[ ♪♪ ] >> Announer: MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMOELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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>> YET ANOTHER TECHNICAL SNAFU FOR SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.

THANKS R JOINING US.

I'M AMITA SHARMA IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.% SOUTHWEST FLIGHTS WERE BRIEFLY GROUNDED NATION-WIDE TODAY, MONTHS AFTER A MELTDOWN THAT STRANDED THOUSANDS OF TRAVELERS OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

AS KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN SHOWS US, THE SHUTDOWN CAUSED DELAYS OUT OF SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL RPORT.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN ALMOST SENSE THE RESIGNATION ON THESE úTRAVELERS' FACES AS THEY STARE AT THE DISPLAY SCREEN FULL OF FLIGHT DELAYS.

NATIO-WIDE, MORE THAN 1800 SOUTHWEST FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED AFER A TECHNICAL ISSUE CAUSED PLANES TO BE GROUNDED BRIEFLY.

THIS PERSON JUST BOARDED A FLIGHT FROM DENVER TO SAN DIEGO WHEN IT HAPPENED.

>WE WERE PROBABLY SITTING IN THE PLANE AFTER WE BOARDED FOR ANOTHER, I DON'T KNOW, HOUR, HOUR-AND-A-HAF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> HE'S IN TOWN FOR A BACHELOR PARTY AND THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S HAD ISSUES WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.

HIS FLIGHT WAS DELAYED FOR FOUR- HOURS BACK IN DECEMBER WHEN COMPUTER ISSUES GROUNDED MUCH OF SOUTHWEST FLIGHTS FOR DAYS.

>> I WAS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT WEDDING THAT I WAS GOING TO, WE WERE FLYING UT OF DENVER AND WE úHADN'T BOARDED YET, WE WERE JUST WAITING AND THEY KEPT SAYING THAT THE CREW OR THE PILOT WAS ON THE WAY.

>> SOUTHWEST SAID THIS MORNING'S COMPUTER FIREWALL FAILURE.

IN A STATEMENT, THE AIRLINE SAYS, IN PART, "A VNDOR-SUPPLIED FIREWALL WENT DWN IN CONNECTION TO SOME OPERATIONAL DATA WAS UNEXPECTEDLY LOST."

SOUTHWEST SAYS THE ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED BUT IT CAUSED A CASCADING EFFECT.

- AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, LOTS OF DELAYED FLIGHTS BECAUSE IF A LANE CAN'T GET HERE, IT MEANS PEOPLE CAN'T GET ONTHAT PLANE TO GO TO THE NEXT DESTINATION.

AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL THIS AFTERNOON, SIX FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLD AND MORE THAN 100 FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED.

JANET WEBB WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WITH A FLIGHT DELAY.

SHE GOT AN ALERT FROM THE AIRLINE THIS MORNING.

>> IT WAS ONLY A HALF AN HOUR - THE FIRST TIME AND THEN I GOT ANOTHER ALERT WITHIN 20 MINUTES THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE OVER AN HOUR.

I'M GOING TO STAY OPTIMISTIC.

>> WEBB HEARD WHAT HAPPENED TO SOUTHWET LAST DECEMBER AND THAT THE AIRLINE THIS TIME.

EXPERTS SAY TODAY'S INCIDENT, WHILE MINOR, ADDS TO THE EROSION OF SOUTHWEST'S IMAGE.

FOR THIS PERSON, HE THINKS THERE MIGHT BE A WEDDING CURSE.

>> YEAH, MAYBE, MAYBE I NEED TO STOP GOING TO ALL MY FRIEND'S WEDDINGS.

>> ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC- DEFENDER IS PLANNING TO RETIRE THIS SUMMER.

HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT MONDAY IN AN EMAIL TO EMPLOYEES.

IT COMES AFTER MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PAY-OUTS BY THE COUNTY RELATED TO WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWSUITS FILED BY ORMER DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS.

AN OUTSIDE LAW FIRM IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF A PATTERN OF SCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION IN THE OFFICE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.

KPBS OBTAINED A COPY OF THE RESIGNATION LETTER IN WHICH HE WROTE THAT, QUOTE, IT NEVER FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT TIME TO EXIT BUT NOW FEELS DAMN CLOSE.

