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>> COMING UP NEXT ON KPBS
"EVENING EDITION":
>> THERE IS A SAN DIEGO
CONNECTION TO A SCANDAL SHAKING
UP THE SECRET SERVICE.
>>> NEW VIDEO HAS BEEN RELEASED
OF A MAN BEING TASERED BY THE
BORDER PATROL AGENTS IN SAN
YSIDRO.
THE MAN DIED, AND THE VIDEO IS
RAISING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
INCIDENT.
>>> AND A GHOST BIKE NOW STANDS
BESIDE A BUSY STREET IN THE
COLLEGE AREA, WHERE A BICYCLIST
DIED THIS WEEK.
OTHER BIKE RIDERS WANT ACTION TO
MAKE THE ROAD SAFER.
KPBS "EVENING EDITION" STARTS
NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
I'M DWANE BROWN.
>> AND I'M AMITA SHARMA, IN FOR
JOANNE FARYON.
>> THE MILITARY SAYS FOUR SAN
DIEGO SERVICE MEMBERS ARE BEING
INVESTIGATED FOR MISCONDUCT IN
COLOMBIA, TWO FROM THE MARINES,
TWO FROM THE NAVY, WHERE SECRET
SERVICE AGENTS BROUGHT IN
PROSTITUTES.
THE PENTAGON SAYS THE SERVICE
MEMBERS HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED
WITH ANYTHING.
SEVERAL SECRET SERVICE MEMBERS
HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.
>>> THE NAVY IS STARTING
DISMISSAL PROCEDURE.
THE MOVE WAS ORDERED AGAINST TWO
MEN BECAUSE THEY LIED TO
MILITARY INVESTIGATORS AFTER THE
MASSACRE.
THE MARINE CORPS DROPPED
CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST BOTH
MEN IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR
TESTIMONY AT THE TRIAL OF FRANK
WUTERICH, THE ONLY ONE
CONVICTED.
>>> A STUDENT DIED INSIDE A
FRATERNITY HOUSE.
THE MAN WAS FOUND THIS MORNING.
HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT
20-YEAR-OLD, FROM SANTEE.
AN AUTOPSY IS PLANNED TOMORROW.
>>> A MAN WHO OPENED FIRE AT A
CARLSBAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS
BEEN SENTENCED TO 180 YEARS TO
LIFE IN PRISON.
TWO SECOND-GRADE GIRLS WERE
INJURED IN THE SHOOTING IN
OCTOBER, 2010.
>>> WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT
ABOUT SAN DIEGO'S MAYORAL
CANDIDATES, BUT THERE WERE
DEBATES THIS WEEK FOR
LOWER-PROFILE POSITIONS.
KYLA CALVERT JOINS US.
HOW MANY SCHOOL BOARD SEATS ARE
UP FOR GRABS?
>> Reporter: THREE OF THE FIVE.
THE ONE OPEN SEAT IS TO
REPRESENT SOME SOUTHEASTERN
COMMUNITIES IN SAN DIEGO LIKE
ENCANTO, PARADISE HILLS,
SKYLINE, AND THE PEOPLE RUNNING
FOR THAT SEAT ARE WILLIAM
PONDER, A RETIRED COLLEGE
ADMINISTRATOR, ALSO A FORMER
TEACHER AND COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR,
AND HE IS RUNNING AGAINST MARNEY
FOSTER.
THE OTHER CONTENDED SEAT IS
CURRENTLY HELD BY JOHN LEE
EVANS, A PSYCHOLOGIST, AND THAT
SEAT REPRESENTS THE NORTH INLAND
COMMUNITIES LIKE UNIVERSITY
CITY, MIRA MESA, AND HE HAS TWO
OPPONENTS, MARK POWELL, WHO IS A
FORMER TEACHER AND SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATOR, AND HE IS
CURRENTLY WORKS IN REAL ESTATE,
AND ALSO JARED HAMILTON, WHO
RUNS A CLOTHING STORE IN LA
JOLLA, AND THEN RICHARD HERERRA.
