
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3018 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The Aztecs gave San Diegans a season they won't soon forget!
The Aztecs gave San Diegans a season they won't soon forget! How fans are welcoming home the team fresh off their historic March Madness run. Plus, Nathan Fletcher plans to resign from the County Board of Supervisors in May But some want him to step down immediately. And, Donald Trump is now the first-ever former or sitting U.S. president to be criminally charged.
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3018 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The Aztecs gave San Diegans a season they won't soon forget! How fans are welcoming home the team fresh off their historic March Madness run. Plus, Nathan Fletcher plans to resign from the County Board of Supervisors in May But some want him to step down immediately. And, Donald Trump is now the first-ever former or sitting U.S. president to be criminally charged.
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AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU!
>> IT ONLY LASTED A FEW DAYS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THE AZTECS AND THEIR FANS WILL NEVER FORGET.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.
THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IS BACK IN SAN DIEGO AFTER A WHIRLWIND EXPERIENCE AT THE FINAL FOUR.
COACH BRIAN DUTCHER AND THE TEAM ARRIVED ON CAMPUS THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT'S LOSS.
SDSU MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN CROWNED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, BUT THE FANS DO NOT SEEM TO CARE.
PLAYERS AND COACHES TOOK TIME TO THANK THEIR FANS WITH AUTOGRAPHS AND PLENTY OF PICTURES.
AND AS WE KNOW THE HISTORIC AZTECS SEASON ENDED LAST NIGHT IN HOUSTON, MJ PEREZ TRAVELED WITH THE TEAM TO TEXAS AND WAS THERE FOR THE FINISH.
>> Reporter: IT WAS CLEAR BY HALFTIME THAT MARCH MADNESS WAS NO LONGER MARCHING IN THE AZTECS' FAVOR.
AND WEN IT WAS OVER, THE FANS WHO TRAVELED TO NRG STADIUM IN HOUSTON WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE HISTORC RIDE THAT BROUGHT THEM HERE.
>> IT WAS SURREAL TO SEE THEM ON THE BIG STAGE.
I CAN'T ASK FOR MORE.
SAD, BUT EXCITED FOR TH FUTURE.
>>WE'RE A GREAT TEAM AND WE HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE.
AN >> Reporter: BUT WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN.
NOT JUST BRACKETS AND BSKETBALLS, BUT ALSO THE EMOTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE.
SENIOR GUARD, MATT MAD BRIE, IS ONE OF THEM WHO ADMITTED LAST NIGHT AFTER THE GAME, HE ALMOST QUIT THREE YEARS AGO BECAUSE HE WASN'T SURE BASKETBALL WAS WORTH IT.
>> I TOLD MYSELF YOU KNOW WHAT, MAN ARE, IT'S BEEN TOUGH.
LET'S GO HOME AND GET A JOB.
COACH DUTCH IS ONE OF THE MOST GENUINE GUYS I'VE EVER MET AND THE WAY WE TOOK ME IN, THE BROTHERHOOD OF THESE GUYS AND ACTUALLY AVING REAL LEADERSHIP THAT I CAN FOLLOW, IT CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE FOR SURE.
>> THESE GUYS ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND THEY'RE GOOD STUDENTS AND THEY'RE REALLY GOOD PLAYERS.
SO WE CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE THINGS WE DID.
> Reporter: THE FANS AGREE.
>> THE TEAM DID GREAT AND WE'RE - SUPER PROUD OF THEM FOR GETTING THIS FAR.
úI MEAN, THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT'S HAPPENED TO SAN DIEGO - SPORTS IN A LONG TIME.
>> SDSU MADE IT SO MUCH FURTHER THAN ANYONE EXPECTED.
IT SUCKS IT DIDN'T TURN OUT LIKE WE WANTED BUT THIS IS AWESOME OR SAN DIEGO STATE.
>> Reporter: SO THE ROAD ENDS HERE AT NRG STADIUM, BUT AS THE SAYING GOES, THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.