COUNTY SPOKESPEOPLE HAVE SO FAR NOT CONFIRMED HIS EXIT.

YOU CAN READ MORE ONLINE AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> ONCE AGAIN, SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS REPORTING A DEATH INSIDE ONE OF ITS JAILS.

THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SAYS 53-YEAR-OLD EDDIE FALCONER DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE VISTA DETENTION FACILITY.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, STAFF TRIED TO REVIVE FAULKNER WITH CPR.

HE WAS FOUND ALONE IN HIS CELL.

THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SAYS HE WAS ARRESTED IN NOVEMBER ON - OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.

THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF IN-CUSTODY JAIL DEATHS THAT úHAVE DRAWN CRITICISM FROM JAIL REFORM ADVOCAS.

>>> SEVERAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING TO SIMPLIFY COVID VACCINATION RECOMMENDATIONS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS IF YOU'RE OLDER THAN 65 OR IMMUNOCROSS IMMUNE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A SECOND DOSE OF THE COVID BOOSTERS.

>> Reporter: THE FDA IS MOVING TOWARDS MAKING COVID VACCINES MORE LIKE FLU SHOTS.

PFIZER AND MODERNA'S BIVALENT VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE AGES SIX MONTHS AND OVER.

THOSE DOSES WERE ROLLED OUT LATE LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE UPDATED TO PROTCT AGAINST COVID'S LATEST VARIANTS.

>> WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY TO USE THAT MODEL THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINATION TO UPDATE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO BASICALLY úMAKE IT A SEASONAL VACCINE.

>> Reporer: THE FDA SAYS MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED BUT úHAVEN'T GOTTEN THE UPDATED BIVALENT VACCINES CAN GET A SINGLE DOSE.

AND NOW THOSE OVER 65 CAN GET AN ADDITIONAL BOOSTER AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS AFTER THEIR FIRST.

THOSE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CAN GET ANOTHER BOOSTER AT LEAST TWO - MONTHS AFTER THEIR FIRST.

THE GUIDANCE IS PENDING CDC APPROVAL WHCH COULD COME LATER THIS WEEK.

HEALTH OFFICIAL SAY THE UPDATED VACCINES DON'T PREVENT INFECTIONS, BUT THEY WILL REDUCE RISK POST-INFECTION.

>> NOW DATA AFTER DATA HAS SHOWN THAT WHEN YOU ARE PROTECTED FROM GETTING SEVERE DISEASE FROM HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.

SECND, THAT YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING LONG COVID OR GETTING, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMPLICATIONS ARE MUCH LOWER.

>> Reporter: PROTECTION WIENS OER WANES OVER TIME AND THE VACCINES COULD BE UPDATED EACH SEASON.

THE FDA SAYS ALMOST ALL AMERCANS FIVE AND OLDER HAVE SOME PROTECTION FROM COVID EITHER FROM PREVIOUS VACCINATIONS OR INFECTIONS.

MOST PEOPLE UNDER 65 WHO HAVE GOTTEN ONE BIVALENT BOOSTER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SECOND DOSE YET BUT MORE GUIDANCE IS COMING SOON.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS STILL HOLDING POP-UP VACCINATION SITES LIKE THIS ONE AT GROSSMONT COLLEGE.

THE COUNTY'S COVID-19 WEBSITE SHOWS EACH DAY WHERE THESE DIFFERENT VACCINATION EVENTS ARE BEING HELD.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> A GROUP OF CAL STATE STUDENT WORKERS IS TAKING THE FIRST STEP TOWARD UNIONIZING.

THEY ARE STUDENTS WITH SUPPORT JOBS LIKE LIBRARY ASSISTANTS AND CLERICL WORK AND OTHER POSITIONS NOT RELATED TO ACADEMCS.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER MG PEREZ AS MORE.

>> Reporter: IT'S A PICTURE-PERFECT MOMENT FOR SAN úDIEGO STATE JUNIOR GRACIE HANSA, SIGNIG UP FOR HER UNION CARD, WITH HOPES TO JOIN THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES LOCAL 2579 SOME DAY SOON.