>> QUITE A FEW SEATS ARE UP FOR
GRABS.
WHAT WERE THE ISSUES?
>> AT BOTH DEBATES, THEY SPENT A
LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW TO
SOLVE THE DISTRICT'S ONGOING
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
THEY'RE FACING A $120 MILLION
DEFICIT FOR THE COMING YEAR, AND
SOME OF THE IDEAS THEY DISCUSSED
WERE BALLOT ISSUES,
RENEGOTIATING UNION CONTRACTS,
AND RAISING REVENUES THROUGH
PRIVATE DONATIONS OR BY
LEVERAGING SOME OF THE
DISTRICT'S ASSETS, LIKE EXCESS
PROPERTY.
THEY ALSO TOOK QUESTIONS FROM
THE AUDIENCE ABOUT THINGS LIKE
BUSING, THE ROLE OF CHARTER
SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, AND HOW
TO ATTRACT FAMILIES BACK TO
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.
>> KYLA CALVERT, THANK YOU.
>>> THERE WERE MORE JOBS IN THE
SAN DIEGO COUNTY LAST MONTH, BUT
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STILL WENT
UP BY A TENTH OF A POINT.
MARCH, 9.5%.
THE JOBLESS RATE INCREASED
BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE
IN THE LABOR POOL.
>>> MORE RALLIES OUTSIDE THE
FARMERS MARKET BUILDING.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, PART OF THE
BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN.
WAL-MART PLANS TO PUT A NEW
STORE THERE.
THERE WAS A CALL FOR THE NEARLY
CENTURY-OLD BUILDING TO BE LEFT
ALONE.
ON MONDAY A JUDGE WILL HEAR
ARGUMENTS TO STOP THE
DEMOLITION.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS RALLIED AT
THE SITE TODAY SAYING THE
PROJECT MEANS JOBS FOR THE AREA.
>>> STUDENTS AT SAN DIEGO STATE
THIS WEEK REMEMBERED A BICYCLIST
KILLED ON A DANGEROUS ROAD
RIDERS ARE FORCED TO USE.
TOM FUDGE KNOWS FIRSTHAND THE
HAZARDS OF MONTEZUMA ROAD.
>> Reporter: AN ABANDONED BIKE
PAINTED WHITE, A GHOST BIKE, TO
COMMEMORATE THE RIGHT OF CHARLES
RAYMOND GILBRETH.
>> NONE OF US PERSONALLY KNEW
HIM, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT HE WAS REMEMBERED.
>> Reporter: HE WAS 63, STRUCK
AND KILLED BY A CAR WHILE USING
THE BIKE LANE ON MONTEZUMA.
>> TO ME THE DANGERS OF
MONTEZUMA ARE PERSONAL.
FIVE YEARS AGO I WAS RIDING MY
BIKE TO WORK WHEN I WAS HIT BY A
CAR RIGHT HERE.
I SPENT A WEEK IN THE TRAUMA
WARD.
MONTEZUMA ROAD IS A FOUR-LANE
THOROUGHFARE THAT IS THE ONLY
DIRECT ROUTE TO SAN DIEGO STATE.
SPEEDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE
COMMON.
>> IT'S SAD THAT IT TAKES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS DRASTIC TO
KIND OF SPARK THAT THOUGHT OF,
OH, MAYBE I DO HAVE TO DRIVE AT
THE SPEED LIMIT OR I HAVE TO BE
AWARE OF OTHER THINGS BESIDES
JUST CARS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD.
>> Reporter: OTHERS SAY WE NEED
MORE THAN AWARENESS.
THE BIKE BLOG HAS BEEN ALIVE
WITH CALLS FOR OFFICIALS TO FIND
A SOLUTION.
FLOWERS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN
MEMORY, AND CAR TRAVELERS CAN
SEE MR. GILBRETH'S GHOST BIKE.
>> WEDNESDAY'S ACCIDENT IS STILL
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>>> LATER TONIGHT ON KPBS, THE
INVESTIGATIVE NEWS PROGRAM FIRST
LOOK FOCUSES ON A RECENT SERIES
OF BORDER DEATHS.