>> WE PLAYED A GREAT GAME, HAD A GOOD RUN, GO AZTCS.
MJ PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.
>>> IT'S A BUSY NEWS DAY AND WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO, BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE AZTECS A LITLE BIT LATER AND THAT% INCLUDES THE SCENE THAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT AT VIEJAS ARENA AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY QUESTIONS BEING ASKD ABOUT HOW THE CROWDS WERE HANDLED.
>>> AND NOW TO THE UNUSUAL SCENE TODAY IN NEW YORK WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TURNED HIMSELF IN ON CHARGES RELATED TO AN ALLEGED HUSH MONEY PAYMENT USING CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
THIS ALL GOES BACK TO AN AFFAIR TRUMP ALLEGEDLY HAD BEFORE THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
MIKE VALERIO RECAPS A COURT APPEARANE UNLIKE ANY WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
>> Reporter: WELL, GOOD EVENING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW BACK IN FLORIDA, SAYING ON TRUTH SOCIAL HE DID NOTHING WRONG, KNOLNOTHING ILLEGAL, BUT PROSECUTORS - WOULD BEG TO DIFFER, ACCUSING HIM OF ENGAGING IN A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF THE 2016 ELECTION.
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP INDICTED AND ARRAIGNED ON 34 COUNTS RELATED TO BUSINESS% FRAUD.
TUESDAY'S LEGAL PROCEEDINGS RELATIVELY SHORT, BUT ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN HISTORY SEISMIC, UNPRECEDENTED.
TRUMP IS NOW THE FIRST-EVER FORME OR SITTING PRESIDENT TO BE CRIMINALLY CHARGED.
>> HE'S FRUSTRATED.
HE'S UPSET.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HE'S MOTIVATED.
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP HIM AND IT'S NOT GOING TO SLOW HIM DOWN AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE EXPECTED.
>> Reporter: THE CHARGES CENTER ON A 2016 HUSH MONEY PAYMENT TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS FCILITATED BY HIS PERSONAL LAWYER AND FIXER, MICHAEL COHEN.
>> 34 FALSE STATEMENTS MADE TO COVER UP OTHER CRIMES.
THESE ARE FELONY CRIMES IN NEW YORK STATE NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT NORMALIZE SERIOUS CRIMINAL CONDUCT.
>> Reporter: TRUMP IS ALREADY - LOOKING AHEAD TOWARDS A POSSIBLE TRIAL, POSTING TUESDAY MORNING HAT IT SHOULD BE MOVED TO STATEN ISLAND BECAUSE MANHATTAN- WOULD BE VERY UNFAIR.
SECURITY AROUND THE NEW YORK CITY COURTHOUSE WAS RAMPED UP AHEAD OF TUESDAY'S ARRAIGNMENT WITH OVERALL PEACEFUL CROWDS GATHERING FOR AND AGAINST TRUMP INCLUDING ONE OF HIS MOST VOCAL ALLIES ON THE HILL.
>> THIS IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA.
>> Reporter: THE NEXT STEP FOR TRUP, BACK AT HOME AT AR-A-LAGO TUESDAY NIGHT WHERE HIS LAWYERS HAVE SAID THEY'LL DISSECT EVERY CHARGE AND PLAN THEIR DEFENSE.
AND THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE DID NOT ISSUE A GAG ORDER MEANING THE FORMER PRESIDENT CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MATTER, BUT THE JUDGE HERE IN LOWER MANHATTAN URGED BOTH SIDES, THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE PROSECUTION, TO REFRAIN- FROM INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC.
HAT'S THE LATEST HERE IN NEW YORK.
I'M MIE VALERIO.
ACK TO YOU.
>> MORE CALLS TODAY FOR EMBATTLD SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER TO IMMEDIATELY RESIGN FOLLOWING CONGRATULAIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT.
THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF NATHAN FLETCHER.
CALLS FOR FLETCHER'S RESIGNATION GREW LOUDER TODAY AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VOICED THE DISLEASURE AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' MEETING.
