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>> >>DWANE: HI, I'M DWANE BROWN. TONIGHT ON KPBS EVENING EDITION, CONGRESSMAN
BRIAN BILBRAY SAYS IT'S OVER, CONCEDING THE HOTLY CONTESTED RACE IN SAN DIEGO'S 52ND CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT. AND SAN DIEGO'S CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS
STEPPING DOWN. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S NEXT FOR TONY YOUNG.
>> >>PEGGY: AND I'M PEGGY PICO. JUST AHEAD ON OUR WEEKLY ROUND TABLE, WE'LL
EXPLAIN WHY THE WORLD RENOWNED SALK INSTITUTE IS UNDER TAKING ITS FIRST EVER FUND RAISING
CAMPAIGN. THEN SOME SAY LA JOLLA COVE HAS GONE TO THE
BIRDS. WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT THE
STENCH HOVERING OVER THE PROTECTED BEACH. >> >>DWANE: A SAN DIEGO RESEARCH SHIP RETURNS
HOME AFTER A SIX YEAR VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. AND SAN DIEGO'S RESCUE MISSION PREPARES FOR
ITS HUGE THANKSGIVING PEOPLE MEAL WITH MORE THAN 2000 GUESTS EXPECTED.
KPBS EVENING EDITION STARTS NOW. CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY ECAPTIONS.
>> >>DWANE: GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
REPUBLIC BRIAN BILBRAY CONCEDED DEFEAT TODAY IN THE 52ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE.
DEMOCRAT SCOTT PETERS WINS THE SEAT BY ABOUT 51 VOTES.
IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, BILBRAY SAYS HE CALLED PETERS TO CONGRATULATE HIM.
AND SAYS QUOTE: BILL BILBRAY SAYS HE'LL KEEP FIGHTING FOR ISSUES HE BELIEVES IN.
SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT TONY YOUNG HAS MADE IT OFFICIAL.
HE'S STEPPING DOWN TO TAKE OVER AS C.E.O.FOR THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER OF THE RED CROSS.
KATIE ORR HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY AND JOINS US FROM THE NEWS CENTER.
WHAT DID YOUNG HAVE TO SAY ABOUT LEAVING HIS COUNCIL POSITION EARLY?
>> >>KATIE: HE STRESSED THAT HE WOULD STILL BE SERVING THE PEOPLE F OF SAN DIEGO THROUGH
HIS POSITION AS C.E.O.OF THE LOCAL RED CROSS. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO INCREASE THE ORGANIZATION'S
COMMUNITY PRESENCE AND SAYS HIS JOB WILL ALLOW HIM TO CONTINUE SERVING HIS COMMUNITY.
>> >>PEGGY: S.I'VE BEEN DOWN AT. >> >>: I'VE BEEN DOWN AT CITY HALL WORK ON
BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE PORT DISTRICT FOR 10 YEARS. AND BEFORE THAT I WORKED RIGHT
ON SKYLINE DRIVE. IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES
FOR MY COMMUNITY. AND FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, AND I DON'T
INTEND TO STOP THAT. >> >>KATIE: I SHOULD NOTE HE WILL BE GETTING
A LARGE PAY INCREASE WITH HIS NEW JOB. COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE 75,000 DOLLARS A YEAR,
YOUNG'S BASE PAY WILL BE 190,000 DOLLARS A YEAR AT HIS NEW JOB.
>> >>DWANE: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL?
>> >>KATIE: WELL, YOUNG WILL SERVE OUT THE REST OF THE YEAR.
HE STARTS AT THE RED CROSS ON JANUARYハ2. THE CITY WILL HAVE IT HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION
TO REPLACE HIM. THE CITY CHARTER DICTATES IT HAS TO BE HELD
WITHIN 90 DAYS OF YOUNG TENDERING HIS RESIGNATION. THIS OPENS UP THE RACE FOR CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED EACH YEAR BY THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IN CHARGE OF
SETTING THE COUNCIL AGENDA. NOW THAT YOUNG IS OUT, IT INCREASES THE CHANCE
OF ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE ELECTED. >> >>DWANE: KPBS METRO REPORTER, KATIE ORR.
SAN DIEGO'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT UP SLIGHTLY LAST MONTH.
THE INCREASE WAS ONE TENTH OF A POINT ABOVE NOVEMBER.
SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION STARTED AS A SOUP KITCHEN FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE 55 YEARS AGO.
IT'S NOW ONE OF THE LARGEST CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, OFFERING SHELTER,
RECOVERING PROGRAMS AND HALF A MILLION YEARS A YEAR.
AND THANKSGIVING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST. >> >>: IT'S NOT JUST A MEAL, IT'S LOVE U ALL
THE WAY AROUND, FROM GOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH. >> >>DWANE: BRIAN KEHOE SUPERVISES THE KITCHEN
AFTER GOING THROUGH THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOUR YEARS AGO. ABOUT 25% OF THE STAFF ARE
FORMER CLIENTS, AND THIS IS THE ONLY SHELTER IN TOWN THAT TAKES IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT
NIGHT. MOST ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THIRTY EIGHT YEAR OLD OSCAR TORRES GREW UP IN SAN DIEGO AND WAS A *** ADDICT WHOSE FAMILY
DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM. HE SAYS COMING TO THE RESCUE MISSION CHANGED
HIS LIFE. >> >>: I ACCEPTED CHRIST HERE.
I WAS BORN IN THE CHURCH, BUT I RAN FROM IT. I HAD A LOT OF TIMES, I BLAMED GOD FOR WHAT
I WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH. HE KICK MEAD INTO REALITY AND LET ME KNOW
IT WAS MY CHOICES THAT GOT ME HERE. >> >>DWANE: TORRES SPENT 22 MONTHS IN THE
MEN'S REHAB PROGRAM. HE WORKS AT THE MISSION TO HELP OTHER MEN
TRANSITION AND GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. >> >>: IT'S A BIG THING FOR FELONS AND PEOPLE
THAT HAVEN'T WORKED IN A LONG TIME. >> >>DWANE: ALTHOUGH ECONOMY IS SLOWLY IMPROVING,
IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN SAN DIEGO'S GROWING HOMELESS POPULATION.
THE MISSION'S PRESIDENT HERW JOHNSON SAYS PEOPLE EFFECTED BY SUPERSTORM SANDY ARE SPEAKING
REFUGE. >> >>: THIS PLACE IS GETTING FLOODED BY PEOPLE
WHO LIVED ON THE EAST COAST. THEY'RE COMING TO SAN DIEGO IN DROVES.
>> >>DWANE: THAT'S EXPECTED TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEEKING A FRIENDLY FACE AND
HOT THANKSGIVING PEEP MEAL ON SATURDAY. MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ATE LUNCH OUT DOORS
AS THE CHAPEL WAS BEING PREPARED FOR THE BIG MEAL, WITH MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE EXPECTED.
JOHNSON SAYS THE RESCUE MISSION IS FUNDED ENTIRELY BY PUBLIC DONATIONS AND THE RECENT
ELECTIONS AND DAMAGE FROM SANDY HAVE HAD AN IMPACT.
>> >>: ABOUT 60% OF OUR INCOME COMES IN BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME OF THE YEAR FOR US IN TERMS OF FUND RAISING.
>> >>DWANE: SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION HAS A TWO MONTH WAITING LIST FOR ALL OF ITS LONG
TERM PROGRAMS BUT OFFERS THREE MEAL AS DAY TO THE NEEDY AT THIS CENTER AND THREE OTHER
LOCATIONS. AND THE THANKSGIVING MEAL WILL BE SERVED FROM
2 TO 5 TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION IS LOCATED ON ELM
STREET, DOWNTOWN. THE SALK INSTITUTE IN LA JOLLA IS IN THE MIDST
OF ITS FIRST MAJOR FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN. PEGGY PICO FINDS OUT WHAT'S BEHIND THE REQUEST.
>> >>PEGGY: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 53 YEAR HISTORY THE SALK INSTITUTE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC
FOR HELP. JOINING ME WITH DETAILS ABOUT THE RESEARCH
FACILITY'S FISCAL STRUGGLE IS UT SAN DIEGO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTER GARY ROBBINS.
GARY, THANKS FOR TALKING WITH US TODAY. SALK INSTITUTE IS A NON PROFIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1960 BY JONAS SALK, THE MAN WHOOP DEVELOPED THE POLIO VACCINE.
WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH ARE THEY DOING NOW? >> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: THEY DO BASIC.