AMITA IS TALKING WITH ONE OF THE
PEOPLE AT THE "EVENING EDITION"
ROUND TABLE.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT DEATHS
BY BORDER PATROL AGENTS.
NEW FOOTAGE HAS SURFACED IN THE
DEATH OF ANASTASIO HERNANDEZ
ROJAS.
HE DIED AFTER BEING TASED BY
AGENTS AT THE BORDER IN MAY OF
2010.
HIS DEATH WAS RULED A HOMICIDE.
JOHN CARLOS FRAY, A DOCUMENTARY
FILMMAKER WHO INVESTIGATED THE
ISSUE, JOINS ME.
JOHN, AT THE TIME THAT ROJAS
ENCOUNTERED BORDER PATROL
AGENTS, THEY SAY HE WAS
COMBATIVE AND HAS TO BE TASED.
WHAT DOES THE FOOTAGE SHOW?
>> A MAN PRONE, LYING FLAT ON
THE GROUND, HANDCUFFED, AND AS
THE VIDEO PROGRESSES HE IS TIED
AROUND HIS ANKLES, AND THERE ARE
A DOZEN OFFICERS AROUND HIM AS
HE IS BEING TASED.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A MAN WHO
IS NOT RESISTING.
>> WHAT IS ROJAS HEARD SAYING?
>> DURING THIS TIME, OVER A
PERIOD OF ALMOST ABOUT A HALF
HOUR'S WORTH OF TIME, REPEATEDLY
WE HEAR THE MAN SCREAMING OUT
FOR HELP, AYUDAME, POR FAVOR,
HELP ME, PLEASE.
HE IS TRYING TO GET THE HELP OF
THE PEOPLE AROUND.
>> WHAT DO PEOPLE SEE?
>> THEY SEE A MAN, HANDCUFFED
BEHIND HIS BACK, THAT HE WAS
NEVER COMBATIVE, THAT THEY ALL
HEARD THE CRIES, ON SEVERAL
INSTANCES THEY SEE BORDER
OFFICERS PUNCHING AND KICKING,
THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT THE USE OF
A BATON, ONE WITNESS DESCRIBES
THE USE OF A BATON LIKE PLAYING
THE BONGO DRUMS, REPEATEDLY
HITTING HIM.
THIS BEATING WENT ON FOR OVER A
HALF HOUR, ACCORDING TO SOME
WITNESSS.
>> AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
FOOTAGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS
INCIDENT?
>> IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN DOWN TO
THE BORDER, YOU KNOW IT'S A VERY
BUSY PLACE, THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEDESTRIANS WALKING BACK AND
FORTH, AND PEOPLE STOPPED TO SEE
IF THEY COULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS
HAPPENING WHEN THEY HEARD THESE
CRIES.
SOME PEOPLE PULLED OUT CELL
PHONE CAMERAS AND VIDEO CAMERAS
AND BORDER PATROL AGENTS WALKED
AROUND THIS CROWD AND STARTED
CONFISCATING VIDEO CAMERAS AND
CELL PHONES, AND ONE EYEWITNESS
SAID THEY WITNESSED BORDER
PATROL AGENTS SCROLLING THROUGH
AND DELETING WHAT THEY HAVE
RECORDED.
>> WHAT HAVE THE BORDER PATROL
TOLD YOU?
>> THERE WAS ONLY A PRESS
RELEASE RELEASED THE DAY AFTER.
IT'S BASICALLY P WHAT WAS YOUR
VERY FIRST QUESTION: THEY SAY
ANASTASIO WAS COMBATIVE, WHEN
THEY REMOVED HIS HANDCUFFS IN
THE PROCESS OF BEING DEPORTED,
AND THEY HAD TO USE THE TASER.
>> THEY SAY HE HAD
METHAMPHETAMINE IN HIS SYSTEM.
WHAT ROLE COULD THAT PLAY IN THE
VIOLENCE THAT HAS BEEN ALLEGED
BY THE BORDER PATROL AGENTS, AND
WHAT MIGHT ROLE MIGHT HAVE IT
HAVE PLAYED?
