
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3135 | 27m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
KPBS spoke to migrants about the growing humanitarian crisis near the border.
KPBS spoke to migrants about the growing humanitarian crisis near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Ysidro. Next, COVID-19 is on the rise just as the school year begins. Local districts revealed what they are doing to ensure a healthy and productive year. Then, the fishing industry is flourishing in San Diego.
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Season 1 Episode 3135 | 27m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
KPBS spoke to migrants about the growing humanitarian crisis near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Ysidro. Next, COVID-19 is on the rise just as the school year begins. Local districts revealed what they are doing to ensure a healthy and productive year. Then, the fishing industry is flourishing in San Diego.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I MAYA TRABULSI.
THE PRACTICE LED TO A FEDERAL COMPLAINT AGAINST THE AGENCY BACK IN MAY.
MIGRANTS TOLD KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS THAT THEY ARE NOT GIVEN SHELTER OR ACCESS TO BATHROOMS.
>> Reporter: IT'S WRITTEN ALL OVER THEIR FACES.
BE TIRED, HUNGRY, DESPERATE HUDDLED MASSES FORCED TO SLEEP OUTSIDE IN A MAKESHIFT MIGRAINE CAMP NEAR THE BORDER JUST SOUTH OF THERE.
MY HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS INCLUDING SEVERAL SMALL CHILDREN HAVE NO PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS.
>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ].
MARIA SAYS THE TEMPERATURES AND MOSQUITOES KEPT HER AND HER ONE- YEAR-OLD SON UP ALL NIGHT.
SHE'S BEEN AT THE CAMP FOR TWO DAYS AND STILL HASN'T BEEN TOLD WHEN SHE WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE.
>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: HAD SHE KNOWN JUST HOW MISERABLE THIS WOULD BE, SHE SAYS SHE MAY NOT HAVE FLED HER HOME.
SHE ASKED THAT WE NOT USE HER FULL NAME.
SHE TOLD KPBS THAT CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION GIVES THEM SOME WATER BOTTLES, CHEESE AND CRACKERS.
EVERYTHING ELSE COMES FROM VOLUNTEERS FROM SAN DIEGO AND AND TIJUANA.
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE ESTIMATING ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO 400 PEOPLE WAITING IN BETWEEN THE TWO FENCES.
>> VOLUNTEERS GIVE FOOD TO THE MIGRANTS THROUGH THE BORDER WALL.
BLANKETS, MEDICINE, DIAPERS, PADS AND PHONE CHARGERS.
ALL THINGS THAT MIGRANTS ARE NOT GETTING FROM BORDER PATROL.
SHE SAYS PEOPLE FROM THE CAMP COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM CAMEROON.
WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM WEST AFRICA.
WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM NORTHERN AFRICA AND PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT ASIAN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING VIETNAM AND SOME PARTS OF CHINA.
WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE FROM JAMAICA, FROM BRAZIL, FROM PERU, FROM BELIZE.
WE JUST MET PEOPLE FROM AFGHANISTAN.
A BIG FAMILY WITH SEVERAL MORE CHILDREN.
>> MANY ARE ASYLUM-SEEKERS FLEEING PERSECUTION BACK HOME.
SHE'S AN INDIGENOUS WOMAN FROM ECUADOR IT SAYS DISCRIMINATION IS RAMPANT.
SHE ALSO ASKED THAT WE DON'T USE HER FULL NAME.
>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: IT TOOK NANCY AND HER HUSBAND TWO MONTHS TO GET TO THE U.S. BORDER.
SHE PRAYS TO GOD THAT THEIR SUFFERING ENDS SOON.
>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION DID NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FROM KPBS INCLUDING WHY MIGRANTS ARE BEING HELD IN THESE CONDITIONS.
BACK IN APRIL, THE SAME THING HAPPENED.
ORDER PATROL HAS PUT AROUND 400 MIGRANTS IN MAKESHIFT CAMPS BETWEEN THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BORDER WALL.
THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE IN WASHINGTON DC IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THAT INCIDENT AFTER CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS FILED COMPLAINTS.
AROUND 11:00 A.M. TODAY, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION REMOVED SOME MIGRANTS FROM THE CAMP.
OFFICIALS PRIORITIZED FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN, LEAVING THE VAST MAJORITY OF MIGRANTS OUTSIDE IN THE CAMP.
