART OF A NATIONAL NETWORK.

JAMIE, TELL US, WHY WAS IT BROUGHT TO SAN DIEGO?

>> SURE, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

WE ARE LOOKING AROUND AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LOCAL NEWS AND WE SEE AN INCREDIBLE DECLINE.

THIS HAS BEEN A NEW STORY ABOUT NEWS FOR YEARS, AND YEARS.

SO, WE NOTICED THE DOCUMENTER'S PROGRAM, OUR CEO FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AND THOUGHT, MAYBE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD TO BRING TO SAN DIEGO.

THERE CERTAINLY IS A NEED FOR IT, AND THERE IS A NEED FOR COMMUNITY POWER JOURNALISM, THAT IS WHY WE BROUGHT DOCUMENTER'S.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

EACH OF THOSE MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR.

BY AND LARGE, NO ONE, NO JOURNALIST IS THERE TO KEEP RECORD OF WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND TO WATCH THOSE AGENCIES.

AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN SOMEONE IS PRESENT TO WATCH, WHETHER THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, OR A JOURNALIST, THE DECISIONS, WE MIGHT HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES.

WE MIGHT HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY.

CERTAINLY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE MORE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF IS THAT THEY ARE MAKING.

SO, THAT IS WHAT WE HOPE TO-- THAT IS THE NEED WE HOPE TO FILL WITH THE DOCUMENTER'S.

>> HOW DO THE DOCUMENTER'S ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE ARE SEEING?

>> THEY IDENTIFY NEWS TIPS THAT THEN FUEL OUR JOURNALISM.

ANOTHER PART WE BELIEVE THAT IS IMPORTANT IS CONNECTING JOURNALISM TO THE COMMUNITIES.

WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DON'T REALLY RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES IN SOME OF THE COVERAGE THAT THEY SEE.

OFTEN, THEY CAN'T TRUST THE MEDIA THAT THEY WATCH.

WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS PUT PEOPLE IN THE SAME ROOM, JOURNALISTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THEY CAN TALK ABOUT IMPORTANCE OF COVERING LOCAL DECISIONS, ALSO DISCUSS AND SHARE SOME OF THE SKILLS NEEDED TO DO SOME OF THIS WORK.

>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS GET OUT OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS?

>> SURE.

WE ARE TRYING TO SHARE OUR SKILLS.

DOCUMENTERS ARE TRAINED TO REPORT IN THE SAME WAY A LOT OF OUR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS WOULD DO.

THEY ARE TRAINED TO GO TO MEETINGS AND GATHER INFORMATION ACCURATELY.

TO PUT IT A LITTLE MORE SIMPLY, THEY ARE TRAINED TO GET THE QUOTES AND GET THE VOTES.

BASIC INFORMATION FOR THE MEDIA.

>> JAMIE, ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE PUBLIC MATTERS PARTNERSHIP IS TO HELP EACH OF US BETTER CONNECT, NOT ONLY TO ONE ANOTHER, BUT ALSO TO GET INVOLVED IN SHAPING HOW LOCAL DECISIONS ARE MADE WEIRD HOW DOES THE DOCUMENTER'S PROGRAM HELP MEET THESE GOALS FOR EVERYONE?

>> SURE.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND REMARKABLE ASPECTS OF THE DOCUMENTERS PROGRAM .

THESE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE FINDING A WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN JOURNALISM.

AT A VERY BASIC LEVEL, THE CONNECT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO JOURNALISTS .

WHAT WE HEAR, AS ISAAC MENTIONED, ALL THE TIME, PEOPLE DON'T SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED.

THEY DON'T REALLY EMPOWERED.

THEY FEEL HOPELESS SOMETIMES THAT THEY CAN INFLUENCE THE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO OR HOW TO DO IT.

SO, I HAVE BEEN TO SOME TRAININGS.

WE TRIED TO BRING JOURNALISTS TO THE DOCUMENTER'S TRAINING SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT OUR WORK AND REALLY COMMUNICATE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE VALUE OF THERE BEING THERE.

AND IT IS PRETTY AMAZING TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, AND SEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALIZED THAT THEY CAN DO MORE THAN JUST WRITE A NOTE TO CITY COUNCIL.

THEY CAN DO MORE THAN COME AND SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

THEY CAN SIT THERE, THEY CAN OBSERVE, THEY CAN CREATE A RECORD.

IT CAN BE SEEN BY OUR JOURNALISTS, AND HOPEFULLY JOURNALISTS ACROSS THE COUNTY, AND IT CAN PRODUCE AN ARTICLE THAT ACTUALLY REACHES MANY MORE PEOPLE.

THAT IS EMPOWERMENT.

THAT IS CONNECTING THE JOURNALISM TO THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT I DON'T THINK TRADITIONAL JOURNALISM, OR THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS, HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

>> ALSO, I THINK BEING ABLE TO SEE THINGS FROM A DIVERSE LENS AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

SPEAKING WITH ' PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND INEWSOURCE EDITOR .

FOR MORE ON HOW TO BECOME A SAN DIEGO DOCUMENTER, YOU CAN GO TO INEWSOURCE.ORG .