SHE'S BARELY SURVIVING WITH HER TWO CAMPUS JOBS AS A DORM RESIDENT ADVISOR AND MENTOR AT THE SDSU WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER.

>> RECEIVING MINIMUM WAGE IS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT FOR A FULL-TIME STUDENT AND I THINK NOT HAVING ANY PAID TIME-OFF OR ANY SICK PAY IS REALLY, REALLY A BIG STRUGGLE FOR SO MANY STUDENTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM.

>> eporter: MONDAY MORNING, 4,000 SIGNATUS FROM CAL STATE NON-ACADEMIC STUDENT WORKERS - WERE DELIVERED TO THE PUBLIC EMLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD KNOWN AS PERB IN SACRAMENTO.

THEY ARE PETITIONING PERB TO AUTHORIZE THEM TO VOTE TO UNIONIZE.

THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE ESTABISHED CAL STATE EMPLOYEES UNION AND ITS 15,000 MEMBERS.

>>THEIR EMPLOYER IS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CHARGED WITH OPENING LIMITED MEANS THROUGH EDUCATION.

JOINING TOGETHER IN THE UNION IS THE ONLY PATHWAY THESE STUDENTS HAVE A WAY TO GAIN A VOICE.

>> Reporter: AND THE VOICES ARE GETTING LOUDER.

p>> IMAGINE PAYING $340 A SEMESTER FOR PARKING JUST TO WORK FOR MINIMUM WAGE.

>> IF YOU'RE SICK, YOU JUST DO'T GET PAID.

IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE UNIVERSITY PENALIZES US FOR GETTING SICK.

>> Reporter: LABOR UNIONS HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY FOR DECADES.

STUDENT WORKERS ORGANIZING ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS IS MUCH MORE RECENT, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SAN DIGO COUNTY.

LAST DECEMBER, UC GRADUATE STUDENTS ENDED A 40-DAY STRIKE AFTER REACHING A BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY SYST.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY WON- HIGHER WAGES AND NEW PROTECTIONS AGAINST HARASSMENT AND RETRIBUTION FROM FACULTY.

úBACK AT THE 23 CAL STATE - CAMPUSES, THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES TO SIGN STUDENT WORKERS UP FOR THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TO JOIN THE UNION.

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM CAL STATE COMMUNICATIONS, A SPOKESPERSON SAID, "THE CALIFRNIA STATE UNIVERSITY IS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS ORGANIING EFORT BUT ACKNOWLEDGES ALL WORKERS' RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE.

IN THE EVENT STUDENT EMPLOYEES ARE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH THEM AS WE DO WITH ALL ALL OTHER UNION% PARTNERS.

IT'S UP TO THE STATE PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD TO VALIDATE WORKERS' REQUEST TO LET THEM VOTE ON THEIR EMPLOYMENT FUTURES.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS REACHED A TENTATIVE DEAL WITH THE TEACHERS UNION FOR SMALLER CLASSES AND BETTER PAY.

PER THE AGREEMENT, TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A 21% PAY RAISE OVER THREE YEARS AND CLASS SIZES ACROSS ALL GRADES WILL BE REDUCED BY TWO STUDENTS.% THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO OFFER MORE METAL HEALTH SUPPORS FOR WORKERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND COUNSELORS.

UNION MEMBERS WILL HAVE TO RATIFY THE NEW CONTRACT BEFORE IT CAN TAKE EFFECT.

>>> PRODUCTION OF MANY OF YOUR AVORITE SHOWS AND FILMS COULD SOON COME TO A SCREECHING HALT.

THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO GO ON úSTRIKE IF NO LABOR DEALS CAN BE REACHED BEFORE A MAY 1st DEADLINE.

MIKE VALLARIO EXPLAINS WHAT WRITERS ARE FIGHTING FOR AND WHAT A POTENTIAL STRIKE COULD MEAN FOR VIEWERS.

>> A STRIKE IS A BRUTAL THING.

>> Repoer: FOR WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA NEGOTIATORS, A RECORD 97.9 APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE IS A MAJOR WEAPON AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.