SHE SAYS VOLUNTEERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
SHE ENCOURAGED OTHER SAN DIEGO MEANS TO HELP OUT.
>> YOU PEOPLE ARE MOVED BY THE IMAGES AND THE FACES THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING FOR THE LAST WEEK OR SO, THEY ARE FREE TO COME AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: VOLUNTEERS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO WILL DONATE SMALL FRUITS LIKE ORANGES AND APPLES BECAUSE THEY CAN PASSED THROUGH THE BORDER WALL VERY EASILY.
GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.
>>> THE FALL SEMESTER HAS BROUGHT AN UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
WHILE THE NUMBERS ARE NOT AS HIGH AS THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR YET, THEIR WORKING TO BE PRODUCTIVE IN PREVENTION.
KPBS REPORTER ANGIE BRINGS US THIS UPDATE.
>> Reporter: COVID-19 MIGHT BE BACK ON THE MOVE.
SO WERE THE MEDICAL PROVIDERS TRYING TO SLOW IT DOWN.
THE COBRA TESTING PROCESS IS FAMILIAR TO STUDENTS HERE AT HADDON CAMP ELEMENTARY.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFERS NO COST ON SITE WEEKLY TESTING TO ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH CAMPUS CLINIC.
WHERE NURSE PRACTITIONERS, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER STAFF MAKE REGULAR STOPS AT ALL 50 OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
>> DETECTING COVID EARLY MEANS WE CAN STOP THE TRANSMISSION OF THE DISEASE IN SCHOOL.
STOPPING THE TRANSMISSION MEANS THAT WE CAN INCREASE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME HERE IN SCHOOL.
WE CAN PROTECT STAFF MEMBERS AND PROTECT THE FAMILIES OF THE STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: SINCE CLASSES BEGAN JULY 17, THE CHULA VISTA DISTRICT HAS REPORTED MORE THAN 900 COVID CASES, INCLUDING STUDENTS AND STAFF.
EVEN THOUGH THAT'S ONLY HALF THE NUMBER OF CASES FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE NUMBERS ARE CLIMBING MORE QUICKLY.
THE DISTRICT PLAN IS TO STICK TO BASICS.
>> ENCOURAGE TESTING.
ENCOURAGE WASHING OF HANDS AND BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT SO WE CAN MITIGATE COVID-19.
NOT JUST HERE AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL, BUT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AS A WHOLE AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: COVID PREVENTION IS HAPPENING ON CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
WHILE THE STRATEGIES MAY DIFFER, THE REALITY IS THE SAME.
CORONAVIRUS IS STILL HERE IN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 150 MORE POSITIVE COVID CASES IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF SCHOOL, COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
FAMILIES CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED HOME TEST KIT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS CURRENTLY NOT FIGHTING TO REQUIRE MASKS.
ALTHOUGH MASKS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS THEM AT EVERY DISTRICT LOCATION.
IN THE SANTA CEDRO SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONLY 49 COVID CASES WERE REPORTED SO FAR THIS SEMESTER AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE WORKING WITH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION ON PROVIDING MORE HOME TEST AND MONITORING ANY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE CAMPUS CLINIC PARTNERSHIP IN CHULA VISTA IS ALSO PROVIDING NO COST MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SINCE STUDENTS ARE STILL DEALING WITH COVID RELATED STRESS SOURCE AND GRIEF FROM LOSS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
AND IT'S WORKING.
>> WHEN THEY FIND OUT TELL ME YOU HAVE BEEN HELPING ME.
I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL SAD ANYMORE.
I HANG OUT WITH MY FRIENDS OR GO TO THE MALL OR UNABLE TO TALK TO MY MOM AND DAD ABOUT ISSUES THAT I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BEFORE YOUR >> Reporter: THAT'S PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE AT ITS BEST.
M.G.
PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.
>>> THE DIRECTOR OF THE CDC SIGNED OFF ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BROAD USE OF UPDATED COVID VACCINES.
COMMITTEE VOTED 13-1 RECOMMENDING THE VACCINE FOR ALL AMERICANS AGED SIX MONTHS AND OVER.
TWO OF WHICH FROM PFIZER AND MODERNA WILL BE AVAILABLE IN PHARMACIES THIS WEEK.
THE COMMITTEE'S ENDORSEMENT MEANS THE VACCINE WILL BE COVERED BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSURANCE PLANS.
