
Wednesday, January 24, 2023
Season 1 Episode 2969 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
San Diego new sheriff says she will meet with families of people who died in custody.
San Diego County's new sheriff says she will meet with families of people who died in custody. Why the families aren't happy with the terms. Plus, bargain hunters are flocking to a local farm hoping to get a deal on eggs. Will the lower prices last? And, it's not the green jacket coveted by golfers but the winner of the Farmers Insurance Open gets something unique to San Diego.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
KPBS Evening Edition is a local public television program presented by KPBS

Wednesday, January 24, 2023
Season 1 Episode 2969 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
San Diego County's new sheriff says she will meet with families of people who died in custody. Why the families aren't happy with the terms. Plus, bargain hunters are flocking to a local farm hoping to get a deal on eggs. Will the lower prices last? And, it's not the green jacket coveted by golfers but the winner of the Farmers Insurance Open gets something unique to San Diego.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch KPBS Evening Edition
KPBS Evening Edition is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY AND COMPANY, HEATING AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS .
CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.
AND BY THE CONRAD PREFACE FOUNDATION.
DARLING MARCO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.
AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU.
>>> IT'S AN OLD PROBLEM THAT MAY BE A NEW SHERIFF WILL BRING A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
SHE SAYS SHE WILL MEET WITH FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN LOCAL JAILS.
KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO SAYS THE PROBLEM NOW IS THE WAY THOSE MEETINGS WOULD BE HELD.
JUSTICE REFORM ACTIVISTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN CUSTODY HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE IN FRONT OF THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO EXPRESS THEIR FRUSTRATION.
THEY SAY SHERIFF KELLY MARTINEZ DECLINED TO MEET WITH THEM AND DISCUSSING LIFE-SAVING JAIL REFORMS.
>> WE SEE IT IS AN UGLY START TO THE FIRST MONTH OF THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR OFFICE AND SHE NEEDS TO DO BETTER.
>> USE OF MILLER, THE FOUNDER OF THE EQUITY AND JUSTICE CORPORATION SAYS MARTINEZ DID OFFER TO MEET WITH INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES BUT THEY DID NOT WANT THAT.
>> THIS FEELS LIKE A DIVIDE AND CONQUER TACTIC.
THESE FAMILIES RELY ON ONE ANOTHER TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THE GRIEF.
>> HE SAID THE FAMILIES INSTEAD CAME TO HOLD THAT MEETING IN PUBLIC ASKING FOR REFORMS THEY WANT TO SEE SO OTHER FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER THEIR PAIN.
ONE BY ONE, THEY SHARED THEIR STORIES OF HOW THEIR LOVED ONES DIED IN CUSTODY.
MANY OF THE CASES INVOLVED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
LIKE LESLIE ALLEN'S 30-YEAR-OLD SON SILVA WHO DIED IN THE DOWNTOWN MEN'S CENTRAL JAIL IN 2018.
SILVA HAD SCHIZOPHRENIA.
ALAN SAID SHE CALLED 911 BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING AN EPISODE.
>> WHEN I CALLED FOR HELP TO HAVE THEM COME OUT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE WAS OFF HIS MEDS AND HE WAS ACTING WACKY.
THEY ARRESTED HIM.
>> SHE SAYS HER SON WAS IN CUSTODY FOR TWO DAYS.
BUT WHEN SHE WOULD CALL, THEY COULD NOT FIND HIM.
HER FAMILY FINALLY GOT A CALL THAT HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> NOBODY WANTS TO BURY THEIR CHILD.
IT SHOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
>> ALLEN RECEIVED A $3.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT FROM THE COUNTY OVER HER SON'S DEATH.
JUST BEFORE TODAY'S GATHERING, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SENT OUT A NEWS RELEASE SAYING IT WAS MAKING POSITIVE STRIDES IN CARING FOR INMATES.
IN A SEPARATE STATEMENT TO KPBS, SHERIFF KELLY MARTINEZ SAID SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO SPEAK WITH THE FAMILIES.