>> THE UNFORTUNATE NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS IS THAT EVERYTHING THAT THE WRITERS GUILD HAS ACHIEVED, MINIMUM COMPENSATON, PENSION AND HEALTH BENEFITS, RESIDUALS, AS ALL COME FROM EITHER A - STRIKE OR THE REAL THREAT OF ONE.

>> Reporter: THE WGA SAYS THE RIGHTS OF STREAMING AND THE SHORTENING OF TRADITIONAL TV SEASNS ARE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR MEMBERS TO MAKE A LIVING WAGE.

>> WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO BE úFAIRLY COMPENSATED FOR THE VALUE WE CREATE.

>> Reporter: THE ALLIANCE OF MTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCERS REPRESENTS SEVERAL MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES.

THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT READING, IN PART, QUOTE, "OUR GOAL IS AND CONTINUES TO BE TO REACH A FAIR AND REASONABLE AGREEMENT."

THE LAST WRITERS STRIKE CAME IN 2007 AND LASTED 100 DAYS BUT TODAY'S LANDSCAPE LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT.

p>> WE WERE JUST CATCHING UP TO PRODUCTION STOPPAGES AND COVID ENCUMBRNCES.

>> Reporter: THE IMPACT OF A STRIKE WOULD REVERBERATE FROM HOLLYWOOD BACK LOTS TO AMERICA LIVING ROOMS.

>> WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS SORT OF SHOWS THAT YOU ARE NTICIPATING A SEASON COMING UP WITH COULD BE DELAYEDAS MUCH AS A YEAR IF NOT MORE DEPENDING HOW THE STRIKE PLAYS OUT.

>> Repoter: IN LOS ANGELES, I'M MIKE VALERIO REPORTING.

ú >> ONE REASON FOR LABOR DISPUTES IS THE RISING COST OF LIVING, PRIMARILY IN HOUSING.

IT IS SAID MORE THAN HALF OF MILLENIALS ARE HOME OWNERS IN úTHE U.S.

BUT AS KPBS'S THOMAS FUDGE REPORTS, THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN SAN DIEGO.

> Reporter: THE NEW CENSUS INFORMATION SEEMS LIKE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR MILLENIALS.

NEW STUDY BY THE ONLINE HOME DATA CENTER APARTMENT LIST.

DESPITE THE CHALLENGE OF AFFORDABILITY, MANY MEMBERS OF THAT AGE GROUP HAVE FOUND A PLACE TO BUY.

>> MILLENIALS HAVE ALWAYS STRUGGLED TO BUY HOMES, FACING INCREDIBLE HOUSE PRICE APPRECIATION, BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, ACCORDI TO THE LATEST DATA, THE MILLENIAL HOME OWNERSHI RATE HAS ACTUALLY PASSED 50%.

>> Reorter: OF COURSE IT'S A LOT HARDER TO AFFORD A HOME IN SAN DIEGO THAN IN THE REST OF THECOUNTRY.

HERE, MILLENIAL HOME OWNERSHIP HAS ALSO INCREASED BUT THE RATE FOR THAT AGE GROUP IS ONLY 34%.

SAN DIEGO IS FOURTH FROM THE BOTTOM AMONG AMERICAN METRO AREAS IN THAT CATEGOR.

ONE THING CENSUS DATA ALSO REVEAL IS THAT FOR EVERY AGE GROUP, HOME OWNERSHIP IS AT A LOWER PERCENTAGE THAN IT WAS IN WARNOCK USING THE EXAMPLE OF MILLENIALS.

>> THEIR HOME OWNERSHIP RATE IS ABOUT FIVE PER CENTAGE POINTS SLOWER THAN GEN X IN THEIR 30s AND 7 PERCENTAGE POINTS LOWER THAN BABY BOOMERS IN THEIR 30s.

>> Reporter: A RECENT STUDY OF HOME OWNERSHIP IN EUROPE CONDUCTED BY UC SAN DIEGO RESEARCHER SHOWS HOME OWNERSHIP IS SEEN AS A SHIELD AGAINST INLATION.