>> THE AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE
IN HIS SYSTEM IS NOT CONSISTENT
WITH SOMEONE WHO WOULD BECOME
VIOLENT.
IT WAS ENOUGH TO KEEP HIM AWAKE
AT NIGHT, SOME SORT OF A
STIMULANT THAT HE MAY HAVE TOOK,
SIMILAR TO STIMULANT AS IN A CUP
OF COFFEE.
WHETHER HE WAS VIOLENT OR NOT,
IT WAS NOT LIKELY DUE TO
METHAMPHETAMINE OR ANY CHEMICAL
IN HIS SYSTEM.
>> WHAT SYSTEM IS IN PLACE TO
LOOK FURTHER INTO THESE EIGHT
DEATHS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ALONG
THE BORDER OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS?
IS ANYONE BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE?
ARE ANY INQUIRIES BEING MADE?
>> THERE ARE, BY VICK AIMS'
FAMILIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS WANTING MORE
INFORMATION.
AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC CAN TELL,
THERE IS NO NEW INFORMATION
FORTHCOMING, THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT HAS THE CASE, THE
INVESTIGATION IS OVER, THERE ARE
NO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, NO
AGENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPRY
PLANNEDDED, AS FAR AS WE KNOW
THE AGENTS RESPONSIBLE IN THIS
CASE ARE STILL ON THE JOB, THEY
WERE NEVER FINED, AND WE DON'T
EVEN KNOW THEIR NAMES.
SO THIS CASE HAS BASICALLY BEEN
SHUT DOWN, AND AS FAR AS WE CAN
TELL, NOTHING MORE IS
FORTHCOMING.
>> THANK YOU FOR APPEARING.
>>> THAT DOCUMENTARY "FIRST LOOK
CROSSING THE LINE" AIRS TONIGHT
ON KPBS AT 8:30.
>>> UP NEXT ON "EVENING
EDITION", AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH HIS HOLINESS, THE DALAI
LAMA.
WE TALK WITH HIM ABOUT
COMPASSION AND MUCH MORE, IN
JUST A MOMENT.
>> TENZIN GYATSO, THE 14TH DALAI
LAMA, IS WINDING UP A TWO-DAY
VISIT TO STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY
OF
SAN DIEGO.
HIS LECTURES HAVE FILLED THE
ARENAS AT USD, UC SAN DIEGO, AND
SAN DIEGO STATE.
MAUREEN CAVANAUGH HAD A RARE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH HIS
HOLINESS YESTERDAY.
KPBS WAS THE ONLY MEDIA OUTLET
HONORED WITH AN EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW DURING HIS SAN DIEGO
VISIT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR
MEETING WITH US.
YOUR HOLINESS, YOUR LECTURES TO
STUDENTS IN SAN DIEGO ARE ABOUT
COMPASSION WITHOUT BORDERS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST ABOUT
COMPASSION WITHIN BORDERS.
DO YOU THINK AMERICA IS A
COMPASSIONATE NATION?
>> I THINK EVERY HUMAN BEING
BORN FROM MOTHER, AND AT LEAST
THE FEW YEARS, RECEIVED IMMENSE
AFFECTION FROM OUR MOTHER.
SO THE CHILD'S I THINK FIRST
EXPERIENCE IN THIS LIFETIME AT
THE BEGINNING, I THINK THAT
IMMENSE AFFECTION FROM MOTHER
RESULT IN OUR BLOOD.
SO THEREFORE, THE WHOLE REST OF
LIFE, OTHER PEOPLE SHOW YOU
SMILE, GENUINE SORT OF CLOSENESS
FEELING, YOU FEEL HAPPY.
EVEN ANIMALS ALSO LIKE THAT.
SO NOW HERE, COUNTRY TO COUNTRY,
OBVIOUSLY THOSE COUNTRIES, THEIR
CONSTANT FEAR DOES DAMAGE ABOUT
THAT.