OUT OF RESPECT FOR THEIR LOSSES, SHE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.
STORE MAKE A HIGH PROFILE LOCAL MISSING PERSONS CASE WILL GO TO TRIAL WITH THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND FACING A MURDER CHARGE FOLLOWING A TWO WEEK HEARING, THE JUDGE IN THE CASE AGAINST LARRY DECIDED THAT THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO START IN SEPTEMBER AND SHE LIVED IN CHULA VISTA WITH HER HUSBAND AND THREE KIDS AND PROSECUTORS SAY THAT LARRY KILLED HER BECAUSE SHE WANTED A DIVORCE.
>>> A NEW NATIONAL CAMPAIGN BY THE SALVATION ARMY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET HELP FOR THEIR ADDICTION LAUNCHED THIS TODAY.
KPBS REPORTER WENT TO FIND OUT MORE.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT SECOND CHANCES.
>> TODAY WAS ALL ABOUT DO OVERS.
>> THERE'S TOO MANY TIMES WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.
AND I'M NOT.
BEING ALLOWED TO BE HERE AND BEING OFFERED THE SECOND CHANCE ALLOWS ME TO DO THE SAME FOR OTHER WOMEN.
>> SHAUNA IS A PROUD ALUMNI OF THE SALVATION ARMY'S REHABILITATION CENTER.
SHE IS NOW LIVING SOBER AND HELPING OTHERS ACHIEVE THE SAME.
THANKS TO THE SUPPORT SHE HAS RECEIVED AT THE ARC.
A NEW NATIONWIDE SALVATION ARMY CAMPAIGN NAMED SECOND CHANCES THAT LAUNCHES HERE IN SAN DIEGO TODAY WILL CREATE MANY MORE SUCCESS STORIES LIKE SHAUNA.
>> THIS IS A NEW AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
>> THIS EMOTIONAL SIMONI MARKS THE START OF THE CAMPAIGN TO RAISE THE WELLNESS SURROUNDING RECOVERY.
IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
>> THE SECOND CHANCES CAMPAIGN AIMS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WITH ADDICTION PROBLEMS TO JOIN PROGRAMS LIKE THE SALVATION ARMY'S ADULT REHABILITATION CENTER.
WHICH IS A FREE SIX MONTH RESIDENTIAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAM.
>> THEY COME TO US USUALLY BROKEN, DESTITUTE, NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
WE ARE THE LAST HOUSE ON THE BLOCK.
WE ALREADY SPENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROGRAMS FURTHER FROM HIS DO NOT WANT THEM COMING AROUND ANYMORE.
THEY CALL AND THEIR FAMILIES MAY NOT TAKE THEIR CALL BUT THE SALVATION ARMY WILL TAKE THEIR CALL.
>> ALMOST 118 MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE CENTER.
SINCE THE NEW FACILITY OPENED IN JUNE 2021.
THE NEXT LOCATION FOR THE SECOND CHANCE LAUNCH WILL BE SANTA MONICA.
>> PEOPLE ARE SIGNING THIS WALL BEHIND ME WITH THINGS THEY WISH TO HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY IN LIFE ARE THE MESSAGE SAYS THE BEST MOM I CAN BE.
>> FAMILIA HAS MANAGED TO TURN HER LIFE AROUND WITH THE HELP OF THE SALVATION ARMY.
>> MY FAMILY WAS BROKEN, NOW I HAVE ALL OF MY CHILDREN IN MY LIFE +2.
NOW I AM IN COLLEGE FULL TIME.
I HAVE A LITTLE PLACE DOWNTOWN.
AND I'M THRIVING.
MY LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> PROOF WITH SUPPORT AND DETERMINATION, SECOND CHANCES CAN BE LIFESAVING.
KPBS NEWS.
>>> IN A MATTER OF HOURS, IMPORTANT WORK GAUGES THE STATUS OF THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM IN SENEGAL.
THE POINT AND COUNT TRIES TO GATHER AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING OUTDOORS AND IN SHELTERS COUNTYWIDE.