>>> THE MAYOR JOHN FRANKLIN IS CALLING FOR AN EMERGENCY CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON HOMELESSNESS THIS EVENING.
KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER SAYS THE CITY PLANS TO ADDRESS A SUDDEN SHELTER AND SHORTAGE.
>> Reporter: VISTA HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST POPULATION OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTY BUT THE BEEN WORKING TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS INCLUDING OPENING A SAFE PARKING SITE AND USING PANDEMIC FUNDS AND A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
WHEN MAYOR JOHN FRANKLIN LEARNED THE CITY HAD NO SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE.
>> WE FOUND OUT LATE LAST WEEK THAT STAFFING PROBLEMS OF THE HAVEN HOUSE SHELTER, IN ADDITION TO FACILITIES TRANSITION THEIR, AND A COMBINATION WITH THE COVID OUTBREAK AT THE SHELTER THAT'S RUN BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS CAUSED VISTA TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE NO SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES WHICH OPERATE HAVEN HOUSE TO PROVIDE SHELTER BEDS.
FRANKLIN SAYS THE SITUATION PREVENTED THEM FROM ENFORCING ANY ORDINANCES AGAINST ILLEGAL CAMPGROUND ARE GETTING PEOPLE TO SHELTERS.
>> SO THAT'S A CRISIS BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THE STREET YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN OUR MANDATE HAS BEEN THAT WE WILL PROVIDE SHELTER BEDS TO ALL WHO WANT TO USE THEM.
>> Reporter: PARENTHESIS THERE BETWEEN 250 TO 350 UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY.
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE POINT IN TIME IN JANUARY SET SHOWS THERE WERE 88 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, ONLY BEHIND ESCONDIDO AND OCEANSIDE WHICH ARE MORE THAN TWICE THAT NUMBER.
CEO GREG ANGEL SAYS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A MISCUE MEDICATION ABOUT THE SHELTER BEDS AVAILABILITY AT HAVEN HOUSE.
HE SAYS THE SHELTER BRIEFLY PUT A HOLD ON ACCEPTING REFERRALS TO TRANSITION HAVEN HOUSE RESIDENTS TO THE NEW TURK CENTER THAT STARTED ACCEPTING NEW REFERRALS TODAY.
>> AS PART OF THE ALLIANCE FOR REGIONAL SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF SHELTERS THROUGHOUT NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY, WE ARE CONTINUING TO ACCEPT REFERRALS FROM ALL OF OUR CITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING VISTA.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE AN INTAKE INTO OUR SHELTER TODAY.
>> Reporter: ANGEL SAYS THERE IS A SECOND SHORTAGE INCLUDING HAVEN HOUSE RESIDENTS TO THE TURK CENTER TO CONSOLIDATE STAFF.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS MAYOR FRANKLIN WAS TO GET ANSWERED IS WHY SOME REFERRAL BEDS SIT EMPTY.
ANGEL SAYS THE MOST COMMON REASON IS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T SHOWING UP FOR THE REFERRAL.
THE EMERGENCY MEETING IS TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M.
FOLLOWING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
IN VISTA, ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.
>>> THERE ARE NEW RULES BEING IMPOSED ON A NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES FOOD AND RESOURCES TO THE OCEANSIDE COMMUNITY.
KPBS REPORTER TANIA THORNE HAS THE DETAILS.
>> Reporter: AFTER COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS, OCEANSIDE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ADDED A NEW SET OF CONDITIONS TO THE OPERATING PERMITS FOR THE BROTHER FOUNDATION.
THOSE CONDITIONS INCLUDE MORE COMMUNICATION, AS WELL AS THE HIRING OF SECURITY AND CLEANING SERVICES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CONTINUE OPERATING OUT OF THE BUSINESS PART OF PRODUCTION AVENUE.
>> YOU HAVE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP, OKAY?
AND YOU WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
I THINK WE DEMONSTRATED BY THE HIRING OF THE SECURITY AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO LISTEN.
>> Reporter: PAUL McNAMARA IS THE ORGANIZATION'S NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
IS THE FORMER MAYOR OF ESCONDIDO AND SITS ON A COMMITTEE ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS ALONG THE 78 CORE DOOR.
HE SAYS BROTHER TOOK ON THE SECURITY AND CLEANING EXPENSES TO SHOW THEIR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN THE BUSINESS PART, BUT IT'S AN EXPENSE THEY CAN'T HAVE LONG- TERM.