SO FROM THAT VIEWPOINT, AMERICA,
FREE COUNTRY, DEMOCRATIC
COUNTRY, SO MORE OPPORTUNITY.
STILL IS MORE SORT OF ALIVE.
THIS IS MY FEELING.
>> SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE
CAN'T BE COMPASSIONATE OR
ETHICAL WITHOUT RELIGION.
CAN WE GET BEYOND RELIGION?
>> YES, CERTAINLY!
ANIMALS -- I WILL ASK YOU,
ANIMAL HAVE ANY RELIGION?
>> NO.
>> [ LAUGHS ]
CATS.
DOGS.
AND BIRDS.
MANY SPECIES OF MAMMALS, THEY
ALSO HAVE THIS SORT OF POTENTIAL
TO SHOW AFFECTION, FIRSTLY,
BECAUSE OF BIOLOGICAL FACTOR.
AND THEN, LIKE DOGS, IF YOU, THE
OWNER OF THE DOG, REALLY SHOWING
NOT JUST FOOD BUT REAL
AFFECTION, THEN DOG VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE.
JUST GIVE FOOD WITHOUT SHOWING
AFFECTION, THEN THEY NOT GET
SORT OF 100% SATISFACTION.
SO THEY ALSO, YOU SEE, WHEN WE
HUMAN BEINGS, WE SHOW AFFECTION,
THE POOR ANIMAL ALSO RESPOND TO
US, LICKING, OR CATS SOMETIMES,
YOU SEE, THEY ARE SORT OF WITH
THE PALM, PUT HER, AND PURR,
PURR OR SOMETHING SPECIAL SORT
OF SOUND.
YOU SAY VERY PEACEFUL.
THAT'S THE RESPONSE TO
AFFECTION.
SO THEY ALSO HAVE THE -- THEY
APPRECIATE OTHERS' AFFECTION.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
SHOW THEIR OWN AFFECTION.
SO -- AND THAT, AS SOON AS WE'RE
BORN, CHILD, NO RELIGIOUS FAITH,
SO THAT'S MY MAIN ARGUMENT.
AFFECTION IS MAINLY BIOLOGICAL
FACTOR, THEN SORT OF
STRENGTHENING, THAT RELIGION
HELPS.
AND WITHOUT RELIGION ALSO IT
COULD BE THIS WAY, THROUGH
EDUCATION, THROUGH SCIENTIFIC
FINDINGS, THEN YOU GET
CONVICTION, NOT NECESSARILY
REALLY LOVE OTHER, BUT FOR THEIR
OWN INTEREST, SHOWING LOVE,
COMPASSION, TO OTHERS, LIKE
THAT.
>> MY LAST QUESTION TO YOU: DO
YOU FEEL IT'S YOUR OBLIGATION TO
GO AROUND THE WORLD TO GIVE
THESE LECTURES, OR IS IT ALSO
YOUR JOY?
>> NOT OBLIGATION.
WITHOUT INVITATION,
[ LAUGHS ]
I NEVER GO THIS AREA.
THEN ALSO WHEN INVITATION COME,
THEN I INQUIRE JUST TO SEE NEW
PLACE OR SEEING JUST THE ONE
SORT OF FAMILY, THEN NOT MUCH
INTEREST.
INVITATION COME FROM SOME
INSTITUTION WHO REALLY INVOLVING
SO-CALLED MY OWN PROFESSION,
THESE FIELDS.
AND THEN DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES
OR EDUCATION SORT OF
INSTITUTION, I FEEL THAT IS THE
PLACE WHERE THE AWARENESS OF
THESE THINGS TO START AND TO
SPREAD AMONG HUMAN COMMUNITY.
SO -- SO THEN ON THAT LEVEL,
YES, I HAVE SOME OBLIGATION.
I ONE INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEING,
ONE OF THE SEVEN BILLION HUMAN
BEING.
I BELIEVE EACH OF US, OUR FUTURE
DEPEND ON THE REST OF HUMANITY.
HUMANITY HAPPY,
I GET A BENEFIT.
HUMANITY IN STATE OF TROUBLE.