>>> AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE LOW CLOUDS ALONG THE COAST, EVEN LIGHT SPRINKLES DEVELOPING AND MORNING FOG.

HAD TO FOR THAT.

OVERALL, WE WILL DIP INTO THE MID-60s ALONG THE COAST.

VERY MODERATE WEATHER THIS TIME OF YEAR.

63 FOR OCEANSIDE AND MIDDLETON WILL SEE A LITTLE MORE CLEARING THE HIGHER YOU GO IN ELEVATION.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WITH A MIX OF 40s, 50s, AND 60s HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND CHULA VISTA, THE OVERALL SET UP FOR FRIDAY, NICE, COMFORTABLE WEATHER SETTING UP ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE WEST COAST WITH A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ELEVATED PORTIONS OF UTAH FOR THE ROCKIES.

OVERALL, LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STAY DRY FOR ME IT WILL STAY SUNNY.

HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON PRIMARILY 70.

80s IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION.

LOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE.

74 SAN DIEGO, 75 IN OCEANSIDE.

AFTER THAT, FUTURE TRACK RADAR SHOWING US, AS WE HEAD THROUGH THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, THERE WILL BE LIGHT SHOWERS IN LOS ANGELES, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ME SOME SHOWERS, EVEN SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER DEVELOPING IN THE ELEVATED REGIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.

OVERALL, LOOKS LIKE WE WILL STAY DRY BEFORE MORE RAINFALL DEVELOPS IN LAS VEGAS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

FOR SATURDAY'S SET UP, NICE AND DRY WITH COOLER AIR DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF THE ROCKIES.

SOME PARTS OF THE ROCKIES WILL SEE SNOWFALL POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

FOR THE COAST'S FIVE-DAY FORECAST, FIVE DAY OUTLOOK, LOOK AT ALL OF THAT SUNSHINE.

SUNNY SKIES, NO GOOD RAIN CHANCE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

UPPER 50s TO LOW 60s, HAS A MIX OF MID TO UPPER 70s.

AS WE HAD INLAND, TEMPERATURES UPPER 70s TO UPPER 80s MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

THE HEAT WILL BE BACK WITH OVERNIGHT TO BIRCHERS DIPPING INTO THE 50s.

THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS WILL BE IN THE 50s, VERY MILD AND 70s BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THE MOUNTAINS RETURNING TO THE TRIPLE DIGITS AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

>>> AMAZON IS THE LATEST COMPANY TO ANNOUNCE IT WILL SOON REQUIRE ITS CORPORATE EMPLOYEES TO COME INTO THE OFFICE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA HAS A CLOSER LOOK ON IF THESE MEDICALLY TO THE BENEFITS CEOs SITE WHEN MAKING THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

>> Reporter: AMAZON CORPORATE EMPLOYEES SO GOING FROM BEING IN THE OFFICE THREE DAYS A WEEK TO FIVE.

THE SEATTLE-BASED COMPANY JOINING OTHER LARGE COMPANIES SUCH AS JPMORGAN CHASE AND GOLDMAN SACHS, DEMANDING WORKERS BE IN THE OFFICE MORE.

>> I THINK SOME OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AT AMAZON IS IN PART ROOTED IN SENIOR EXECUTIVES WHO, LET'S FACE IT, AND ALMOST ANY ORGANIZATION LIVE TO WORK ME WANTING TO SORT OF DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE REST OF THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE IN IT TO WORK AS WELL.

>> Reporter: AMAZON'S MOVE HAS FACED BACKLASH FROM WORKERS.

THE CEO JUSTIFIED THE MOVE IN A MEMO SAYING, THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING IN THE OFFICE ARE SIGNIFICANT AND IT IS EASIER FOR TEAMMATES TO LEARN MODEL PRACTICE AND STRENGTH IN OUR CULTURE, BUT TO RETURN TO OFFICE AND RTO MANDATES DELIVER ON THEIR PROMISES.

A RECENT POLL SHOWS THAT SINCE 2020, LESS ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND FEELING LESS CONNECTED TO AN ORGANIZATION'S CULTURE WERE GIVEN AS SOME OF THE TOP CHALLENGES TO HYBRID WORK.

THE POLL ALSO FOUND, ON SITE EMPLOYEES HAVE LOWER EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND REMOTE OR HYBRID WORKERS.

A STUDY LED BY A STANFORD ECONOMIST THAT PUBLISHED THIS YEAR FOUND, EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FROM HOME TWO DAYS A WEEK ARE JUST PRODUCTIVE, LIKELY TO GET PROMOTED, AND FAR LESS PRONE TO QUIT.

>> A MUCH BETTER ANSWER TO ALL OF THIS, STOP SWEATING HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK PEOPLE ARE IN THE OFFICE.

START FOCUSING ON OUTCOMES.

>> Reporter: A SHIFT BRIAN ELLIOTT, AUTHOR OF "FUTURE FORM" IS, TAKE SOMETHING FROM MANAGEMENT, IT PAYS OFF IN THE LONG RUN.

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