úTHIS IS THE FIRST BOARD MEETING SINCE FLETCHER ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK HE WILL RESIGN EFFECTIVE MAY 15.
THE STRING OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS ISSUE IS PART OF THE REASON WHY SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND IS CALLING FOR FLETCHER TO STEP DOWN IMMEDIATELY.
>> I THINK THIS IS SO EGREGIOUS.
WE NEED TO GET ON.
WE HAVE TO MOVE ON.
OUR MEETING TODAY, WE HAVE A LOT O SPEAKERS TALKING ABOUT HIS INFRACTIONS AND WHAT HE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF AND IT'S REALLY KIND THE COUNTY.
>> Reporter: DESMOND FIRST SSUED THE CALL FOR FLETCHER'S RESIGNATION ON MONDAY.
AS A DIRECT RESPONSE, THE BOARD - OF SUPERVISORS CHAIR NORA VARGAS SAYS THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS FLETCHER'S REPLACEMENT AT ITS AY 2ND MEETING.
>> OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE'LL ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO GIVE US OPTIONS ON FILLING THE VACANCY FOR DISTRICT 4.
>> Reporter: THE OPTIONS INCLUDE APPOINTING SOMEONE TO FILL THE TERM, HOLDING A SPECIAL ELECTION, OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
LAST WEEK, FLETCHER ANNOUNCED HE WAS CHECKING INTO A TREATMENT CENTER FOR PTSD, TRAUMA, AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.
INITIALLY, HE WAS GREETED WITH OUTPOURINGS OF SUPPORT, BUT SINCE THE GREAT LAKESES SURFACED THAT HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AND HARASSED A FORMER EMPLOYEE LEADING TO HIS RESIGNATION, VETERANS SAY THAT LEAVES THEM WITH A DISTASTE.
>> ANY TIME SOMEONE TRIES TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THEY'RE SHIRKIG THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND USE PTSD TO WRIGGLE OUT OF SOMETHING, THAT WILL NOT BODE WEL FOR THE VETERAN COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: KATE MUNROE HELPS VETRANS FILE THEIR PTSD CLAIMS.
THEY ARE CALLING FOR FLETCHER'S IMMEDIAE RESIGNATION.
ú >> IN ADDITION, WE'D ALSO LIKE HIM TO ISSUE EITHER AN APOLOGY OR A STATEMENT ESSENTIALLY ASSURING EVERYONE THAT HE DID NOT PLACE A SEXUAL ASSAULT STIGMA ON PTSD.
>> Reporter: SUPERVISORS TODAY SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO RUSH THINGS AND WANT TO SEE THE COUTY PROCESS PLAY OUT.
AND ATTORNEY FOR FLETCHER HAS NOT RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR- COMMENT.
ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.
>>GAS PRICES IN SAN DIEGO ARE UP AND DOWN LATELY.
TODAY THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY BACK UP, AAA SAYS THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS 4.89 AND THAT IS UP NEARLY THREE CENTS FROM MONDAY.
WE'RE STILL A DOLLAR LESS THAN WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN PRICES SOARED TO THE $6 RANGE.
>>> ARE YOU STRUGGLING TO PAY CURRENT OR PAST-DUE WATER BILLS?
KPBS REPORTER KATIE HYSON LOOKED INTO A PROGRAM THAT HAS 2.5 MILLION IN ASSISTANCE JUST WAITING TO BE CLAIMED.
>> MANY HOUSEHOLDS WILL SPEND THEIR MONEY ON ALL OF THEIR BASIC NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS LIKE WATER, UTILITIES, RENT.
>> Reporter: HE OVERSEES THE LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE NON-PROFIT MAAC.
IT OFFERS A ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF UP TO $2,000 TO HELP RESIDENTS PAY WATER OR WASTEWATER BILLS.
>> AND THEN THEY'LL USE A CREDIT CARD FOR ALL THE OTHERS, FOOD, ANYWHERE THEY CAN USE A CREDIT CARD AT, AND IT BEGINS TO STRETCH FAMILIES.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS HELPING% WITH A WATER BILL CAN STABILIZE A FAMILY'S FINANCES.