OR VIOLENCE,
I CANNOT ESCAPE FROM THAT.
SO EVERY SEVEN BILLION HUMAN
BEING HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
WELL-BEING OF HUMANITY.
SO MY OWN SHARE, MAKING
CONTRIBUTION, ON MY OWN SHARE.
>> AND TONIGHT WE WILL HAVE MORE
OF MAUREEN'S CONVERSATION WITH
THE DALAI LAMA ON OUR WEBSITE,
KPBS.ORG.
>>> COMING UP NEXT, SOME OF SAN
DIEGO ART HISTORY COMING OUT OF
STORAGE.
THE STORY FROM OUR CULTURE DESK.
THIS IS KPBS "EVENING EDITION".
>> A SLICE OF
SAN DIEGO'S
ARTISTIC HISTORY HAS BEEN
LANGUISHING IN BOXES AND CRATES.
BUT THEY'RE COMING OUT OF
STORAGE.
THE STORY OF HOW THIS ART WAS
SAVED AND HOW IT WILL BE
RESTORED IS A PART OF THE WORK
OF MY GUESTS.
ANGELA CARONE, LET'S START OUT
WITH THE AZTEC BREWERY.
HOW DID THE ART GET IN THERE.
>> IT WAS A POPULAR PLACE IN THE
30s AND 40s, AND IT WAS A
TASTING ROOM CALLED A
RATHSKELLAR, AND PEOPLE CAME TO
TASTE, AND TO SEE THE INTERIOR.
IT WAS A SMALL, ALMOST
CHAPEL-LIKE INTERIOR.
IT HAD STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AND
A PAINTED CEILING AND BIG, GRAND
IRON CHANDELIERS THAT HUNG FROM
THE CEILING, AND A LOT OF THE
PAINTINGS DEPICTED AZTEC AND
MAYAN SCENES.
AND THERE WAS A LARGE MURAL ON
THE WALL BEHIND THE BAR
DEPICTING AN AZTEC HUMAN
SACRIFICE.
YOU CAN SEE A PHOTOGRAPH ON OUR
WEBSITE.
IT WAS JUST VERY MUCH LIKE A
TEMPLE ALMOST.
>> KELLY, WHO PAINTED THIS ART,
AND ARE THERE ANY IMPORTANT
WORKS IN THERE?
>> THE ARTIST RESPONSIBLE FOR A
LOT OF THE ART WAS JOSE MOYA
DEL PINO, HE WAS SENT TO THE
UNITED STATES IN THE 20s TO BE A
CULTURAL EMISSARY AND INFORM A
UNITED STATES AUDIENCE ABOUT
WHAT WAS BEING PRODUCED IN
SPAIN.
BY THE TIME MONEY RAN OUT, HE
WAS PAINTING MURALS.
THINGS THAT WERE POPULAR IN THE
UNITED STATES, AND THE MEXICAN
MURAL MOVEMENT.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTWORK,
THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
SUGGESTIONS THAT HE WAS
CONNECTED IN VARIOUS WAYS TO
FAMOUS ARTISTS AT THE TIME, THE
IMPORTANCE IS REALLY ABOUT HOW
DID THIS FIT IN SAN DIEGO'S
HISTORY, WHAT WAS THIS
COLLECTION, WHAT DID IT MEAN
THAT IT WAS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
COULD NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE WORKS
IN A MORE TRADITIONAL ART
SETTING BUT BE IMMERSED IN THEM
WHILE THEY HAD BEER AFTER WORK
ONE DAY.
>> WHO WENT THERE, TO THE
BREWERY TO LOOK AT THE ART AND
TO DRINK, AND WHAT EVENTUALLY
HAPPENED TO THE BREWERY AND THE
ART INSIDE?
>> THE PEOPLE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVED IN BARRIO LOGAN, THE
PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN THE TUNA
CANNERY INDUSTRY, AND PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER SAN DIEGO WENT AS
WELL.
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE MEETINGS
THERE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO IT IS A WHOLE
DIFFERENT STORY.