>> >>GARY ROBBINS: THEY'RE TRYING TO FIG FIGURE OUT THINGS LIKE THE BASIC NATURE OF THE CELL,
WHAT LEADS TO DISEASE SH. BASIC PHYSIOLOGY, BASIC MEDICINE, BASICALLY
JUST LOOKING AT THE NATURE OF LIFE. >> >>PEGGY: WHAT'S' SALK FINANCIAL SITUATION
RIGHT NOW? >> >>GARY ROBBINS: I TALKED TO IRWIN JACOBS
WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. HE SAYS THEY'RE IN THE BLACK.
THEY HAVE A BUDGET OF ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR.
THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT CUTS IN THE BUDGET THAT MAY BE COMING COULD REDUCE THEIR BUDGET
BY ABOUT $10ハMILLION. >> >>PEGGY: THEY USED TO HAVE TWO THIRDS OF
THEIR FUNDING CAME FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, THE NIH, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY
THE CASE RIGHT NOW. HOW COME?
>> >>GARY ROBBINS: THE NIH HAS GROWN SOME, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE.
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE APPLYING FOR GRANTS. THE LIFE SCIENCES HAS GROWN IN THE UNITED
STATES, AND YOU CAN SEE IT ACROSS THE STREET. UC SAN DIEGO WAS OPENED AT APPROXIMATE THE
SAME TIME AS THE SALK INSTITUTE. NOW UC SAN DIEGO RANKS IN THE TOP 10 IN FUNDING
IN THE US. THEY HAVE TO COMPETE WITH PLACES LIKE UCSD.
>> >>PEGGY: THERE'S A LOT HERE IN SAN DIEGO. WE HAVE A CLUSTER WELL RESPECTED AND WELL
KNOWN INSTITUTIONS THAT DO RESEARCH. DOES THAT COMPETITION REALLYハ ARE THEY KIND
OF CYPHENING OFF OR IS IT DIVERSIFYING THAT FUNDING?
>> >>GARY ROBBINS: IT CREATES MORE PRESSURE ON THEM.
THEY'RE SIMPLY A LOT MORE PEOPLE SEEKING THE SAME KIND OF GRANTS THAT THEY WANT.
THEY DO BASIC RESEARCH. THEY DON'T DO A LOT OF APPLIED RESEARCH.
THEY DON'T TAKE THE BASIC RESEARCH AND TRY TO TURN IT INTO A TREAT M OR A DRUG.
OTHER PEOPLE DO THAT. SO THEIR FOCUS IS MORE LIMITED.
THAT CAN EXPOSE A LOT MORE PRESSURE. >> >>PEGGY: WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY APPLIEDハ
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APPLIED RESEARCH. THAT'S WHERE YOU DO RESEARCH FOR A SPECIFIC
DRUG OR A SPECIFIC TREATMENT, TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC.
BUT THEIR RESEARCH OVER AT SALK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OTHER SCIENTISTS.
YOU CAN'T DEVELOP A DRUG IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BASIC RESEARCH BEHIND IT.
TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THAT. I KNOW THEY WERE REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN GLEEVEC,
A CANCER DRUG. >> >>GARY ROBBINS: TONY HUNTER WHO HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 200 DRUGS N CLUING GLEEVEC.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT MOLECULES AND PROTEINS AND HOW THEY WORK.
OTHER SCIENTISTS WHO DO APPLIED RESEARCH OR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TAKE THAT AND TRY
TO TURN IT INTO A DOUG OR A TREATMENT. THEY'VE BEEN PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL IN DOING
THAT WITH CANCER TREATMENTS INCLUDING GLEEVEC THERE ARE OTHERS FRED GAUGE WHOSE WORK HAS
LEAD TO DIRECTLY TO TREATMENT. SO THEY'RE DOING THE BASIC.
>> >>PEGGY: THAT MUST PUT SOME PRESSURE ON THEM FINANCIALLY.
IT'S HARDER TO FUND THAT TYPE OF RESEARCH; CORRECT?