IT IS LED BY THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS.
VOLUNTEERS WILL BE OUT STARTING EARLY IN THE MORNING.
LAST YEAR'S COUNT WAS JUST OVER 8400 PEOPLE WHICH WAS A 10% RISE YEAR OVER YEAR.
>>> LOCAL AND STATE COVID ORDERS WE LIFTED AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
ONE DOCTOR SAYS THAT'S A GOOD SIGN WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PANDEMIC.
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE STATE OF EMERGENCY HELPED SAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIES WHILE ALSO PROTECTING THE ECONOMY.
CASES HAVE CONTINUED DROPPING IN SAN DIEGO AND COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY LOW.
DR. ERIC TOPOL SAYS PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTION FROM THE VIRUS BOTH FROM PREVIOUS INFECTIONS AND FROM VACCINATIONS.
>> OVERALL, THE COUNTRY HAS WEATHERED THIS MOST RECENT VARIANT CALLED XP B15.
IT DOES APPEAR AT LEAST FOR NOW WE ARE IN A GOOD STATE.
IT'S NOT OVER BY ANY MEANS, WE WILL BE FACING THIS VIRUS FOR THE YEARS AHEAD.
AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, MAKING IT A NONEMERGENCY.
>> HE SAYS HE'S ALSO GLAD TO SEE THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO OFFICIALS MOVING TO AND THE VACCINE MANDATE FOR CITY WORKERS.
COUNTYWIDE, OVER 80% OF SAN DIEGANS HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED.
A WEEKLY GUEST ON KPBS MID-DAY EDITION.
YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF THAT INTERVIEW ON THE MID-DAY EDITION PODCAST AS PART OF OUR LINEUP OF SEVERAL SHOWS AVAILABLE TO STREAM ANY TIME WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.
>>> CARLSBAD DECLARED A TRAFFIC EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF 233% INCREASE IN COLLISIONS INVOLVING BIKES AND E-BIKES SINCE 2019.
THE CITY HAS ALREADY RAMPED UP ENFORCEMENT ON THE ROADS.
KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TONYA THORNE SAYS NOW THEY ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO PLEDGE TO CREATE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER.
>> GREETED BY POLICE WITH A FRIENDLY REMINDER ON ROADS SAFETY.
IT'S PART OF THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLEDGE CAMPAIGN.
THAT THE CITY IS LAUNCHING PAD THE PLEDGE COMES AFTER THE CITY DECLARED A LOCAL EMERGENCY LAST YEAR DUE TO THE INCREASE IN COLLISIONS INVOLVING BIKES AND E-BIKES.
SINCE THEN, OTHER SAFETY MEASURES HAVE BEEN ROLLED OUT.
>> NO DOUBT SINCE WE DECLARED EMERGENCY IN AUGUST YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN AN INCREASE IN POLICE PRESENCE HERE AROUND THE SCHOOLS.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO ALL OF IT.
>> CITY COUNCIL NUMBER SAYS ENFORCEMENT HAS HELPED.
>> I HOPE YOU HAVE SEEN DRIVING OR WALKING AROUND THAT WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADS.
ENGINEERING THE CITY HAS ADDED NEW LANES TO OVER 90 MILES OF ROADWAYS.
>> ENGINEERING AND ENFORCEMENT ARE GREAT.
BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
WE ALSO NEED YOUR HELP AND DEVICES HE IS ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY AND TAKE THE PLEDGE TO KEEP THE STREETS SAFER FOR DRIVERS, BIKERS, AND PEDESTRIANS.
THE SAN DIEGO BIKE COALITION WAS HELPING AT THE PLEDGE LAUNCH.
>> WE ARE ALWAYS EXCITED TO WORK IN CARLSBAD.
NORTH COUNTY HAS SEEN AN INFLUX OF NEW WAYS TO GET AROUND.
THAT INCLUDES E-SCOOTERS AND E- BIKES.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOOD THINGS.
I LOVE ANYTHING THAT GETS PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND GETS THEM GOING WHERE THEY ARE GOING IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT WAS THEY CHANGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRING EDUCATION.