A HISTORY OF HIGH INFLATION IN SOME COUNTRIES HAS LED TO HIGH HOME OWNERSHIP RATES THERE.

>> IF PEOPLE THINK THAT REAL ESTATE IS A GOOD INFLATION HEDGE AND THEY EXPECT HIGH INFLATION IN THE FUTURE, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO BE A HOM OWNER BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THAT HIGH INFLATION.

>> Reporter: WARNOCK SAYS HOME OWNERSHIP IS A GOOD HEDGE úAGAINST RENTAL INFLATION AND, IN AMERICA, IT'S THE PRIMARY VEHICLE FOR CREATING FAMILY WEAL.

BUT MORE AND MORE ARE FINDING A DOWN PAYMENT AND PAYING A MORTGAGE IS FINANCIALLY OUT OF REAH.

>> FOR MILLENIALS WHO DON'T OWN HOME, WE SURVEY THEM AND WE FID AN INCREASING SHARE OF THEM HAVE BEEN SAYING I'M NEVER GOING TO OWN A HOME, I JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT.

>> Reporter: 73% OF BABY BOOMERS IN SAN DIEGO OWN THEIR OW HOME, THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE RATE FOR SAN DIEGO MILLENIALS AND 5 PERCENTAGE POINTS LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAE.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>> I'M EVERYBENNETT.

TONIGH ON THE NEWS HOUR, FOX NEWS AGREES TO A MULTIMILLIO DOLLAR SETTLEMENT IN A CASE CHALLENGING ITS LIES ABOUT THE 200 ELECTION.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>> RACE AND GUN RIGHTS ARE ONCE AGAIN BEING SCRUTINIZED IN TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTN.

BOTH INVOLVE VICTIMS WHO POLICE SAY MISTAKENLY SHOWED UP AT A úWRONG ADDRESS.

AURA AGUIRRE TELLS US HOW THESE ARE THE LATEST INCIDENTS PROMPTING CALLS FOR JUSTICE.

>> Reporter: TWO STATES, TWO ADDRESS MIX-UPS, TWO PEOPLE SHOT.

KANSAS CITY TEEN RALPH YARL OUT OF THE HOSPITAL BUT RECOVERING AT HOME FROM TWO GUNSHOTS.

HIS FAMILY SAYS HIS PHYSICAL úHEALING IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

>> HE'S GOING TO FOREVER HAVE A SCAR ON HIS HEAD THAT'S GOING TO REMID HIM THAT I WAS SHOT BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN.

>> Reporter: POLICE SAY 84-YEAR-OLD ANDREW LESTER FACES FELONY CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING.

YARL CAME TO LESTER'S HOUSE APRIL 13th BY MISTAKE TO PICK - UP YOUNGER SIBLINGS.

IN A PROBLEM CAUSE STATEMENT, LESTER SAYS HE FIRED BECAUSE YARL WAS TOUCHING AN EXTERIOR FRONT DOOR HANDLE.

YARL TOLD POLICE, HE NEVER PULLED ON THE DOOR.

AND DIDN'T SPEAK TO LESTER.

THE SHOOTING SPARKING OUTRAGE IN THE COMMUNITY AS MANY WALKED IN UNITY TUESDAY DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR YARL AND HIS FAMILY.

20-YEAR-OLD KAYLIN GILLIS IN RURAL UPSTATE NEW YORK KILLED SATURDAY WHEN THE CAR SHE WAS RIDING IN TURNED INTO THE WRONG DRIVEWAY.

>> THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR THIS MAN TO COME OUT ON THE- DECK AND SHOOT AT THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING.

>> Reporter: THAT MAN, 65-YEAR-OLD KEVIN MONAHAN, IS NOW CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

MONAHAN'S ATTORNEY TELLS COIN THAT HIS CLIENT HAS NO TRESPASSING SIGNS POSTED AND HE FELT THREATENED.

>> THEY WERE TURNING AROUND LEAVING SO THERE CERTAINLY WAS NO THREAT SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION.

>> Reporter: I'M LAURA AGUIRRE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>> THOE WHO SERVED IN THE FIRST GULF WAR WILL BE THE FOCUS OF A NEW STUDY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GULF WAR SYNDROME.