>> IT'S EXPENSIVE.
WE ARE NERVOUS ABOUT IT AND WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN SUSTAIN THE COST OF THAT SECURITY.
I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED THAT THE COMMISSION HAD PERHAPS THE CITY COULD CHIP IN AND THE ONE COMMISSIONER SAID PERHAPS THE BUSINESSES COULD CHIP IN.
>> Reporter: AND ATTORNEY REVISITING PROPERTY MANAGERS IN THE PARK SAVES SECURITY HAS HELPED, BUT THEY ARE STILL EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL LOSSES THEY SAY IS IN REFERENCE TO BROTHER BEN OWES.
>> THAT THEY CONTINUE TO LOSE TENANTS.
THAT THEY CONTINUE TO LOSE POTENTIAL TENANTS.
THEY CONTINUE TO USE MONEY REPAIRING PROPERTY DAMAGE.
>> Reporter: OCEANSIDE POLICE CAPTAIN SERVES ON THE DEPARTMENT'S HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.
>> IT'S MORE LIKE 15 INDIVIDUALS THE CAUSE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS IN AND AROUND THE AREA.
WE HAVE HOUSE TO THEM BEFORE MULTIPLE TIMES AND MULTIPLE TIMES, THEY HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OF HOUSING.
>> Reporter: HE SAID THE NEW NAVIGATION CENTER HAS NOT BEEN OFFERED TO THIS GROUP AND THE CENTER ONLY RECENTLY OPENED.
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER THEM SERVICES AND OBVIOUSLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER THEM THE POSSIBILITY OF GOING TO THE NEW NAVIGATION CENTER.
>> Reporter: AS OF MONDAY, 20 BEDS IN THE NAVIGATION CENTER WERE OPEN.
THE PROPERTY MANAGERS, CITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WILL MEET THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE COLLABORATION ON THE COST OF SECURITY.
TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.
>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, HOUSE REPUBLICANS MOVED TO OPEN AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN.
THAT'S COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING ADDITION ON KPBS.
>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS LIVE WILL CENTER THAT HAS EVERYTHING FROM VACCINES TO PROBATION SERVICES TO COMMUNITY MEETING ROOMS.
A NEW CENTER IN SAN DIEGO NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A LARGE DISPLAY OF PUBLIC ART.
KPBS' LAURA McCAFFREY HAS MORE.
>> ♪ >> Reporter: THE ART INSTALLATION LIGHT OF PASSAGE COVERS UNDER A SKYLIGHT AT THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO SOUTH EASTERN WILL CENTER.
HAND CUT PIECES OF FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF GLASS ARE ATTACHED TO STAINLESS STEEL WIRES.
REPRESENTING THE NEARBY CHOI YOU SECRETE.
IT'S A SUNNY DAY, SO THE GLASS SHADOW PLAYS ON THE WALL BELOW.
SPLASHES OF BLUE, PURPLE AND YELLOW.
>> I CAME UP WITH SORT OF A GENERAL CONCEPT THAT WENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE COMMUNITY FOR FEEDBACK DURING THE PERIOD AND THEY EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRE TO SEE A LOT OF COLORS AND SOMETHING THAT GIVES HOPE AND OPTIMISM.
>> Reporter: SHE CREATED THE ART.
>> I WANTED TO USE MATERIALS THAT REALLY SORT OF SHINE AND REFLECT OUR BEAUTIFUL SUNLIGHT.
>> Reporter: LIGHT OF PASSAGE IS ONE OF MANY PIECES OF PUBLIC ART AS A NEW SOUTHEASTERN LIVE WELL CENTER.
ORGANIZERS OF THE CENTER'S ART PROGRAM SAY THE PIECES SELECTED WERE BASED ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS' FEEDBACK AND TEND TO CREATE A BUILDING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE CENTER USED TO BE WHERE YOU LIVE WELL CENTER STANDS NOW.
IN OCTOBER 2021, CONSTRUCTION FOR THE 65,000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY BEGAN.
THE GOAL WAS TO COMBINE SEVERAL RESOURCE BUILDINGS INTO ONE.
LIVE ALL CENTERS ARE MEANT TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES TO SAN DIEGO AND.
THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE ONE STOP SHOPS, AIMING TO PREVENT -- DIFFERENT BUILDINGS FOR ACCESS TO SERVICES.
WHEN IT CAME TO INSTALLING ART IN THE BUILDING, THE COUNTY GATHERED COMMUNITY INPUT AND THEN USED THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE TO MAKE SELECTIONS.
BARBARA GIMENEZ, COMMUNITY OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE COUNTY, SAID IT WASN'T HARD TO GET FEEDBACK.
THREE MET WHAT WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT THIS IS A DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND THAT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO REFLECT THE DIVERSITY THROUGH ART WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter: 100 ARTISTS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS TO A CALL FOR ART IN SPRING 2022.
ART WAS PURCHASED FROM 33 ARTISTS WITH 14 COMMISSIONED TO CREATE PIECES ESPECIALLY FOR THE BUILDING.
THERE'S INSTALLATION, STATUES, PAINTING, A MEDITATION GARDEN AND MORE.
ONE OF THE COMMUNITY REQUESTS, DIVERSITY, IS SEEN IN FRANCISCO'S PIECE MEANING MELTING POT IN SPANISH.
IT CONSISTS OF PANELS WITH CERAMIC AND TEXTILES.
IT'S LOCATED IN THE STAIRWELL, UNDER SUGIYAMA'S INSTALLATION.
VISITORS SEE A NEW PANEL EVERY FEW STEPS TAKEN.
THEY SAY THE TEXTILES ARE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES IN SAN DIEGO.
>> THIS IS VERY NONPERSONAL MEANS I DID VERY LITTLE TREATMENT TO THE TEXTILES.
I PRETTY MUCH RESPECTED THE REGIONAL DESIGN.
>> IT CELEBRATES OUR COMMUNITY HERE.
>> Reporter: OUR CONSULTANT LEAH WANTED THE BUILDING TO FEEL LIKE A HUMAN PLAYS.
>> THIS EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN PRINCIPLE THAT I USE MY DECADES OF PUTTING ART IN HOSPITALS AND CREATING HEALING ENVIRONMENTS, IT'S AT PLAY HERE EVEN THOUGH IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER.
PEOPLE STILL MAY NOT BE HAVING THEIR BEST DAY AND SO AS A PUBLIC ART CONSULTANT, WE LOOK AT WAYS TO FIND TOUCH POINTS TO CREATE BEAUTY.
>> Reporter: FUKUYAMA HOPES THAT VISITORS FIND THE BEAUTY FROM HER WORKS LIGHT AND COLORS.
>> I'M HOPING THAT IF SOME PEOPLE VISIT HERE MORE THAN ONCE, AND THEY SEE THE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, AND NOTICE LITTLE THINGS THAT CHANGES AROUND US.
>> Reporter: LAURA McCAFFREY, KPBS NEWS.
WILL BE AN OPEN HOUSE AND RESOURCE ARE AT THE CENTER ON OCTOBER 14th.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO TOUR THE FACILITY AND SEE ALL OF THE ART.
>>> THE STORY IS PART OF AN ONGOING SERIES ABOUT PUBLIC ART IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION.
YOU CAN FIND MORE OF OUR STORIES AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLIC ART .
>>> CAL STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES ARE MEETING IN LONG BEACH THIS WEEK WITH PLANS TO DISCUSS A TUITION HIKE BEFORE THEY WRAP UP ON WEDNESDAY.
MEANWHILE, STUDENT WHO WORKED FOR CSU SAY THEY NEED LOWER TUITION AND HIGHER PAY TO SURVIVE ON CAMPUS.
MORE THAN 19,000 STUDENT ARE TRYING TO UNIONIZE ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
SOME OF THEM MAKE LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE.
COLIN CULVER SAYS HE'S PAID 13.50 AN HOUR AS A DORM SECURITY EMPLOYEE AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.
>> IT'S PHYSICALLY NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON CAMPUS YOU ARE WORKING ON CAMPUS AND I THINK THAT'S COMPLETELY WRONG.
ALSO I THINK THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS A LOT BETTER.
>> Reporter: THE STUDENT WORKERS ARE WAITING ON WORD FROM THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD WHICH MUST APPROVE AN ELECTION FOR THE DEVOTED MOTHER TO JOIN THE CAL STATE EMPLOYEES UNION.
BUT BEFORE THAT, CSU TRUSTEES WILL DISCUSS A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE TUITION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BY AS MUCH AS 6% A YEAR.