THE BREWLY CLOSED DOWN IN 1953,
AND THE ARTWORK, THE RATHSKELLER
WAS BOARDED UP, AND THE ART SAT
THERE FOR 30 YEARS JUST
COLLECTING DUST.
JUMP AHEAD TO 1988, A NEW
DEVELOPER BUYS THE PROPERTY,
DECIDES HE'S GOING TO RAZE, AND
SALVADOR TORRES SEES A VINTAGE
PHOTOGRAPH OF PEOPLE STANDING IN
FRONT OF THAT MURAL THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT, HE RUSHES OVER TO
SEE IF THE MURAL IS STILL THERE,
IT IS, HE MOBILIZES HIS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS TO SAVE ALL THE ART
IN THE RATHSKELLER, AND THE CITY
OF SAN DIEGO STEPS IN AND TAKES
OWNERSHIP WITH A PROMISE TO ONE
DAY PUT IT BACK IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> SO IT'S BEEN IN STORAGE ALL
THIS TIME.
WHY IS IT COMING OUT NOW?
>> WHEN THE CITY ACCEPTED THE
DONATION, THEY SAID THERE IS
THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT HAPPENING IN
BARRIO LOGAN, WE WOULD LIKE TO
PUT IT IN THERE ONCE IT'S BUILT.
THE MERCADO IS JUST BEING BUILT
NOW.
THE LONG AWAITED PROJECT THAT
IS, PEOPLE WERE THINKING WHAT
ABOUT THAT ARTWORK THAT'S BEEN
IN BALBOA PARK, A LOT OF BIG
PIECES OF THE MURALS, AND THE
SMALLER PIECES AND THE CHAIRS
AND THE CHANDELIERS AND STAINED
GLASS WINDOWS HAVE MOVED AROUND
THAT COLLECTION FROM PLACE TO
PLACE, ENDING UP NOW IN A
STORAGE UNIT IN EL CAJON.
>> WHERE DO THINGS STAND NOW?
>> THERE IS A RESTAURANT IN
MERCADO THAT DEVELOPERS IN THE
CITY ARE HOPING TO BRING ALL OF
THIS STUFF OUT OF STORAGE AND
INSERT IT, INSTALL IT BACK IN
THE RESTAURANT THERE.
>> WE HAVE TO CLOSE IT HERE.
KELLY, ANGELA, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING ON THE SHOW.
>> THANKS.
>>> TONIGHT IN THE PUBLIC
SQUARE, THE CITY'S HOTELIERS
NEXT WEEK WILL WRAP UP THEIR
VOTE ON WHETHER TO RAISE ROOM
TAXES TO PAY FOR AN EXPANSION OF
THE CONVENTION CENTER.
CRITICS HAVE SAID THE ISSUE
SHOULD BE DECIDED BY THE PUBLIC
AND NOT JUST HOTELIERS.
THEY WANT IT TO GO TO A PUBLIC
VOTE, AS THE PREVIOUS TWO
CONVENTION CENTER PROJECTS HAVE.
CARL DeMAIO SAYS THIS EXPANSION
IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT
INVOLVE PUBLIC MONEY, BUT IT
DOES RELY ON ROOM TAXES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IS THIS PUBLIC MONEY?
YOU CAN WEIGH IN BY FOLLOWING US
ON TWITTER, LIKING US ON
FACEBOOK, AND, OF COURSE, CAN
YOU CAN EMAIL US.
>>> THE NAVY IS STARTING
DISMISSAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
TWO MILITARY MEN.
THE SECRETARY ORDERED THE MOVE
AGAINST THE MARINES BECAUSE THEY
LIED AFTER THE MASSACRE IN
AFGHANISTAN.
>>> AND THE MILITARY SAYS TWO
SAN DIEGO MARINES AND TWO OTHERS
ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR
POSSIBLE MISCONDUCT IN COLOMBIA,
WHERE PROSTITUTES WERE BROUGHT
IN.
PBS NEWS HOUR WILL HAVE MORE ON
THIS CASE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
>>> FOR MORE ON TONIGHT'S
STORIES, GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.
YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
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