
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3577 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Hundreds of Marines are staged outside Los Angeles.
Hundreds of Marines are staged outside Los Angeles after a judge denies the state's request to block their deployment. More on the ongoing battle between the state and federal government. Plus, the city passes the budget for the 2026 fiscal year. And we head to Pala Reservation to see how a station helps keep their culture alive.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3577 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Hundreds of Marines are staged outside Los Angeles after a judge denies the state's request to block their deployment. More on the ongoing battle between the state and federal government. Plus, the city passes the budget for the 2026 fiscal year. And we head to Pala Reservation to see how a station helps keep their culture alive.
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>>> DEMONSTRATIONS OVER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S I.C.E.
RAIDS ARE TAKING PLACE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.
RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE RALLYING IN NATIONAL CITY.
KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER IS THERE.
ALEX, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US NOW?
>> Reporter: I'M RIGHT HERE ON HIGHLAND BETWEEN 12 AND PLAZA.
THERE'S QUITE A LARGE OF PEOPLE BEHIND ME.
THEY TELL ME THIS IS AN ORGANIC RALLY NOT HOSTED BY ANY ORGANIZATION.
THEY SAY THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR VOICES HEARD.
EARLIER TODAY L.A. MAYOR CALLED THE RAIDS A PROVOCATION BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND CALLED A TRUCK TO PUT A STOP TO THEM.
IN A SPEECH LAST NIGHT GAVIN NEWSOM CALLED THE MILITARY INTERVENTION IN L.A. AND ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY.
>> THE ARRIVAL OF NATIONAL GUARDS AND MARINE TROOPS IN L.A. WAS NOT ABOUT PROTESTS FOLLOWING I.C.E.
RAIDS.
RATHER HE SAYS IT WAS PART OF TRUMPS CALCULATED WAR AGAINST THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.
>> HEALTHONE YOU MAY BE FIRST BUT IT CLEARLY WILL NOT END HERE.
OTHER STATES ARE NEXT, DEMOCRACY IS NEXT.
IT'S UNDER ASSAULT BEFORE OUR EYES.
THIS MOMENT WE HAVE FEARED HAS ARRIVED.
>> THE SPEECH CAN THE SAME DAY THE GOVERNOR ASKED THE COURT TO PUT AN EMERGENCY STOP TO THE MILITARY HOPING FEDERAL MENTAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS.
THE JUDGE DENIED THE REQUEST BUT SET A HEARING DATE FOR THURSDAY.
>> WHAT DONALD TRUMP WANTS MOST IS YOUR SILENCE TO BE COMPLACENT IN THIS MOMENT.
DO NOT GIVE INTO IT.
>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN RATCHETING DEPORTATIONS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS WITH I.C.E.
AGENTS GOING TO CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND COURTHOUSES TO ARREST IMMIGRANTS.
OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO A DOZEN PROTESTERS WERE THERE TO DENOUNCE SUCH ACTIONS.
THOMAS WAS NOT PART OF THE PROTEST, BUT HAS BEEN COMING HERE WITH A GROUP POTENTIALLY RESISTANCE FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS TO DOCUMENT THE COURTHOUSE ARRESTS.
>> IT'S BEEN DISHEARTENING TO SEE THE DEHUMANIZATION OF THESE FOLKS WHO HAVE COMMITTED NO CRIMES, POSE NO THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ARE BEING PUNISHED AND DETAINED SO THEY CAN MEET THESE QUOTAS.
>> IN AN INTERVIEW WITH KPBS TODAY CONGRESSMAN CALLED TRUMPS ACTIONS SCANDALOUS AND A HUGE OVERSTEP OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL POWERS.
>> IS TRYING TO TAKE THE JOBS OF BOTH BEING THE PRESIDENT, BEING THE CONGRESS AND, FRANKLY, TRYING TO ALSO BE THE JUDGE.
>> Reporter: BACK OUT HERE LIVE, YOU CAN SAY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ARE HERE AND MORE ARE COMING.
THESE PROTESTERS SAY THEY ARE HERE TO STAND UP FOR THE COMMUNITY AND STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY.