>> IT'S BETTER TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THOSE HOUSEHOLDS BEFORE THEY GET INTO THE SITUATIO OF FALLING BEHIND, BEFORE THEY GET INTO THE SITUATION OF STARTING TO AMASS CREDT ON THEIR CREDIT CARD.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE PROGRAM OR REALIZED THEY QUALIFY.
IT JUST STARTED THIS PAST YEAR.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED THESE FUNDS RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE ASSISTANCE CAN ALSO BE USED FOR RECONNECTION AND LATE FEES.
FR MORE AND TO SEE IF YOU% QUALIFY, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.
úKATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.
>>> AND THOSE OF US WHO SPEND ANY TIME IN THE MIDWAY OR POINT LOMA AREAS HAVE SEEN THIS TAKE SHAPE FOR YEARS.
A DEDICATION FOR THE NEW WEST úMISSION BAY DRIVE THAT CONNECTS THE INTERSTATE 8, THE MIDWAY DISTRICT AND THE SEA WORLD PORTION OF MISSION BAY.
WORK ON THE BRIDGE STARTED BACK IN 2018.
THE CITY SAYS THE MAJORITY OF THE $150 MILLION COST WAS PAID BY A FEDERAL GRANT.
AZTECS RETURN TO SAN DIEGO.
HERE'S COACH BRIAN DUTCHER A SHORT TIME AGO.
I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE VIDEOS FROM BCK HERE OF THE VIEJAS HALL, ALL THE BARS AND ESTAURANTS THAT WERE BROADCASTING THE GAME AND THE CELEBRATION ON THE SCREEN.
AND I'M SURE THE ONLY GUY THAT WAS HAPPY WE MAY NOT HAVE WON WAS MR. GLORIA BECAUSE HE MAY HAVE HAD THE CITY TURN UPSIDE-DOWN!
I'M JUST JESTING.
I KNOW HE WANTED US TO WIN.
BUT IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE ALL THE FANS ENJOYIN THIS.
>> SDSU WILL HOST A PARADE FOR THEIR MENS' BASKETBALL TEAM THIS SATURDAY.
úFULL DETAILS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED YET, BUT IT WILL START% AT 10 a.m. AND REACH PETCO PARK.
AS COACH DUTCHER JUST MENTIONED, AZTECS FANS SHOWED UP IN FULL FORCE AT THE GAME IN HOUSTON AND THEIR HOME COURT.
JACOB AERE SAYS SAN DIEGO'S LARGEST WATCH PARTY WAS COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED WITH FANS WHICH CREATED SOME CHAOS.
[CROWD NOISE] >> Reporter: DEPENDG ON WHERE AND WHEN FANS GOT TO VIEJAS ARENA, THEY MAY HAVE HAD TWO DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
THE LUCKY ONES GOT INSIDE THE VENUE FOR A THRILLING GAME-TIME ATMOSPHERE.
BUT MANY GOT STUCK OUTSIDE IN AN UNRULY SITUATION.
>> THE FINALS FOR MARCH MADNESS, E JUST REALLY WANTED TO COME OUT.
IT WOUL BE A GOOD TIME, BUT CLEALY IT'S NOT.
WE'RE LOOKING LIKE THAT RIGHT THERE AROUND 4:00 BUT GAVE UP ANDCHOSE TO WATCH THE GAME AT HOME ONCE THEY GOT CAUGHT IN THE LARGE CROWDS OUTSIDE THE ARENA.
>> WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT IT, BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
IT WAS HARD TO MOVE.
>> Reporter: THE EVENT WAS FREE AND FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
TIPOFF WAS AT 6:20 AND HUGE CROWDS STARTED TO SHOW UP HOURS BEFORE GAME TIME.
>> WE THOUGHT WE HAD PLENTY OF TIME, BUT WE GOT HERE AND IT WAS JUST VERY BUSY.