THE V.A.

AND NATIONAL INSTITUTES úOF HEALTH WILL WORK TOGETHER OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, SOME OF THE WORK DONE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE DISAGREED OVER A FORMAL DEFINITION OF THE ILLNESS.

SOME VETERANS OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR IN THE EARLY '90s SAID THEY DEALT WITH LINGERING TIREDNESS, MEMORY LAPSES AND STOMACH PROBLEMS.

>>> A POSITIVE UPDATE ON DEMAR HAMLIN.

HE'S THE BUFFALO BILLS PLAYER WHO COLLAPSED FROM A HEART ATTACK DURING A MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME NEARLY FOUR MONTHS AGO.

HAMLIN HAD TO BE RESUSCITATED ON THE FIELD.

TODAY, HE WAS GIVEN THE ALL-CLEAR BY DOCTORS TO RESUME HIS PLAYING CAREER.

THE BILLS SAY THREE DIFFERENT HEALTH AND THAT THEY ARE HAPPY TO WELCOME HIM BACK.

>>> RECENTLY RENAMED THE EAST OMMONS MALL IN HONOR OF CHARLES BELL.

HE WAS A MATHEMATICIAN AND THE FIRST TENURED AFRICAN-AMERICAN FACULTY MEMBER AT SDSU.

THOMAS FUDGE HAS MORE ON THIS BLACK PIONEER IN THE WORLD OF ACADEMICS.

> Reporter: ON MARCH 27th, SAN DIEGO STATE'S EAST COMMONS BECAME THE CHARLES B.

BELL PAVILLION.

CHRLES BELL DIED IN 2010 BUT HIS WIDOW AND THREE OF HIS KIDS WERE THERE TO CUT THE RIBBON.

TANICAGREEN WAS THERE, THE UNIVERSITY'S FIRST CHARLESVILLE SCHOLAR AND VICE-PRESIDENT AT SDSU.

>> HE WAS A PIONEER, A TRAILBLAZER.

HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS COMMITTED TO MATHEMATICS IN STRONG AND CREATIVE WAYS.

PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER WHO HE IS BUT NOW THAT IT'S INSTITUTIONALIZED AND ON A BUILDING, IT GIVES PEOPLE THE POWER NOW TO FIND OUT WHO HE WAS AND THE IMPACT HE MADE ON CAMPUS.

>> Reporter: CHARLES BELL WAS BORN IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1928, AND HE QUICKLY GOT STARTED LEARNING - AND LOVING MATHEMATICS.

HOW QUICKLY?

HE ENROLLED IN XAVIER UNVERSITY, AN HISTORICALLY-BLACK COLLEGE, AT úAGE 14.

- HE EARNED HIS MASTERS DEGREE BY AGE 19.

HE DIDN'T GET HIS DOCTORATE - UNTIL 24 BUT BELL'S DAUGHTER, KAREN BELL SHIRLEY, SAID HIS DOCTORATE WAS DELAYED BY TWO YEARS DUE TO AN UNEXPECTED NFLICT.

>> A MAN IN I BELIEVE IT WAS GERMANY HAD WRITTEN HIS THESIS ON THE EXACT SAME TOPIC AND BECAUSE THE TOPICS HAD TO BE úUNIQUE AND BECAUSE THIS MAN- PRECEDED HIM BY A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY COULDN'T GIVE MY FATHER HIS Ph.D.

SO HE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE STARTING BOARD AND FIND ANOTHER TOPIC THAT WAS UNIQUE.

>> Repoer: CHARLES BELL WAS AUTHOR OF 40 ACADEMIC PAPERS, MANY OF THEM FOCUSED ON STATISTCS.

HIS SON C.B.

BELL ALONG WITH HIS úSISTER SAID THEIR DAD WAS DEMANDING OF THEM AS KIDS.

>> WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE HAD ENROLLED ME IN A SUMMER CLASS IN GEOLOGY AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THAT WAS FROM 9:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 3:00- IN THE AFTERNOON, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, AND THEN MY SISTER AND I, AND MY BEST FRIEND, TOOK CALCULUS FOM HIM FROM 5 TO 8:00 SIX NIGHTS A WEEK ALL SUMMER.