LIVE IN NATIONAL CITY, ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.
>> IT APPEARS PRETTY PEACEFUL AS FAR AS THE DEMONSTRATION GOES.
TELL US ABOUT THE POLICE PRESENCE OUT THERE, ANY HINT OF VIOLENCE AT ALL?
>> Reporter: NO, THERE IS NO HINT OF VIOLENCE.
THERE IS A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE AS YOU CAN SEE.
THERE'S POLICE STOPPING TRAFFIC ON HIGHLAND BECAUSE THE CROWD HAS GOTTEN SO LARGE PEOPLE WALKING ON THE STREETS RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN SEE.
THEY SAY THEY ARE HERE TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> AS WE LOOK AHEAD, TEMPERATURES TONIGHT BACK DOWN IN THE LOWER 60s UNDER A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY.
WHO IS READY FOR A BIG WEEKEND WARM-UP?
WE HAVE A CLOSER LOOK COMING UP.
>>> AFTER MONTHS OF DISCUSSION, SEND TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED A REVISED $6 BILLION BUDGET LAST NIGHT FOR THE 2026 FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1st.
KPBS REPORTER JACOB SAYS LIBRARY ADVOCATES ARE LOOKING AT THE REVISED BUDGET AS A WIN.
>> THE COUNCIL VOTED 7-2 TO RESTORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROPOSED CUTS FROM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET.
SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES INCLUDE THE RESTORATION OF ALL FUNDING TO PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS.
ONE-DAY HOURS TO 16 OF THE CITY'S 37 LIBRARIES.
SUNDAYS WILL REMAIN CLOSED.
>> TO SHUTTER 37 BRANCHES FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY DEVASTATING.
>> THE MODIFIED BUDGET APPROVAL TO FOLLOWS DOZENS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ARGUING FOR THE RESTORATION OF FUNDING FOR PARKS AND REC CENTERS AND LIBRARIES.
IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ACCORDING TO PATRICK STEWART.
HE IS CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
>> THERE IS FLEXION BRANCHES IN EACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND SOME ADDITIONAL BRANCHES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY IN UNDER RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE KEEP THE BRANCHES OPEN.
>> THE BUDGET IS RELIANT ON NEW FORMS OF PROPOSED REVENUE LIKE CHARGING NONRESIDENTS TO PARK IN BALBOA PARK AND AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO AND ALLOWING DIGITAL ADVERTISING AND BILLBOARDS.
DEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYST CAUTIONED THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT THEIR BUDGET HAS RISKS.
>> IF WE DO HIT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, EVEN IF ALL OF THESE GOOD THINGS, THESE NEW REVENUES COME TO FRUITION, WE WILL BE FACED WITH A NEED FOR IMMEDIATE CUTS.
>> THE MAYOR'S OFFICE RESPONDED TO THE COUNCILS MODIFIED BUDGET AND A STATEMENT SAYING THE COUNCIL ADDED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW SPENDING AND CHANGES, MANY OF WHICH RAISE CONCERNS FROM BOTH INDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYSTS AND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THEY WILL CLOSELY REVIEW THE COUNCILS AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE THE FINAL BUDGET NEEDS THE LEVEL OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THIS MOMENT DEMANDS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND GLOBAL INSTABILITY.
REGARDLESS OF POTENTIAL CHANGES, STEWART SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO AVOID MORE BUDGET FALLS AND LIBRARY CLOSURES IN COMING YEARS.
>> THAT IS REALLY THE FULL TICKET THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THE REST OF THE BRANCHES OPEN.
>> THE MAYOR HAS UNTIL JUNE 15th TO SIGN THE BUDGET INTO LAW OR EXERCISE HIS VETO AUTHORITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION TO OVERRIDE A VETO WITH SIX VOTES.
KPBS NEWS.
>>> IS THE UNOFFICIAL START OF SUMMER.
OPENING DAY OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR.
KPBS DODGE COUNTY REPORTER TANIA THORNE SHOWS US AROUND AND SHARES MONEY-SAVING TIPS.
>> THE SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR BACK.