>>> ANOTHER MEMBER OF SAN DIEGO FC IS JOINING THE U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM.
JADEN CHILD WAS SELECTED TODAY TO PARTICIPATE IN A COUPLE OF EXHIBITION GAMES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA.
THE FIRST IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 21st IN CINCINNATI.
THIS WILL BE SHAW'S FIRST OPPORTUNITY WITH THE MAIN NATIONAL TEAM AFTER PLAYING FOR SOME OF TEAM USA'S YOUTH TEAM.
THE TEAMMATES ALEX MORGAN AND NAOMI WILL BE JOINING HER.
>>> LET'S START YOU OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW OVER THESE NEXT FEW DAYS HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE GOING TO STILL BE TRENDING COOLER.
WARM SLIGHTLY HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES BELOW THAT.
AVERAGES IN A LOT OF PLACES ACROSS SOCAL.
NEXT WEEK, WE ARE DEALING WITH A COOLING TREND AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OR A STORM IN THE VICINITY OF THE WEST COAST THAT COULD BRING US SOME COOLER AIR.
HOW COOL ARE WE GOING TO GET?
WE WILL TELL YOU IN JUST A BIT.
WE ARE ALSO DEALING WITH LOW CLOUD AND FOG ALONG THE COAST AND EVENTUALLY INTO NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL START TO SPREAD A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN LAND TOO AS WE DEEPEN THE MARINE LAYER.
TONIGHT WE'RE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 60 SEVEN AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
TOMORROW STILL RUNNING BELOW THOSE LOCAL AVERAGES.
SAN DIEGO WITH A HIGH OF 74, BORREGO SPRINGS, 96.
AND EVEN CHULA VISTA COMING IN WITH A HIGH OF 75.
WE ARE STILL HANGING ONTO SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS ALONG THE COAST, BUT THEN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, THAT'S WHERE WE START TO SEE THOSE LOW CLOUDS ARE NOT FOG START TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN LAND.
FOR NOW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TOO MUCH FOKKER IT WILL LIFT SLIGHTLY OVER THESE NEXT FEW DAYS.
ALONG THE COAST, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE STAYING RELATIVELY STEADY.
WARMING A DEGREE OR TWO AS WE HEAD INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND AND THAT WE WILL START ON A COOLING TREND BY SUNDAY.
SIMILAR STORY WEDNESDAY.
NOT TOO SHABBY.
A HIGH OF 81 FURTHER INLAND.
WE ARE GOING TO STAY RIGHT AROUND THOSE AVERAGES AND SLOWLY BELOW THOSE HISTORICAL AVERAGES ACROSS AREAS MORE IN LAND AND THEN WE WILL START TO COOL DOWN AS WE HAD TO SUNDAY, MONDAY.
LOOK AT AREAS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TEMPERATURES ARE STAYING RELATIVELY'S DADDY.
INLAND AREAS ON THE COAST OVER THESE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL WARM A DEGREE OR TWO AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND OVER THESE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE DESERT THOUGH COMING IN WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING BELOW THOSE HISTORICAL AVERAGES, IN THE UPPER 90s.
NOT QUITE REACHING 100 AND SUNSHINE.
FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST .
>>> SOME WELCOME NEWS FOR A SAN DIEGO-BASED COMPANY THIS WEEK.
APPLE WILL KEEP USING QUALCOMM'S SNAPDRAGON TRIPS FOR FUTURE iPHONES.
APPLE AGREED TO EXTEND THE DEAL TO USE QUALCOMM'S 5G MODEM CHIPS AND iPHONES THROUGH 2026 AND THE DEAL IS WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO QUALCOMM.
APPLE HAS BEEN THREATENING TO START USING ITS OWN MODEM CHIPS.
THE BOTTOM LINE MARKETING IS HAS SAID APPLE IS TRYING TO OWN THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE EXTENSION OF THE APPLE DEAL WILL GIVE ALL COME SOME TIME TO FIND SOME NEW CUSTOMERS.
>> SAID APPLE IS VERY AGGRESSIVE IN THIS STRATEGY AND THE FACT THAT QUALCOMM GETS A TWO YEAR REPRIEVE IS REALLY GREAT NEWS BECAUSE NOW THEY THINK ABOUT THE CONNECTED HOME AND ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS CALL QUALCOMM IS TRYING TO DRIVE INTO.