>> Report: BELL'S CAREER WAS CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE.

HE LEFT SDSU AFTER SIX YEARS TO TEACH AT TULANE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN JUST TO NAME TWO.- HE TAUGHT MATH OVERSEAS AT MANY INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE UNIVERSY OF MADRID AND A UNIVERSITY IN GERMANY.

HE INSISTED HIS FOUR KIDS LEARN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE WHEREVER THEY LIVED AND, AS CB PUT IT, HE THREW THEM INTO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND EXPECTED THEM TO COPE.

ELL RETURNED TO SAN DIEGO STATE IN 1981 AND RETIRED THERE 11 YEARS LATER.

CB ADDS THAT ONE EVER-PRESENT T T T T T T T T T T THEY LIVED, WAS A CHALKBOARD.

>> EVERYWHERE WE LIVED, I THINK- MY MOM WAS THE ONE THAT WENT OUT AND TOOK CARE OF CHALK BOARDS,- USUALLY TWO OF THEM, AND A SECOND CLASSROOM AND HE WOULD HAVE THOSE AT HOME AND SOMETIMES% HE'D BE TEACHING US STUFF AND SOMETIMES HE'D BE IN THERE JUST RATTLING OFF WHAT LOOKS LIKE SOME SORT OF MAD GENIUS FORMULAS.

>> Reporter: CHARLES BELL'S CAREER WAS REMARKABLE, ESPECIALLY DUE TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.

HE WENT TO NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T ADMIT A BLAC GRADUATE STUDENT AT LSU IN THE LATE '40s EVEN THOUGH NOTRE DAME ADMITTED HIM, CB SAYS HIS FATHER COULD NOT LIVE IN THE DORMS BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK.

MATHEMATICA THINKING ALLOWED HIM TO DISREGARD RACISM IN A WAY BECAUSE IT MADE NO SENSE.

HE SAYS IT HELPED THAT CHARLES BELL WAS ALWAYS THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE RO.

>> FOR HIM, IT WAS JUST YOU DO THE STUFF AND THEN YOU GET THE REWARD.

YOU DO THE PROOF, AND YOU HAVE THE PROOF.

THEN YOU HAVE IT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T DECIDE WE DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE BLACK, NOT EVEN PART OF A THING.

THIS NEVER ENTERED HIS MIND.- >> Reporter: BUT KAREN BELL SAID DESPITE THIS, HER FATHER WAS AWARE OF RACE AND TAUGHT HIS CHILDREN BLACK HISTORY LESSONS úUSING HIS OWN BOOKS THAT TOLD THE STORY OF BLACK LUMINAS.

>> HE TOLD ME, NO ONE WILL EVER TEACH YOU THIS SO I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU.

-- LUMINARIES.

YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WE CAME FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE A BIG, HUGE CONTRIBUTION TO THIS COUNTRY, TO THE WORLD.

AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT.

>> Repter: THE CHARLES B.

BELL PAVILLION ON A WEEKDAY IS A PLAZA FILLED WITH STUDENTS TALKING ON THEIR PHONES, ROLLING BY ON SKATEBOARDS, AND WALKING TO THE FOOD COURT.

BRANDON GAMBLE, DIRECTOR OF THE úBLACK RESOURCE CENTER AT SAN DIEGO STATE, SAYS CHARLES BELL IS PART OF A TRADITION.

>> PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY COME TO THE CAMPUS HERE AT SAN DIEGO STTE AND TAKE A BLACK EXCELLENCE TOUR AND LEARN ABOUT HAROLD BROWN, WHO WAS AN úOUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYER BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK ADMINISTRATOR HERE ON CAMPUS.

OR HEAR ABOUT SHIRLEY WEBBER WHO IS OUR CURRENT SECRETRY OF STATE BUT SHE WAS ALSO PROFESSOR IN THE AFRICANA STUDIES DEPARTMENT.