>> NEW THINGS ARE HAPPENING, NEW STREETS ARE COMING UP, NEW WAYS TO GET AROUND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
IN THE FUTURE, EVERY STREET WILL NOT BE TWICE AS WIDE AS IS NOW TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY SO WE HAVE TO FIND NEW WAYS TO GET AROUND.
TO DO THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO INTERACT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND COMMUNICATE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SLOW DOWN.
>> IS THAT HE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH US ANTIGO COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION AND CIRCULATE SAN DIEGO FOR EDUCATION WORKSHOPS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE FIRST WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 9th.
THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLEDGE CAN BE TAKEN ON THE CITIES WEBSITE.
TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.
>>> THE FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN START TODAY AND THE WINNER RECEIVES TWO TROPHIES THAT TRULY REPRESENT SAN DIEGO.
ONE FEATURES THE ICONIC TORREY PINE AND THE OTHER YOU CAN RIDE THE WAVES WITH.
KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE HAS THE STORY.
>> GREG HAS BEEN SHAPING SURFBOARDS FOR THE LAST 48 YEARS.
SINCE 2011, HE HAS SHAPED ONE OF THE MOST FUNCTIONAL TROPHIES IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
>> IT WAS A NEAT IDEA.
IT'S A FUN THING.
I LIKE DOING OTHER THINGS BESIDES REGULAR SURFBOARDS FOR EVERYBODY.
IT'S NICE TO DO THE THREE >> THE WIMMER OF THE OPEN RECEIVES A CUSTOM MANY LONGBOARD FROM KANSAN SURFBOARDS.
>> GETTING AN ACTUAL SURF WORD FOR YOUR TROPHY, IT'S PRETTY COOL.
>> IS ENTRY CLUB IS A 501(C)(3) OPERATES THE INSURANCE OPEN.
THEY WANTED TO BRAND A TOURNAMENT A BIT DIFFERENTLY FROM DIFFERENT PGA TOUR EVENTS.
THE MEMBERS APPROACH THEM FOR HELP.
>> ONE OF OUR DID IDEAS AS HAVING UNIQUE TROPHY FOR THE WINNER.
WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN BUILDING A SURFBOARD.
WE WERE LIKE SURE, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
>> PLAYER JOHN RON WON HIS FIRST TOURNAMENT AT TORREY PINES BACK IN 2017.
>> EVERY TIME WE GET SOMETHING UNIQUE LIKE THAT, IT'S A PART OF IT.
THESE LITTLE THINGS MAKE ME FEEL SUCH AN EMOTION.
I WALK BY EVERY MORNING AND I DO SEE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY SPECIAL.
DETRACTION OF SAN DIEGO.
>> HANSEN SURFBOARDS HAS BEEN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR 62 YEARS.
>> IS A FAMILY BUSINESS.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE ONE OF OUR BOARDS BEING GIVEN TO THE WINNER.
MY FAMILY, MY FATHER, MYSELF, MY BROTHER, WE ALL PLAY SO WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE GAME.
IT'S A GOOD FIT.
IT WAS LAST YEAR'S WINNER ALSO GOT HIS FIRST PGA TOUR WIN AT THE FARMERS AND SAYS HE IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR ANOTHER TROPHY SURFBOARD.
>> IS PRETTY ICONIC TO HAVE THAT DISPLAYED.
I HAVE A COOL SPOT IN MY POOL HOUSE BACK IN GEORGIA.
UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NOT USED IT.
BUT IT'S BROUGHT BACK SOME SMILES EVERY TIME I HAVE PEOPLE OVER.
WE KIND OF LAUGH AND JOKE ABOUT THAT.
TO THIS DAY.
>> ALTHOUGH THE SHAPE OF THE SURFBOARD CAN BE REPLICATED ONLY THE WINNERS OF THE TOURNAMENT HAVE THE TROPHY.
SAN DIEGO LOCAL XANDER WOULD LOVE TO ADD ONE TO HIS COLLECTION.