THIS WILL GIVE THEM MORE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND NEW CUSTOMERS AND NEW VERTICALS FOR SUPPLY.
>> PAYMENTS FOR APPLE NOW MAKE UP 20% OF QUALCOMM'S REVENUE.
APPLE INTRODUCED THEIR NEW iPHONE 15 TODAY.
>>> SAN DIEGO'S FISHING INDUSTRY IS ABOUT TO GET SOME BIG HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL SPENT A DAY ON THE DOCS TO LEARN ABOUT HOW LOCAL FISHERMEN ARE PLANNING TO GET THERE FISH TO SAN DIEGO'S SEAFOOD LOVERS.
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND SAN DIEGO FOR A FEW DECADES, YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS SITE.
SCORES OF TWO TUNA BOATS DOCKED ALONG THERE BUT BY THE 1980s, THE INDUSTRY HAD MOVED TO THE CALMER WATERS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND THE TUNA BOATS DISAPPEARED.
THERE IS STILL A FISHING INDUSTRY IN SAN DIEGO AND SOME FISHERMEN HERE STILL CATCH TONIGHT.
BUT TODAY, IT'S MUCH MORE DIVERSE.
STREAM THAT WE HAVE 150 TO 200 BOATS IN SAN DIEGO HARBOR.
WE HARVEST ABOUT 50 SPECIES OF FISH AND WE DON'T HAVE A REALLY ORGANIZED WAY OF MARKETING IT TO THE PUBLIC.
ONCE THE CATCH COMES IN OVER THERE, ONCE A WEEK IT'S BROUGHT OVER HERE TO THIS PLACE FOR THE SATURDAY FISHERMEN'S MARKET NICHOLS FROM 8:00 IN THE MORNING TO TWO IN THE AFTERNOON AND IT'S RIGHT HERE NEXT TO SEAPORT VILLAGE.
THE NEW PLAN IS TO TAKE THE CATCH THAT IS PRETTY MUCH SOLD HERE AND SELL IT TO RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
>> USER ENTRY PORT COMING IN HERE.
>> Reporter: HE HAD SENT THE SAN DIEGO FISHERMEN'S WORKING GROUP, PART OF THE FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
RECENTLY THEY HAVE STARTED WORKING WITH THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL POLICY AND INNOVATION CENTER.
THE GROUP THAT SPECIALIZES IN GETTING GRANTS.
THEY GOT $300,000 FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL BE USED TO MARKET THE FISH TO THE THOUSAND OR SO RESTAURANTS IN THE COUNTY THAT CURRENTLY GET THERE SEAFOOD FROM RESTAURANT SUPPLY COMPANIES.
WISH THAT USUALLY IS A LOCALLY CAUGHT.
BUT HE SAYS BEFORE THEY CAN DO THAT, THEY NEED TO GET ORGANIZED.
>> WHEN WE HAVE A DEMAND FOR SOME FISH THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FULFILL, STUDY SUPPLY IS NEEDED .
TWO FISHERMEN CAN'T DO IT.
30 OR 40 CAN APPEAR SO WE GET 30 OR 40 FISHERMEN AND WE MAKE UP A LIST OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE OR THIS IS COMING IN TODAY AND WE PUT IT OUT TO THE RESTAURANT .
AND THEY CAN ORDER.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS PART OF THE APPEAL OF LOCALLY CAUGHT SEAFOOD IS YOU KNOW IT WAS CAUGHT UNDER STRICT CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS AND YOU KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE SAYS BY LOCAL.
>> BY FROM OUR GUYS.
KEEP THE EXPERTISE HERE.
KEEP THE MONEY HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
>> Reporter: THINK OF IT FROM FARM TO TABLE EXCEPT HERE IT'S OCEAN TO TABLE.
YOURS OR SOON, ONE AT A RESTAURANT NEAR YOU.
JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.
>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE BPS NEWSROOM.
INVASION ISN'T JUST EFFECTIVE EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS, INSURANCE INSURANCE RATES ARE SPIKING.
WHEN IT COMES TO CARS.
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S DRIVING THE INCREASE.
AND KPBS MIDDAY ADDITION CONTINUES ITS SERIES ON DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA WITH A FOCUS ON THE THREATS FACING PUBLIC EDUCATION.
YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I MET MAYA TRABULSI.
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