>> >>GARY ROBBINS: IT IS HARDER TO FUND THAT. IN THE PAST THEY LIVED OFF THE NIH WHICH HAS
BEEN FINE. BUT OVER TIME THE NIH BUDGET PLAT N FLAT NED
OUT, SO THAT CREATED PRESSURE. THEY REALIZED THEY HAD TO GO TO THE PUBLIC
SECTORING TO DONORS TO SAY HELP US MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING BASIC RESEARCH
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO FUND APPLIED RESEARCH. >> >>PEGGY: HOW MUCH HAVE THEY RAISED SO FAR?
>> >>GARY ROBBINS: 140ハMILLION DOLLARS OF THE 300ハMILLION THEY'RE GOING FOR.
THEY HAVE A QUIET PHASE WHERE THEY LINE UP A LOT OF GIFTS AND BILTD BUILD MOMENTUM.
NOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS GOING TO TAKE BETWEEN NOW AND 2015 TO TRY TO RAISE THE OTHER $160ハMILLION.
THEY LIKELY CAN DO THAT. BUT I ASKED BILL BRODY, THE HEAD OF THE SALK,
DO YOU HAVE TO REINTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GROWTH THERE
WITH THE CALIFORNIA REGENERATIVE CENTER, WITH UCSD GLOW GROWING, IT CAN GET EASY GETTING
LOST IN THE CROWD IN LA MESA. >> >>PEGGY: WHOLE BUNCH OF CELL REGENERATIVE
RESEARCH GOING ON UP THERE. THEIR NEWS COVERAGE OR PRESS COVERAGE DOESN'T
GET AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING AT THAT CELLULAR LEVEL.
YOU DON'T GET THE HEAD LINE OF A NEW CANCER DRUG IS BEING TESTED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHO'S BEHIND THEIR CAMPAIGN FUND RAISING? >> >>GARY ROBBINS: IRWIN JACOBS.
I HAD A LONG TIME WITH HIM. HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT INSTITUTION STAYS
IN THE BLACK. THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE COLD SPRING HARBOR
IN NEW YORK EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GETTING ENOUGH PRIVATE
DONATIONS. JACOBS WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET TO
THAT POINT. SO THEY'RE SOLID NOW.
>> >>PEGGY: JACOBS ALSO SUPPORTS KPBS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT.
GARY ROBBINS OF UT SAN DIEGO THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> >>GARY ROBBINS: YOU'RE WELCOME. >> >>DWANE: A FORMER UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
BASKETBALL STAR HAS PLEADED GUILTY IN A GAME FIXING CASE.
TO BRIBING A PLAYER TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF A GAME.
HE'S ONE OF 9 PEOPLE CHARGED WITH RUNNING A SPORTS BETTING BUSINESS.
THEY WERE ACCUSED OF FIXING WEST COAST CONFERENCE GAMES.
THE U.S. AND MEXICO ARE ABOUT TO SIGN A LAND MARK AGREEMENT.
ALLOWING MEXICO TO STORE WATER IN LAKE MEED, AND WATER AGENCIES IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA
AND NEVADA WOULD BUY WATER FROM MEXICO OVER THREE YEARS.
THE AGREEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED IN SAN DIEGO NEXT WEEK.
HOMELAND SECURITY IS INVESTIGATING THE BORDER PATROL'S USE OF FORCE ALONG THE BORDER WITH
MEXICO. WE HAVE AN INSIDE LOOK WITH HOW AGENTS ARE
TRAINED WITH NICOLE GRETHER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
>> >>: GOOD MORNING, CONGRATULATIONS. IN NEW MEXICO, THERE'S A LATEST GROUP OF GRADUATES.
>> >>: THE CLASS IS COMPRISED OF 50 STUDENTS. >> >>: AND THIS IS WHERE MANY OF THEM WILL
LIKELY BE WORKING. >> >>: THE BORDER IS A TENSE PLACE.
IT'S VERY MILITARIZED. >> >>: IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, BORDER PATROL
AGENTS HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE. AND IN EIGHT OF THOSE CASES, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
SAID THEY WERE BEING ATTACKED BY PEOPLE THROWING ROCKS.
>> >>: NO MATTER HOW BIG THAT ROCK IS, THERE ARE STILL WAYS TO AVOID BEING HIT BY ROCKS.
YOU CAN'T AVOID BEING HIT BY A BULLET. >> >>: THAT'S WHY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
INCLUDING RAUL GRIAZA ARE CALLING ON THE HOMELAND SECURITY TO REVIEW THE BORDER PATROL'S POLICIES.