>> IT WOULD JUST BE THE CHERRY ON TOP.
GETTING A HOMEMADE PRIZE AND BEING ABLE TO PUT IN MY CAR AND DRIVE AWAY WITH IT WOULD BE AMAZING.
>> THE SURF FOR HAS A LOGOS OF THE FEDEX CUP, CENTURY CLUB, AND OF COURSE HANSEN SURFBOARDS.
>> SURFING IS SUCH A FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY SO YEAH, IT JUST MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
BLACK SPEECH IS RIGHT DOWN BELOW , TORREY PINES SOME OF THE BEST WAVES IN THE AREA.
>> EVERYBODY HAS A SURFBOARD IN THEIR GARAGE.
SOME THE BEST BOARDS IN THE WORLD ARE MADE RIGHT HERE.
IT'S NOT CALLED SURF CITY BUT IT KIND OF IS FOR >> TODAY, NO WINNER HAS TAKEN THE TROPHY OUT ON THE WATER PEOPLE IN THEIR DAYS OF PLAYING PROFESSIONAL GOLFER DONE THEY MAY TAKE THE TROPHY OFF THE WALL AND SURF WITH IT.
MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.
>>> OUR TOP STORY WILL BE THE WIN.
WENT ON INCREASE HEAR FROM TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW.
THE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT.
AND WE WILL HAVE CLEAR SKIES AND THE OFFSHORE FLOW, TEMPERATURES A BIT MILDER.
OVER THE WEEKEND, A COLD STORM APPROACHES.
IT WILL NOT BE VERY MOIST BUT IT WILL BE A COLDER STORM THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN.
WE WILL SEE SOME SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.
WIND IS THE BIG CONCERN.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE WIDESPREAD.
WHEN ADVISORIES AND LOOSE OBJECTS RATE IF YOU ARE TRAVELING AND DEBRIS ON THE ROADWAYS.
THE WINS GUST 50 TO 75 MILES AN HOUR, PERHAPS HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
UP-AND-DOWN TREES AND BRANCHES.
TONIGHT WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES IN THE CITY.
47 DEGREES FORECAST LOW, THE WINS STARTING TO PICK UP.
TEMPERATURES ARE PRETTY CHILLY IN THE MOUNTAINS IN THE 20s AND WE SEE LOWER 40s IN RAMONA.
THE FUTURE SATELLITE AND RADAR WITH THE OFFSHORE FLOW.
AS A TAKE A LOOK AT TOMORROW'S WEATHER, OCEAN SIDE HITS A HIGH OF 70.
MILD CONDITIONS AND STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW.
FRIDAY, THE WINS WILL BE LIGHTER.
WE SEE THE COOL AIR RETREAT.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST.
COOLING OFF OVER THE WEEKEND.
SHOWERS RETURN ON SUNDAY.
INLAND AREAS AND STRONG WINDS.
AS WE HAD OUR WAY INTO THE MOUNTAINS WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW IN THE AIR INTO MONDAY.
WE SEE A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER HERE, TOO.
TRENDING COOLER AND IF YOU SHOWERS BY MONDAY.
FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST.
>>> A NEW REPORT FINDS THAT PESTICIDE USE INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE AND BECOME MORE HAZARDOUS AS THE CLIMATE WARMS.
KPBS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER ANDERSON HAS THE DETAILS.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS EXPECTED TO PUT ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON AGRICULTURE.
CALIFORNIA FARMERS USE NEARLY 18% OF ALL OF THE PESTICIDES APPLIED IN THE COUNTRY AND THE USES 4.5 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
TREND LINE IS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ARE PROTECTED TO WORSEN AND AT THE SAME TIME CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUPPOSED TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT CROP HEALTH.
>> DOES NOT HELP THAT THE MAJORITY OF SYNTHETIC AS ASIDES ARE MADE FROM FOSSIL FUEL DERIVATIVES AND SOME PESTICIDES ARE GREENHOUSE GASES THEMSELVES.