ú >> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE WERE LET IN, BUT THE ARENA HIT ITS MAXIMUM CAPACITY WITH THOUSANDS STILL OUTSIDE.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HEAR A LOUD BOOM AND THE LINE STARTS MOVING A LOST FASTER.
úFROM WHAT I HEAR, PEOPLE RUSHED IN TOWARDS THE END ONCE THEY HEARD THEY WERE AT CAPACITY.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHEN THINGS GOT A LITTLE WILD.
[CROWD NOISE] >> Reporter: SOME FANS WAITING OUTSIDE EVENTUALLY PUSHED THROUGH THE GATES OR HOPPED OVER úTHE FENCE.
TO CONTROL THE CROWDS.
[CROWD NOISE] >> Reporter: FANS SAY THEY WERE úGETTING SQUISHED IN THE CROWD JUST TO FIND A SEAT INSIDE THE ARENA.
>> WE GOT IN AND IT WAS A CRAZY MOSH PIT.
WE HAD TO SQUEEZE OUR WAY THROUGH.
WE RAN IN, IT WAS A LOT.
IT WAS A LOT.
THEY WEREN'T PREPARED HERE.
THEY WEREN'T PREPARED AT ALL.
>> Reporter THE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THEY INCREASED POLICE PATROLS LEADING P TO AND FOLLOWING THE WATCH PARTY, BUT THE SITUATION STILL GOT OUT OF HAND.
IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID: WE WHERE APPALLED BY THE BEHAVIOR OF A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO CHOSE TO ACCESS VIEJAS ARENA GATES DISREGARDING THE DIRECTION OF SECURITY OFFICIALS TO ACCESS THE VENUE AFTER IT REACHED CAPACITY.
THEY WORKED WITH OTHER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MANAGE THE CROWDS, BUT NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR ARRESTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
FOR THOSE THAT MADE IT INSIDE THE VENUE, THEY EXPERIENCED A GREAT ATMOSPHERE AND ULTIMATELY A HARD-FOUGHT LOSS.- BUT FOR THE MANY WHO GOT STUCK OUTSIDE, THEY HAD TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO WATCH THEIR TEAM PLAY.
JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.
>>> AN IT'S BEEN QUITE A RIDE FOR THE AZTECS AND THOSE OF US COVERING THE STORY.
YOU CAN REVISIT ALL OF OUR NCAA AND FINAL FOUR COVERAGE.
ALL OF OUR STORIES ARE AVAILABLE úON THE KPBS YouTube PAGE AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE LIVESTREAM KPBS EVENING EDITION WEEKNIGHTS AT 5.
>>> A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL BRING MORE DISASTER AID TO CALIFORNIA.
TE DECLARATION IS SPECIFICALLY FOR STORMS THAT HIT OVER THE - STATE IN LATE FEBRUARY.
STREAMLINES THE PROCESS FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES LIKE HOUSING AND FOOD FOR THOSE AFFECTED.
FEDERAL GRANTS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR UNINSURED PROPERTY LOSSES.
SEVERAL COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED MOSTLY IN THE BAY AREA AND CENTRAL VALLEY.
>>> A RARE MOMENT CAUGHT ON VIDEO.
MORE THAN 30 ORCAS ATTACKED TWO GRAY WHALES IN MONTERREY BAY.
A MEMBER OF A WHALE WATCHING GROP JUST HAPPENED TO WITNESS THE ATTACK AND RECORDED IT.
>> I'VE BEEN ON BOATS SINCE I úWAS A SMALL CHILD.
I'VE NEVER WITNESSED ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE.
WE GOT A CALL A QUARTER WAY THROUGH OUR TRIP YESTERDAY.
THERE WAS A GROUP OF KILLER WHALES ATTACKING TWO GRAY WHALES.
WE USUALLY SEE MID-APRIL THROUGH MID-MAY KILLER WHALES PREDATING ON THE CALVES OF THE GRAY WHALES.
THIS BOAT WAS REPORTING ADULT GRAY WHALES, SO IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING ODD IN OUR NON-PROFIT'S 30 YEARS OF DATA.