VISITORS LINED UP ON OPENING DAY TO ENJOY THE FOOD, RIDES AND EXHIBITS AFFAIR HAS TO OFFER.
THIS YEAR, VISITORS COULD END UP LEAVING THE FAIR WITH A NEW FRIEND.
>> THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S FAIR IS SUMMER SPECTACULAR.
I'M HERE WITH IT SANDY GO HUMANE SOCIETY WILL TELL US SOME FRIENDS THAT ARE UP FOR ADOPTION THIS YEAR AT THE COUNTY FAIR.
>> WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING IN THE EXHIBIT TO TALK ALL ABOUT PETS, HOW WE LOVE THEM, CARE FOR THEM AND HOW WE CAN BE THE BEST WE CAN BE FOR THEM.
WE DO HAVE SOME ADOPTABLE PETS FROM SANDY GO HUMANE SOCIETY.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME ADORABLE KITTENS, AS WELL AS SOME GUINEA PIG AS WELL.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO COME BY AND MEET THEM AT THE COUNTY FAIR.
WE'RE HERE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, ALL SUMMER.
PEOPLE CAN PUT A HOLD IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ONE OF OUR ANIMALS AND THEY CAN COME ADOPT AT OUR CAMPUS LATER ON.
>> THIS THEME HIGHLIGHTS PET AND SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AT SHELTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
TO KEEP THE FAIR AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE FAIR ORGANIZERS HAVE SOME MONEY-SAVING TIPS.
>> WE HAVE $15 VALUE MEALS, I BELIEVE 43 FOOT CENTER OFFERING THOSE SO THAT HIS ENTRIE, SIDE AND DRINK.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY, THAT IS LIKE FAST FOOD PRICES IF NOT BETTER.
WE HAVE A DISCOUNT PROMOTION ON GAMES ON FRIDAYS WHICH IS ALSO THE DAY THAT KIDS ARE FREE.
12 AND UNDER YOU CAN BRING YOUR KIDS FOR FREE.
>> A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FAIR SAID THE BEST DEALS ARE WRISTBAND DAYS AND THE FAIR TRIPPER.
WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FOR VISITORS PAIN ONE PRICE FOR UNLIMITED RIDES.
THE FARETRIPPER INCLUDES ADMISSION INTO THE FAIR AND A ROUND-TRIP ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
>> THE REASON PEOPLE COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR, IT IS THE RIDE, THE FOOD, THE MUSIC BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
IT'S THE FEELING OF COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO GO TO THE FAIR AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRULY OFFER UNDERNEATH IT ALL.
>> THE FAIR IS OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND WILL RUN UNTIL JULY 6.
TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.
>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR WE SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES AS PROTESTS AGAINST IMMIGRATION RAIDS SPREAD TO MORE CITIES.
THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.
>>> SAN DIEGO IS RELYING ON A TRASH FEE TO HELP WITH ITS BUDGET WOES.
IN TODAY'S WHITE MATTER SEGMENT THE VOICE OF SAN DIEGO CEO SCOTT LEWIS RECAPS THE VOTE ON TRASH AND EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> IT'S OFFICIAL, MOST SINGLE- FAMILY HOMEOWNERS IN SAN DIEGO WILL NOW HAVE TO PAY THE CITY A FEE OF UP TO $43 PER MONTH FOR TRASH PICKUP.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN HUNDRED YEARS THE CITY WILL CHARGE FOR THAT SERVICE.
IT WASN'T CLEAR THE SANDY GO CITY COUNCIL WOULD DO IT.
THE CITY WANTS TO PUT THE FEE ON PROPERTY TAX BILLS AND TO PUT THE FEE ON PROPERTY TAX BILLS THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS SIX VOTES.
IN APRIL THEY HAD SIX VOTES, BUT THEN ONE OF THEM, COUNCILMEMBER HENRY FOSTER, SAID UNLESS THE FEE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT THIS WEEK.
THE FEE IS CORE TO THE CITY BUDGET PAST THIS WEEK AND WITHOUT IT THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO MAKE UP ABOUT $80 MILLION THROUGH MORE CUTS OR OTHER WAYS TO BRING IN MONEY.