>> >>: I THINK THE DISCRETION THERE SHOULD BE THE BYWORD, AND RESTRAINT SHOULD BE THE
BYWORD. >> >>: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GOT AN INSIDE
LOOK AT HOW CANDIDATES ARE TRAINED TO BECOME AGENTS.
>> >>: THIS IS THE FIRST TASTE OF BORDER PATROL LIFE.
>> >>: IT'S AT THIS 221 ACRE COMPOUND WHERE AGENTS SPEND NEARLY TWO MONTHS TRAINING.
RECRUITS LEARN HOW TO PROCESS FINGER PRINTS, CROSS BORDERS WITH HISPANIC ACTORS AND QUESTION
THEM ON THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. THEY'RE ALSO TRAINED ON THE PHYSICAL DEMANDS
OF THE JOB. >> >>: WE'RE SHOWING THEM HOW TO EFFECTIVELY
ARREST SOMEBODY, HOW TO HAND CUFF SOMEBODY, HOW TO ESCORT A PERSON.
>> >>: THEY'RE TAUGHT HOW AND WHEN TO USE LETHAL FORCE.
>> >>: WE PUT THEM IN SCENARIOS WHERE THEY HAVE TO MAW MAKE THE JUDGMENT SHOOT OR NOT
SHOOT. >> >>: BUT MEAN TIME THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
IS ALSO INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT BY AGENTS, INCLUDING SEVERAL
FATAL SHOOTINGS. >> >>: THIS PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT FURTHER DEATHS. I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE CUSTOMS
AND BORDER PATROL PROTECTION AGENCY AS NOT REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB.
>> >>: SINCE 2004 THE NUMBER OF AGENTS HAVE DOUBLED TO ABOUT 21,500, MOST APPLIED TO THE
MEXICAN BORDER. NICOLE GRETHER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
>> >>DWANE: A RETIRED MARINE CORPS GENERAL FROM FALLBROOK HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE NEW
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA PARKS DEPARTMENT. ANTHONY JACKSON SAYS HE'LL RESTORE INTEGRITY
TO THEハ THE MONEY WAS FOUND AS BUDGET CUTS THREATENED TO CLOSE 70 CALIFORNIA PARKS.
JACKSON SAYS HE WILL INSURE HIS DEPARTMENT HANDLES EVERY NICKEL AND DIME HONESTLY.
>> >>: ON THE NEXT NEWS HOUR, COLORADO VOTERS LEGALIZE THE RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA.
PLUS DAVID BROOKS. >> >>DWANE: THE HUMANE SOCIETY SAYS IT'S MADE
A 500ハMILLION DOLLAR DEAL TO SETTLE A CASE AGAINST A NOW DEFUNCT SLAUGHTER HOUSE IN RIVERSIDE
COUNTY. THE SETTLEMENT IS THE LARGEST EVER MADE IN
AN ANIMAL ABUSE CASE. YOU MAY RECALL THE VIDEO OF SICK COWS BEING
ABUSED BY WORKERS WHO WERE TRYING TO GET THEM TO WALK TO BE SLAUGHTERED.
MEAT FROM THOSE COWS CAN BE CONTAMINATED WITH MAD COW AND OTHER DISEASES, ALL THOUGH NO
PROBLEMS WERE EVER FOUND FROM THIS SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
TODAY SPEAKING OF BUSINESS, OWNERS NEAR LA JOLLA COVE SAY A FOUL ODOR IS DRIVING CUSTOMERS
AWAY. PEGGY PICO FINDS OUT WHY IT'S WORSE THAN EVER
THIS YEAR, AND DIFFICULT TO SOLVE. >> >>PEGGY: PELICAN SEAGULLS AND OTHER COASTAL
BIRDS HAVE TURNED THE SAND CURLED BLUFFS ABOVE THE LA JOLLA COVE INTO A CHALKY WHITE COATED
SEWER OF SORTS COMPLETE WITH THE STRONG STENCH OF BIRD DROPPINGS SAID FOO HOVER OVER THE
AREA UP TO A MILE AWAY. AS MY GUEST VOICE OF SAN DIEGO REPORTER LISA
HALVERSTADT FOUND OUT, CLEARING THE AIR IS NOT REALLY AN EASY TASK.
>> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: IT REALLY ISN'T. >> >>PEGGY: THANKS FOR JOINING ME.
ANYONE WHO'S BEEN TO LA JOLLA COVE KNOW IT'S EASIER ON THE EYES THAN IT IS ON THE NOSE.
WHY DOES THE SMELL SEEM TO BE SO MUCH WORSE THIS YEAR?
>> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: WHAT'S HAPPENED IS WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF RAIN.
SO THE BIRD POOP HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO BUILD. BUT WHAT'S BEEN BUILDING FOR YEARS IS THAT
PREVIOUSLY THIS AREA WAS FENCED OFF, NOW IT'S NOT.
NOW THE BIRDS AND OTHER THINGS CAN JUST ROOST. >> >>PEGGY: WHY WAS IT YOU KNOW, WE SEE PEOPLE
HOLDING THEIR NOSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE BIRDS, AND DEFINITELY THEIR WHITE LEFT
OVERS THAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND. WHY WAS IT FENCED OFF IN THE FIRST PLACE?
>> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: IT WAS PREVIOUSLY FENCED OFF BECAUSE OF SOME SORT OF ACCIDENT THAT
HAPPENED. NO ONE SEEMS TO REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS,
THE RESULT WAS WE CAN'T WALK AROUND THAT AREA ANYMORE.
>> >>PEGGY: YOU TALKED WITH SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSES.
HOW MANY CUSTOMERS ARE THEY SAYING THEY MIGHT BE LOSING BECAUSE OF THIS?
>> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: THEY SEEM TO THINK IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S VERY HARD TO PUT AN EXACT NUMBER O ON IT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO GAUGE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T WALK IN BECAUSE THEY DECIDE I JUST CAN'T HANDLE THIS SMELL.
BUT ONE RESTAURANT OWNER THOUGHT THAT MAYBE HE'S LOSING 20 TO 30 PEOPLE A DAY WHO JUST
DON'T EVEN WALK IN. >> >>PEGGY: IN YOUR ARTICLE, YOU SAID PEOPLE
ACTUALLY SAY I CAN'T TAKE THIS, I'M LEAVING. >> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN
SITTING IN A RESTAURANT AND HEARD A DISCUSSION ABOUT CAN WE HANDLE THE SMELL TODAY.
>> >>PEGGY: WELL, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, LET'S TALK ABOUT SMELL.
BECAUSE TELL US A LITTLE BACK STORY. HOW'D YOU COME ABOUT THIS STORY, ESPECIALLY
WITH YOURハ YOU HAVE A UNIQUE ANGLE ON THIS. >> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: YES, I DO.
I WAS DRAWN TO IT, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A SENSE OF SMELL.
WHICH MADE THE REPORTING PROCESS PRETTY INTERESTING. NEARLY EVERYONE I TALKED TO KIND OF CHUCKLED
WHEN I TOLD THEM ABOUT MY DISABILITY. BUT I ASKED THEM A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE SMELL AND MY BOYFRIEND WAS ACTUALLY NICE ENOUGH TO GO TO THE COVE WITH ME ONE DAY AND
I QUIZZED HIM FOR A GOOD TWENTY MINUTES ABOUT THE SMELL.
>> >>PEGGY: YOU BORROWED HIS NOSE FOR THE STORY.
>> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: YES Y DID. >> >>PEGGY: ARE THERE ANY HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS SORT OF AMMONIA AND VERY STRONG SMELL?
>> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: IT'S HARD TO SAY. THE FOLKS THAT I TALKED TO SAID THE DEGREE OF
THE STENCH AND JUST HOW MUCH IT'S PERMEATING THE AIR WOULD HAVE TO BE PRETTY HIGH FOR THERE
TO BE A DIRECT HEALTH RISK, BUT NOBODY'S TESTED THIS AIR.
IN FACT, THE CITY'S HAD SOME TROUBLE FINDING SOMEONE TO DO IT.
>> >>PEGGY: WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION SEEMS VERY SIMPLE, GET
A PRESSURE HOSE OUT THERE, WASH DOWN THE BLUFFS AND CALL IT A DAY.
HOW COME THAT'S NOT HAPPENING? >> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: THERE ARE AT LEAST
THREE REGULATORY AGENCIES WHO WOULD WANT TO SIGN OFF BEFORE ANYTHING LIKE THAT WERE TO
HAPPEN. WE ALSO NEED TO NOTE THAT THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL
COMMISSION IS REALLY WATCHING CLOSELY WHEN ANYTHING IS HAPPENING IN A COASTAL AREA.