SEARCHERS SUGGEST THE NATION'S FOOD SYSTEM NEEDS TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE NATURAL FARMING SYSTEMS WHICH RELY LESS ON PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES.
ROBERT FOX SAYS FOOD CAN BE GROWN WITHOUT CHEMICAL INTERVENTIONS.
>> IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CUCUMBER BEETLES, PROVIDE HABITATS FOR THINGS LIKE SNAKES AND FROGS AND SOME OF THE CRITTERS THEY FIND TO BE TASTY.
>> CLIMATE POLICY DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR AGRICULTURE'S IMPACT ON GLOBAL WARMING.
EVEN THOUGH NEARLY A THIRD OF ALL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE LINKED TO FARMING.
KPBS NEWS.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST LATELY IN THE PRICE OF EGGS AND WHERE TO GET A DEAL.
MIKE VALERIO HAS THE STORY OF AN EGG FARM IN LAKESIDE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE SOURCE TO AVOID STORE PRICES.
>> IF YOU ARE WAITING FOR PRICES TO COME CRASHING DOWN, THE PRICES WE PAY ARE STILL RISING TO RECORD HIGHS.
>> I'VE SEEN 18 EGGS FOR EIGHT DOLLARS.
DO I REALLY NEED TO PUT THREE ACHES IN THIS RECIPE RIGHT NOW?
>> ON AVERAGE, FAMILIES PAID $4.25 FOR ONE DOZEN EGGS.
ONE YEAR AGO, IT WAS A DOLLAR 78.
>> I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN.
>> BUSINESS BOOMING IN SAN DIEGO.
CUSTOMERS COME FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AFTER LEAVING GROCERY STORES EMPTY HANDED THAT ARE STILL SHELLSHOCKED BY PRICES.
>> HAD TO PUT SOME LIMITS ON WHAT PEOPLE CAN GET.
>> HIS 23,000 BIRDS HAVE SO FAR BEEN SPARED FROM THE WORST AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK TO EVER HIT THE U.S.
VIRUSES KILL TENS OF MILLIONS OF BIRDS SINCE 2022 LIMITING EGGS SUPPLY AND DRIVING UP PRICES.
THEY SAY BUSINESS IS A DELICATE BALANCE.
HE AIMS TO KEEP CUSTOMERS COMING BACK BY SELLING IT DOESN'T EGGS $.25 LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
THE PRESSURES ARE GROWING.
>> OUR PACKAGING HAS DOUBLED.
FUEL IS UP 50%.
>> THE KEY QUESTION FOR THE YEAR AHEAD.
>> DO YOU SEE PRICES COMING DOWN ANYTIME SOON?
IT WAS I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH THE MARKET IS FALLING.
WITH A FOOD ANALYST SAYS FOOD PRICES MAY NOT DEFLATE UNTIL 2024.
UNTIL THEN, OVERPRICED POULTRY POACHING WILL LIKELY KEEP GOING ROLLING INTO 2023.
IN LAKESIDE, MIKE VALERIO, KPBS NEWS.
>>> LEONARDO DA VINCI MAY BE BEST KNOWN FOR PAINTING THE MONA LISA BUT HE ALSO WROTE THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF JOURNAL ENTRIES.
PLAYWRIGHT MARY ZIMMERMAN WAS SO CAPTIVATED BY HIS WRITING THAT SHE TOOK HIS WORDS AND CRAFTED THE NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI IN 1993.
WE REVEAL HOW SHE BRINGS LEONARDO'S WORDS TO LIFE.
>> THE NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI UNFOLDS THAT ARE UNRELATED BUT THEN SUDDENLY BUILD A NARRATIVE ABOUT HIS LIFE.
10 ACTORS PLAYED THE FAMOUS RENAISSANCE GENIUS WITH EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF HIS PERSONALITY AND ALL INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER.
THE TEXT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THIS WRITING.
>> IT IS A NECESSARY THING FOR THE PAINTER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FACTION THESE CORRECTLY.
TO KNOW THE ANATOMY OF THE MUSCLES AND TENDONS.