BEFORE PASSING THE TRASH FEE THE CITY COUNCIL LISTENED TO HOURS OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY, MOSTLY FROM PEOPLE AGAINST IT EATING SENIORS AND OTHERS WHO SAID THEY DON'T MAKE MUCH TRASH WHERE THEY DIDN'T MIND PAYING A FEE BUT NOT THIS ONE.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA POINTED OUT MOST FAMILIES IN APARTMENTS AND CONDOS HAVE LONG HAD TO PAY PRIVATE HAULERS FOR TRASH SERVICE.
HE MADE THE MOTION.
>> ACKNOWLEDGES IMPOSES A COST ON HOUSEHOLDS AT A TIME WHERE THE CITY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE EXPENSIVE.
THAT BEING SAID, THIS ISN'T A NEW COST, IT'S A COST THAT'S BEEN BORN BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVE CITY PROVIDED WASTE SERVICES.
>> IT STARTED TO LOOK BAD FOR THE FEE.
HE WAS COUNCILMEMBER SAYING NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO CITY STAFF ESTIMATED IT WOULD BE ABOUT HALF WHAT IT IS NOW.
>> I HATE TO SAY IT, I THINK THIS IS A BAIT AND SWITCH AND THAT'S WHY VOTING NO.
>> THIS COUNCILMEMBER ALSO SAID THE FEE WAS TOO HIGH AND FOSTER, WHO HAD PROVIDED THE CRUCIAL VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD IN APRIL, SAID HE COULD NOT GO ALONG WITH IT EITHER.
>> IT IS NOT BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH A TRASH FEE.
I DO FEEL AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PROCESS.
>> AT THAT POINT WE HAD THREE VOTES AGAINST IT.
COUNCILMEMBER MARINO OPPOSED IT IN APRIL.
IF SHE DID AGAIN IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD.
THERE WOULD BE NO FEE, THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO FIND $80 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL CUTS THEY HAD ALREADY MADE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
WITHOUT A WORD THEY VOTED FOR THE FEE AND NOW IT'S HAPPENING.
HER OFFICE SAID SO MANY PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO ALREADY HAD TO PAY FOR TRASH COLLECTION, IT WAS ONLY FAIR EVERYONE ELSE DID.
THERE WERE THREATS OF LAWSUITS AT THE HEARING AND WE WILL SEE IF ANYONE ACTUALLY FILES ONE.
SCOTT LEWIS FOR VOICE OF SAN DIEGO AND THAT'S WHY IT MATTERS.
>>> VOICE OF SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS FOR THE PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLIC MATTERS.
>>> THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT PROTESTS IN LOS ANGELES.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP SOUGHT BLANKET AUTHORITY TO COMMANDEER THE NATIONAL GUARD HE MADE THAT ORDER APPLY TO EVERY STATE IN THIS NATION.
THIS IS ABOUT ALL OF US.
THIS IS ABOUT YOU.
CALIFORNIA MAY BE FIRST BUT IT CLEARLY WILL NOT END HERE.
OTHER STATES ARE NEXT.
DEMOCRACY IS NEXT.
>> YOU JUST HEARD A PORTION OF GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S DEMOCRACY AT A CROSSROADS SPEECH FROM LAST NIGHT.
HE CONDEMNED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEPLOYMENT OF THE MARINES AND NATIONAL GUARD TO THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES THIS WEEK AMID PROTESTS OVER IMMIGRATION RAIDS.
KPBS PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER AMITA SHARMA SAYS THE DECISION IS LIKELY A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
SHE JOINS ME NOW.
WELCOME.
WHAT IS THE SITUATION ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN L.A.
RIGHT NOW?
>> PROTESTS HAVE CALMED BUT A NATIONAL GUARD COMMANDER TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THIS AFTERNOON HE EXPECTS THE SITUATION WILL ESCALATE.
NEARLY 400 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED SO FAR, THAT FIGURE INCLUDES 330 UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS.
THE REST WERE PICKED UP FOR ALLEGED ASSAULT AND OBSTRUCTION AND ONE PERSON FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER.
A CURFEW INSTITUTED LAST NIGHT WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT.