>> Reorter: AND HE SAYS CHARLE BELL IS A BIG PART OF THATSTORY.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>> TOP STORIES AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE FUTURE REPORTING DONE BY THE KPBS NEWSROOM, YOU CAN FIND MORE AT THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE LIVE STREAM KPBS EVENING EDITION WEEK NIGHTS AT 5:00.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS MAKING HEADWA ON AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF ITS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING AN INVENTORY OF TREES IN AN EFFORT TO GROW THE URBAN% FOREST.

SO FAR, THE DEPARTMENT HAS SURVEYED ABOUT 80% OF CITY TREES.

THEY SAY NATURAL LANDSCAPES CAN -- SORRY, LANDSCAPES CONTRIBUTE TO COOLER AIR, IMROVED MENTAL HEALTH, AND MORE LIVABLE COMMUTIES.

>> TREES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE SO MANY ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING STORM WATER RUN-OFF, THEY SEQUESTER CARBON AND STORE CARBON.

THEY'RE ALSO IMPORTANT TOO BECASE JUST COMMON FEATURES THAT TREES PROVIDE SUCH AS SHADE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> RESIDENTS CAN REQUEST A TREE FOR THEIR PARKWAY THROUGH THE FREE TREE SD PROGRAM ON THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WEB PAGE.

HOWEVER, YOU'LL HAVE TO WATER IT.

[ ♪♪ p>> IT'S BEEN BREEZY QUITE SOME TIME OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, HIGH DESERTS.

THE WIND BEGINS TO BACK OFF SOMEWHAT ON WEDNESDY.

WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT A WARMING - TREND AND A DRY STRETCH OF WEATHER HERE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES.

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ADVISORIES FIRST PERSISTING INTO THE VERY EARLY-MORNING HOURS FOR TOMORROW ON WEDNESDAY, PINE VALLEY, AND POINTS OFF TOWARDS EAST AND TO THE NORTH.

WINDS HERE LOCALLY GUSTY AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO STAY THAT úWAY AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

TURNING OUT CLOUDY FOR TONIGHT, SOME LOW CLOUDS ROLLING BACK IN.

TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN INTO THE MID-50s.

AREA-WIDE, I THINK THERE WILL BE LOTS OF 50s ON THE BOARD, CAN SEE SOME 40s AROUND RAMONA 45, BORREG O SPRINGS, AND THERE'S THE WIND YOU'LL HEAR AND SEE AND LAGUNA, 38, CHULA VISTA 52, SO SOME MORNING CLOUDS BUT CONDITIONS, LOOKING NICE.

A NICE AFTERNOO COMING UP HERE, A NICE LATE DAY FOR SOME BASEBALL.

TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID-60s.

BORREGO SPRINGS 91, AND MOUNTAIN SPRINGS 50°.

NOT A LOT OF CLOUD COVERAGE, TOWARD THE AFTERNOON.

IN THE MORNING, WE'LL DEFINITELY NOTICE SOME CLOUDS IN PLACE BUT% LESS OF A TENDENCY TO SEE THAT AS WE GO FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD N YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST.

I WANT TO TAKE YOU THERE NOW.

WITH LESS CLOUDINESS IN THE MORNING, LESS OF AN ON-SHORE FOW, WE'LL ALSO NOTICE A RESPONSE TO THE TEMPERATURES, 70 THURSDAY AT THE COAST.

- WE'RE PUSHING 80 FRIDAY.

DOES BACK OFF LATER ON THIS WEEKEND BUT A DRY STRETCH NONETHELESS.

INTERIOR VALLEYS ALSO CLIMBING HERE WITH LESS CLOUD.

WE'RE BACK IN THE 80s FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

SUNDAY, WE SLIP A BIT BACK INTO THE 70s.

THE HOWLING WIND WILL SUBSIDE LATER WEDNESY TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS AND HERE TO A LITTLE DECLINE AS WE WORK OUR WAY LATE WEEK BUT STILL A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE.

OVERNIGHT LOWS TRICKLING DOWN INTO THE 40s AND THE DESERT IS- LOOKING LIKE THIS, HEATING UP ESPECIALLY AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE WEEKEND HIGH AT THAT POINT UP INTO THE 90s.

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