TYPICAL TO SEE THESE ATTACKS DURING MID APRIL THROUGH MID MAY.
SOME YEARS WE SEE MORE THAN OTHERS.
OME YEARS WE SEE LESS THAN OTHERS.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE GRAY WHALE POPULATION AND THE CALVING GROUNDS.
THE GRAY WHALES, THAT SPECIES THAT TIME OF YEAR, SPEND THE WINTER IN THE CALVING AND MATING LAGOONS OF BAJA, MEXICO.
KILLER WHALES ARE, OF COURSE, VERY COMPLEX ANIMALS.
IT'S HARD TO ATTRIBU ANY OF THEIR ACTIONS TO ANY ONE THING.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THEM FEEDING ON ADULT GRAY úWHALES EARLY IN THE SEASON, SOMETHING THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO, IT COULD POINT TO A LACK OF OTHER FOOD AVAILABILITY IF THEY'RE NORMALLY GOING AFTER SEA LIONS AND DOLPHINS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HARDER TO TAKE DOWN, SOMETHING AS BIG AS AN ADULT GRAY WHALE.
>> IF WE HADN'T HAVE BEEN OUT THERE YESTERAY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS HAPPENED.
>> PERSONALLY, THI IS A VERY SPECIAL ENCOUNTER I'LL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
[MUSIC] >>> ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT COMIN UP.
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE SPPING DOWN INTO THE 40'S, EVEN SOME 30'S.
QUIET WEATHE OVERALL THOUGH THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH A WARMING TREND.
AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
BUT CHECK OUT THE NUMBERS HERE FOR TONIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE CHILLY.
THERE CULD BE SOME FROST.
MOUNT LAGUNA DOWN INTO THE 20S.
CHULA VISTA, 43.
OCEANSIDE, YOU CAN TRICKLE DOWN úINTO THOSE 30'S FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
HERE'S A LOOK AT FUTURE CAST AND CLEAR SKIES IN PLACE.
DID HAVE THAT VERY CHOPPY SURF AND NOTICE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MUCH IN THE WAY OF LOUDINESS AS WE GO RIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.- SO CHILLY START THOUGH TEMPERTURES WILL RESPOND.
VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE.
THAT DRY AIR IS EFFICIENT IN COOLING OFF AND ALSO WARMING BACK UP, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT RISING TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID AND UPPER 60S FOR SOME.
OCEANSIDE, 65.
BORREGO SPRINGS, 71.
MOUNT LAGUNA, TALKING ABOUT THE UPPER 30'S ON TAP.
LET'S TAKE YOU THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS HERE.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
NOTICE A BIT OF A WARMING TREND INTO THURSDAY.
WE'RE CLOSING IN ON 70.
AND THEN AGAIN AS WE WORK OUR WAY LATER ON THIS WEEKEND, EVEN THOUGH THERE'LL BE SOME CLOUDS AROND, TEMPERATURES CAN START TO CLIMB BACK UP INTO THE 60S.
INLAND VALLEYS, INTERIOR VALLEYS, WOW, IS IT GOING TO BE NICE COMIG UP HERE LATER ON TIS WEEK.
LOW TO MID-70S THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND, DESPITE SOME CLOUDS, STILL VERY WARM OUT THERE WITH TEMPERTURES CLIMBING CLOS TO 80° BY THE TIME WE GO TO SUNDAY.
LOOK AT THOSE OVERNIGHT LOWS NOW, INTO THE UPPER 40S AND 50S.
OVER THE MOUNTAINS, STILL COLD NET COUPLE OF DAYS.
WE'LL GO FROM COLD TO COOL AND THEN MORE SEASONABLE.
QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS HERE ESSENTIALLY ACROSS THE BOARD.
IM JUSTIN POVICK.
>>>A LABOR BATTLE IS BREWING BETWEEN HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THEIR STORIES.
THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WILL HOLD A STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE AND IF ENOUGH PEOPLE VOTE N FAVOR, IT GIVES THE WRITERS' UNION THE ABILITY TO SET A STRIKE FOR A LATER DATE.
ONE OF THE STICKING POINTS IS RESIDUAL PAY FOR CONTENT AVAILABLE ON STREAMING PLATFORMS.
THE LAST HOLLYWOOD WRITER STRIKE WAS MORE THAN 15 YEARS AGO.
>>> A FORMER TESLA EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN AWARDED $3.2 MILLION IN A RACIAL DISCRIMITION LAWSUIT.
THE CASE WAS BROUGHT BY OWEN DIAZ WHO WORKS AT AN ASSEMBLY PLANT IN FREMONT.
HE REGULARLY HEARD RACIAL SLURS AND WAS SUBJECTED TO RACIST GRAFFITI AND A CARTOON.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HE BROUGHT HIS CASE TO TRIAL.
THE FIRST JURY AWARDED HIM $137 MILLION IN DAMAGES BUT THE JUDGE THREW IT OUT CALLING IT EXCESSIVE.
>> WE GOT A LOT OF LIVE COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS FROM NATIONAL NETWORKS TODAY ON THE TRUMP ARRAIGNMENT, BUT ONE THING WE DIDN'T SEE WAS A BOOKING PHOTO.
SUNLEN SERFATY TELLS US MORE ABOUT HOW MUG SHOTS OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS SOMETIMES BECOME PART OF THE STORY.
>> Reporter: IN ONE SECOND, ONE LASH, ONE PHOTO, AN INDELILE IMAGE IS PRODUCED, STEEPED IN THE LONG HISTORY OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
EYES FORWARD, LOOKING RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA.
TAT EXPOSURE EXPOSING THE PERSON.
BECOMIG A LASTING PART OF THEIR OWN LEGACY.
AL CAPONE, PABLO ESCOBAR, JOHN GOTTI, THE MUG SHOTS HAVE BECOME ICONIC.
LEE HARVEY OSWALD TAKEN JUST HOURS AFTER HE ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY.
[CRWD NOISE] - >> Reporter: NOW ALL EYES ARE ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S MOVEMENTS AND THE PALACE INTRIGUE IS GROWING.
THE FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT TO HAVE A MUG SHOT TAKEN OR NOT.
>> THE LEANING HAS BEEN NOT TO BECAUSE (A), IT'S NOT REALLY NECESSARY.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S NOT LIKE IF HE FLED THE JURISDICTON THAT THEY WOULD SAY, WOW, WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT MUG SHOT.
(B), IF THEY NEED TO, THEY CAN CRATE A MUG SHOT FROM EXISTING PICTURES.
T THE REAL CONCERN IS THAT THE MUGSHOT IS GOING TO BE MISUSED.
>> Reporter: NEW YORK STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE RELEASE OF BOOKING PHOTOS UNLESS POLICE SAY THERE IS A LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCMENT PURPOSE TO RELEASE THEM.
SOURCES TELL CNN AUTHORITIES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PHOTOLEAKIN.
THE TRUMP TEAM IS TRYING TO AVOID IT.
> I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LEAKING OF PICTURES.
I THINK THAT BECAUSE WE'RE IN A CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE HE'S THE LEADING GOP COMPANY, IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP ANYTHING.
MUG SHOTS ARE FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE WHO THEY ARE.
HE IS THE MOST RECOGNIZED FACE IN THE WORLD, LET ALONE THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR THAT.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE THEATRICS.
>> Reporter: OTHER POLITICIANS LIKE JOHN EDWARDS AND RICK PERRY ATTEMPTED TO TURN THEIR MUG SHOT INTO MORE OF A PLEASING HEAD SHOT, SMILING WITH PERFECTL COIFED HAIR, SUIT, AND TIE.
THEN THERE ARE THE MUG SHOTS THAT GO ON TO BECOME CELEBRATED.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, ROSA PARKS, JOHN LEWIS, JANE FONDA, A BADGE OF DEFIANCE.