THE PROTESTS STARTED OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS RATED WERE LACES IN THE L.A. AREA.
GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS IN AN UNMARKED VAN IN A HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT SATURDAY BEGAN GRABBING PEOPLE INDISCRIMINATELY.
IN RESPONSE, PROTESTERS CAME OUT.
THERE WAS UNREST.
NEWSOM SAID YESTERDAY LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL, THEN SATURDAY EVENING PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERED 2000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO L.A.
WITHOUT GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S CONSENT.
>> THAT'S WHEN THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL BEGAN.
HE DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS DANGEROUS NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT BY FANNING THE FLAMES EVEN HARDER.
THE PRESIDENT, HE DID IT ON PURPOSE.
>> NEWSOM SAID THINGS WERE WINDING DOWN WHEN THE PRESIDENT FEDERALIZED ANOTHER 2000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS AND MONDAY HE MOBILIZED 700 MARINES TO THE STREETS OF L.A. , AGAIN, WITHOUT THE GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL.
SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN CALLED THE MOVE PRESIDENTIAL OVERREACH WITH A GOAL.
>> AND INTIMIDATION.
I THINK IT'S SHOWING POWER THROUGH THE USE OF OUR MILITARY, BASICALLY WE ARE BEING SHOWN THE USE OF POWER AS NEVER BEFORE IN RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY.
OUR MILITARY, MARINES, SAILORS, SOLDIERS, THEY DON'T DESERVE THIS KIND OF GARBAGE.
PUTTING THEM ON THE STREETS OF AMERICAN CITIES AS POLITICAL PROPS, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY WHAT IS BEING DONE, IS DANGEROUS AND IT'S WRONG.
>> HE SAYS KEY ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ARE DODGY ON THE LEGAL BASIS FOR SENDING IN THE MARINES.
HE SAYS THE MARINES ARE SUBJECT TO WHAT IS CALLED, MEANING THEY CANNOT DO ANY CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
RIGHT NOW, THE U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND IS SAYING THE MARINES WILL JOIN NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO PROTECT I.C.E.
AGENTS.
>> I'VE ASKED MILITARY LEADERS , I'VE ASKED OUR LIAISON AT THE NAVY, I'VE ASKED SECRETARY HANK SETH, >> BUT GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND ARGUE BOTH THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND MARINES ARE ILLEGAL AND THEY ARE SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY SAID THE MILITARY TROOPS CREATE IMMINENT HARM TO STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND ESCALATE INSTEAD OF DIFFUSING CIVIL UNREST.
THEY ASKED A FEDERAL JUDGE THIS WEEK TO IMMEDIATELY BLOCK TRUMPS DEPLOYMENT.
THE JUDGE REFUSED.
FORMER SAN DIEGO U.S. ATTORNEY CAROL LAM SAYS WHILE IT IS RELATIVELY UNPRECEDENTED TO BYPASS A GOVERNOR AND SEND IN THE NATIONAL GUARD, CONSENT IS NOT REQUIRED.
SHE SAYS CALIFORNIA'S CHANCES IN PREVAILING IN ITS LAWSUIT ARE A TOSSUP.
SHE ADDED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXAGGERATED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE THREAT POSED BY THE L.A.
PROTESTS DOES NOT HELP THE STATE'S CASE.
>> THE WORDS BEING USED, INSURRECTION, INVASION, ARE BEING USED TO FIT WITHIN FEDERAL STATUTES THAT EXIST.
THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE CASE WITH THESE CONCLUSORY TERMS.
>> IS HE SENDING A POLITICAL SCIENTIST THAT COWS ARE FRAMED THE I.C.E.
RAIDS, THE PROTESTS AND TRUMPS RESPONSE AS PART OF A LONG- RUNNING FEUD BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND CALIFORNIA.
HE SAYS TRUMPS STATEMENT THIS WEEK THAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE, IF CARRIED OUT, IS A SLY TOWARD AUTHORITARIANISM.