>> I FELT THERE WAS MORE RESONANCE I COULD TEASE OUT OF IT.
IT FELT DRAMATIC AND THEN ALSO THE RANGE ON A GIVEN PAGE.
A TO DO LIST.
>> KEY PASSAGES DID EMERGE.
>> A YOUNG BOY EXPLORING IN THE HILLS ABOVE HIS HOME.
>> HE IS SORT OF ARRESTED AT THE THRESHOLD UNABLE OR GO FORWARD.
>> WHEN PEOPLE ARE RECOUNTING A TRAUMA OR TRAUMATIC THING IN THEIR LIFE, THE APPROACH THE KEY MOMENT AND THEN KEEP ACTING UP.
THEY WILL START ADDING DETAIL TO BACKUP WHAT HAPPENED AND I FEEL THAT IN THE PASSAGE THAT HE IS STILL HESITATING ON THAT.
>> I WANTED THE AUDIENCE TO EXPERIENCE THIS NAME OF TONGUE AND ITALIAN BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT SHINING AND GAINS A BIT OF MYSTERY.
>> PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTOR ZIMMERMAN TAKES A MORE PLAYFUL DIRECTION AS HE PONDERS THE NATURE OF WEIGHT.
>> WEIGHT IS A POWER CREATED BY MEANS OF FORCE.
>> WE HAVE KIND OF A DUET BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN.
>> THEY CORRESPOND TO THE EFFORT TO REGAIN ITS NATIVE PLACE.
>> SURPRISINGLY, THE SMALLER OF THE TWO KEEPS LIFTING THE LARGER OF THE TWO.
>> YOU WANT TO FIND A HIGH RATIO OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES.
ONE BEING MUCH SMALLER THAN THE OTHER SO THAT IT HAS AN IMPRESSIVENESS TO IT.
>> IS ALSO AN IMPRESSIVENESS TO THE DESIGN THAT SETS THE ACTION IN A LARGE ROOM BUILT FROM FLOOR TO HIGH CEILING.
>> KIND OF A PLAUSIBLE IMAGINATION THAT HE MIGHT HAVE HAD SUCH THINGS.
EACH OF THOSE DOORS HAVE A LITTLE LABEL.
THE WHOLE PLAY COMES FROM THOSE DRAWERS.
>> ZIMMERMAN WANTS TO MAKE WHAT'S INSIDE THOSE DOORS AND INSIDE THE AND ARTIS HAD ASSESSABLE TO EVERYONE.
BECAUSE TO HER, LEONARDO'S GENIUS WAS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT HAVING A HUGE BRAIN AND BEING A BRILLIANT THINKER BUT RATHER THAT HE WAS ALWAYS AWAKE AND OPEN TO WHAT THE WORLD HAD TO OFFER.
EVEN IF IT SEEMED ORDINARY.
>> ONE OF THE CREATIVE SOURCES BEHIND SESAME STREET PASSED AWAY.
HE WAS 93 YEARS OLD PETER'S DEATH ANNOUNCED BY THE SESAME WORKSHOP WHICH HE COFOUNDED IN 1968.
BACK THEN IT WAS CALLED THE CHILDREN'S TELEVISION WORKSHOP.
SESAME STREET QUICKLY BECAME AN ICONIC CHAUFFEUR FAMILIES ACROSS MULTIPLE GENERATIONS AIRING ON PBS STATIONS.
SESAME WORKSHOP SAID HE WANTED TO USE THE SHOW TO TEACH KIDS BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND ABOUT COMMONLY SHARED LIFE EXPERIENCES.
>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.
THANK SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
GOOD NIGHT.
>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
CALL ONE 800-TRAN06 OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.
AND BY THE CONRAD PROVOST FOUNDATION.
DARLING MARCO SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.
AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

- News and Public Affairs

Top journalists deliver compelling original analysis of the hour's headlines.

- News and Public Affairs

FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.












Support for PBS provided by:
KPBS Evening Edition is a local public television program presented by KPBS