>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WILL GET SOME MONEY BACK ON WHAT IT SPENT FOR PORTABLE SHOWERS úDURING THE COVID PANDEMIC.
A SETTLEMENT OF NEARLY $1.2 MILLION.
UTED SITE SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA, THE CITY CLAIMED THE COMPANY OVERCHARGED FOR SHOWERS INTENDEDFOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS WERE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WHEN IT WAS BEING USED AS A SHELTER.
THE ALLEGED OVERCHARGING WENT ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.
>>> THEY CAN COMPLETE AN OUTFIT, BUT A COMMON ACCESSOY MIGHT BE DOING DAMAGE TO YOUR HEALTH.
MANDY GAITHER TELLS US ABOUT NEW RSEARCH ON THE WEARIN OF HIGH HEELS AND WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIVE YOUR FEET A REST.
>> Reporter: FOR CENTURIES, THEY'VE BEEN THE FOOTWEAR OF THE FASHIONABLE, BUT HIGH HEELS MAY BE WREAKING HAVOC ON YOUR BODY.
>> YOUR FEET ARE JUST AS COPLICATED AS YOUR HANDS.
THEY'RE THE SAME BONY STRUCTURE, EXCEPT YOU HAVE TO WALK ON THEM.
>> Reporter: THIS SURGEON SAYS- THE CONCENTRATION OF STRESS PUT ON THE FRONT OF THE FOOT BY HIGH úHEELS CAN CAUSE CROWDING OF THE TOES, BUNIONS, AND HAMMER TOES, WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH BALANCE.
SUDDENLY SWITCHING TO FLATS THOUGH ISN'T THE ANSWER EITHER, BECAUSE YOUR BODY MAY HAVE ECOME ACCUSTOMED TO HIGH HOLES.
>> HEELS.
>> IF YOU'VE MODIFIED YOUR GAIT, YOUR WALK, THE WAY THAT YOUR FOOT ACCOMMODATES THE SHOE THEY'RE USED TO AND THEN ALL OF SUDDEN YOU CHANGE IT AND GO TO A LOWER RAMPED SHOE, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A PRICE FOR THAT.
>> Reporte THAT COULD LEAD TO OTHER ORTHOPEDIC PROBLEMS LIKE TENDONITIS, PLANTAR OR ARTHRITIS WHICH CAN LEAD TO POSTURE ROBLEMS.
PROECTING FEET IS CRITICAL.
>> THEY ARE SORT OF YOUR TIRES FOR YOUR BODY, IF YOU WILL.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT TO BE IN GOOD TOP CONDITION.
>> Reporter: T KEEP FEET HEALTHY, CONSIDER DROPPING DOWN AN INCH OR TWO TO LOWER THE RAMP OF YOUR HIGH HEEL.
MAKE SURE YOUR FOOT FITS IN THE SHOE.
AVOID POINTY-TOED FOOTWEAR AND GIVE YOUR FEET A BREAK.
>> MAYBE PUT IT UP FOR A WEDDING OR GRADUATION AND THEN MAYBE YOU SWITCH OUT OF THEM.
I'M MANDY GAITHER.
>>> A ROLLERCOASTER OF MOTIONS FOR SAN DIEGO SPORTS FANS LAST úNIGHT NOT LONG AFTER THE ASTROS CAME UP SHORT, THE PADRES GAVE EVERYONE SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT.
>> THAT'S THE BALL GAME!
PADRES GO BACK TO BACK IN THE 9TH, WINNING 5-4.
THEY'LL WAIT FOR HIM AT THE PLATE.
TIME TO CELEBRATE!
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NPR'S MORNING EDITION HAS A STORY ON WHAT CLIMATE SCIENTISTS ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE FLOODING THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IN OUR STATE.
>>> ND KPBS MIDDAY EDITIO HAS PART OF A CONVERSATION ON MEN PAUSE FROM CONFRONTING TABOOS ABOUT THE AGING PROCESS TO ADVICE FROM LOCAL HEALTH XPERTS.
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