>> ANY TIME YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS JUST ACTIVATING THE NATIONAL GUARD ABOVE AND BEYOND A GOVERNOR'S WISHES, WHO HAS CALLED UP THE MARINES TO MOVE INTO A SITUATION AS YET AN UNSPECIFIED MISSION AND THEN TALKS ABOUT ARRESTING A GOVERNOR FOR NOTHING MORE THAN RUNNING FOR OFFICE, THAT MOVES US INTO A TERRITORY WE HAVE NOT SEEN.
>> I DON'T WANT TO CLOSE WITHOUT MENTIONING WHAT CONGRESSMAN LEVIN TOLD ME DURING OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH HIM.
HE FIRMLY BELIEVES THE I.C.E.
RAIDS IN LOS ANGELES WERE TRIGGERED BY TRUMP AIDE STEPHEN MILLER'S DEMAND THAT I.C.E.
AGENTS DETAIN AT LEAST 3000 UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS A DAY.
HE SAYS THAT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE ONCE YOU START INSTITUTING QUOTAS, LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL REACH FURTHER AND FURTHER AND THAT IS WHEN THE REAL INJUSTICES OCCUR.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, APPRECIATE IT.
>>> LET'S GET YOU STARTED WITH THOSE WEATHER HEADLINES.
QUITE A TEMPERATURE ROLLER COASTER AROUND.
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE NEAR AVERAGE AS WE HEAD THROUGH FRIDAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME HEAT WITH TEMPERATURES BACK ABOVE THE AVERAGE AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE LOW CLOUDS SPREADING INTO THE VALLEYS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
TONIGHT WE ARE DOWN TO 68.
MOUNT LAGUNA STAYS MILD AT 62.
OVERNIGHT LOW IN SAN DIEGO AT 61, CHULA VISTA DOWN TO 60 AND OCEANSIDE DROPS DOWN TO 61.
A LOT OF HEAT HERE ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST INCLUDING CALIFORNIA.
WE WILL SHIFT TO VERY WARM CONDITIONS SO IT MAY NOT BE THE RECORD-BREAKING HEAT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE ABOVE THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE AS WE MAKE OUR WAY CLOSER TO THE COAST AND CATCH A LITTLE BIT OF THE COOLER IMPACT FROM THE OCEAN.
SAN DIEGO, 69.
71 FOR OCEANSIDE AND CHULA VISTA AT 71.
107 IN MOUNT LAGUNA, 75 DEGREES SOUNDS PLEASANT FOR ANYONE HAS OUTDOOR PLANS.
SHOULD BE GO AND STAYING DRY WILL NOTICE A THUNDERSTORM STAYING WELL TO OUR EAST ACROSS COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO.
SQUEEZING OUT A DRY AND TO THE WEEK.
FOR A LOT OF US IT WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR DRY SEASON HERE AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND ALL THE ACTION IS GOING TO BE ACROSS PARTS OF THE EAST COAST.
KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOU'RE DOING ANY TRAVELING.
WE HEAD INTO THE FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR THE COAST HERE WHERE TEMPERATURES STAY COMFORTABLE THROUGH SATURDAY AND START TO CLIMB UP.
MOSTLY SUNNY AND NICE AND WE KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 70s ON MONDAY.
WE WILL SEE A WARMING TREND HERE.
SUNDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST OF THE NEXT FIVE AS WE MAKE OUR WAY FURTHER INLAND.
BUILDING THAT HEAT AND KEEPING IT AROUND TO THE DAY.
MONDAY, SIMILAR STORY, MAYBE LATER WITH THE HOTTEST WEATHER ON MONDAY.
IT WILL PEAK AT 112 ON SUNDAY IN THE DESERT.
FOR KPBS NEWS, ARIELA SCALESE.
>>> KPBS LISTENERS KNOW THE VALUE OF RADIO NOT ONLY FOR NEWS OR MUSIC BUT ALSO FOR VITAL INFORMATION DURING AN EMERGENCY.
VIDEO JOURNALIST TAKES US TO THE PALA RESERVATION AND SHOWS US HOW IT KEEPS ITS COMMUNITY INFORMED WHILE KEEPING CULTURAL LIVE THROUGH THE AIRWAVES.
>> THE RADIO STATION STARTED OUT AS A TOOL.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 30 ACRES.
>> ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO THERE WAS BANNED FIRES IN NORTH COUNTY AND COMMUNICATION AROUND HERE WAS TERRIBLE.
SAN DIEGO HAD ITS OWN TO DEAL WITH SO LOCAL MEDIA COMPLETELY IGNORED NORTH COUNTY.
PAULA WAS EVACUATED BECAUSE THERE WERE FIRES ON TWO SIDES OF IT.
MOST STATE OUT OF TOWN NOT REALIZING THEY COULD'VE COME BACK AFTER FOUR HOURS.
THE COMMUNICATION WAS THAT MORE.
WHEN THE WINDOW OPEN UP FOR A NEW RADIO STATION THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO APPLY FOR ONE HOPING TO AVOID THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO REACH ALL THE NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IF WE COULD.
THERE ARE 18 TRIBES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
BEING THE PALA RADIO STATION AND ESSENTIALLY CREATED FOR THE BENEFIT OF TRAVEL MEMBERS, NOT JUST EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION ALSO A GREAT WAY TO SPREAD AND PRESERVE THEIR CULTURE.
>> THE NEXT TWO WERE RECORDED IN PALA.
>> WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS WITH ELDERS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE ALREADY PASSED NOW.
WE ARE GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM WHEN WE COULD.
>> WHEN I WAS DOING MY PAST AND PRESENT I STARTED INCORPORATING SOME LANGUAGE INTO THAT.
IT KIND OF BUILT FROM THERE.
WE STARTED INCORPORATING MORE LANGUAGE.
WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF DOING THE TIME CHECK IN THE LANGUAGE.
I FIGURED IT WAS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN THE NUMBERS.
YOU CAN HEAR WHAT WE SAY, LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND GO OKAY, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
WE STARTED TOP OF THE HOUR, WHICH MEANS WE ARE THE PEOPLE AND IT SAYS K PRI.
>> A SERVICE OF PALA .
>> EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU WILL HEAR SOMETHING WHICH MEANS IT IS A 5:00 IN PALA.
WE DO THAT SEVERAL TIMES AN HOUR AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE AFTER A WHILE YOU START TO ASSOCIATE I KNOW IT'S THIS TIME AND NOW SUDDENLY YOU LEARN NUMBERS IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGE.
>> WE ARE PRESERVING OUR CULTURE.
WE ARE SHARING OUR CULTURE.
I GOT A CALL ONE TIME FROM A LADY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SHE WONDERS WHY WE DON'T PLAY MORE BIRD SONGS, LOCAL MUSIC LIKE NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC.
BIRD SONGS ARE A TYPE OF NATIVE MUSIC PARTICULAR TO THE SOUTHWEST.
IF YOU GO TO THAT UPPER MIDWEST AND AREAS LIKE THAT YOU WILL HEAR DRUMMING.
POWWOW, WHILE THEY HAPPEN HERE ARE NOT SO MUCH A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THING.
BIRD SONGS ARE AND THEY TELL STORIES.
WHAT YOU HEAR VERY OFTEN ISN'T PUBLISHED MUSIC, BUT IT'S THINGS EITHER GROUPS PROVIDED US WITH OR WE RECORD IT.
I LEARNED MORE ABOUT BIRD SONGS THEN I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW.
KIND OF THE SPICE THAT TELLS YOU YOU'RE LISTENING.
WE ARE HERE FOR AN EMERGENCY.
IT MAY ONLY BE 1/10 OF 1% OF THE TIME BUT WHEN YOU NEED IT, YOU NEED IT.
THAT IS WHERE CELL PHONES FALL DOWN.
NO MATTER HOW GOOD BEN GETS, WHEN IT HITS THE FAN, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE ON THERE AND THE BANDWIDTH IS GONE.
YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH.
YOU'VE GOT A RADIO AND YOU'VE GOT A WAY TO GET EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND NOT WORRY ABOUT WHETHER YOU ARE FIGHTING WITH 10,000 OTHER CELL PHONE USERS.
>> WHEN I CAME TO THE RADIO STATION I WAS THINKING JUST AS A RADIO STATION.
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