>> >>PEGGY: AND ESPECIALLY HERE BECAUSE THIS ISハ THAT AREA IS ONE OF 34 VERY SPECIALLY
PROTECTEDハ >> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: VERY PROTECTED AREAS.
EVEN THOUGH THE POOP IS CONSIDERED NATURAL TO YOU AND ME, ONCE IT FLOWS INTO THE OCEAN,
IT'S CONSIDERED A POLLUTANT. SO PERMITS ARE REQUIRED IF THERE'S EVEN A
REMOTE CHANCE THAT THAT FECES COULD END UP IN THE WATER.
>> >>PEGGY: HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE, YOU SAID THREE REGULATORY COMMISSIONS, HOW LONG WOULD
IT TAKE TO GET PERMIT TO CLEAN IT OFF? >> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: IT SOUNDS LIKE JUST
AN INITIAL PERMIT COULD TAKE AS LONG AS TWO YEARS, MAYBE LONGER EVEN.
BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED HIGH PRIORITY, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AN EXTREME
AMOUNT OF POLLUTION HERE. >> >>PEGGY: SHERRI LIGHTNER, COUNCILWOMAN,
SHE APPEALED TO THE GOVERNOR FOR STATE HELP. HOW IS THAT GOING, HOW LIKELY IS IT TO SUCCEED?
>> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: WE HAVEN'T HEARD YET. CERTAINLY THE GOVERNOR AND SHERRI LIGHTNER
WERE QUITE BUSY AROUND ELECTION SEASON. C KNOW THAT LATER ON THIS MONTH OUR AT LEAST
PLANS TO TRY TO VOTE ON SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION AND PUT MORE ATTENTION ON THIS ISSUE.
>> >>PEGGY: THERE'S CLEAN UP PETITION WITH 1200 SIGNATURES ON IT, BUT SOME LA JOLLANS
ARE BOTHERED BY IT OR WANT TO LEAVE IT ALONE? >> >>LISA HALVERSTADT: I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY
WANT SOMETHING DONE. THEY'RE HOLDING THEIR NOSES EVERY DAY.
THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO SAY THIS IS NATURAL, WE KNEW THIS WHEN WE MOVED HERE, THIS IS JUST
NATURE RUNNING ITS COURSE. >> >>PEGGY: VOICE OF SAN DIEGO LISA HALVERSTADT,
THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US IT. >> >>DWANE: A SHIP PULLED INTO THE PORT OF
SAN DIEGO TODAY AFTER SIX YEARS OF CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AT SEA.
KPBS REPORTER TOM FUDGE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE ROGER REVELLE.
FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR, WHAT IS IT? >> >>NICOLE: THE ROGER.
>> >>TOM: THE ROGER REVELLE IS A 270 FOOT SHIP THAT PULLED INTO THE DOCK AT POINT LOMA
TODAY. IT IS OPERATED BY THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF
OCEANOGRAPHY, AND SINCE IT'S BEEN AT SEA FOR SIX YEARS, THE DIRECTOR OF THAT INSTITUTION
THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR A LITTLE SHORE LEAVE. SO IT'S BACK IN DOCK.
IT'S GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF MAINTENANCE BEFORE IT GOES OUT AGAIN.
>> >>DWANE: WHAT HAS IT BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS?
>> >>TOM: IT'S BEEN DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
I TALKED TO AN OCEANOGRAPHER WHO HAD BEEN ON THE SHIM, AND HE SAID HE WAS STUDYING THE
WAY ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES AND WIND AFFECT WAVES IN THE OCEAN.
YOU CAN BETTER PREDICT VIOLENT STORMS LIKE SANDY WHICH WE SAW ON THE EASTERN SEA BOARD.
ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND ABOUT OPERATING THESE SHIPS, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION HAS FOUR
OF THEM ALL TOGETHER, ON WHICH THEY DO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
IT COSTS 30ハMILLION DOLLARS TO OPERATE THOSE SHIPS EVERY YEAR.
THE WAY THEY DO IT IS PARTNER WITH LOTS OF OTHER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS THAT ALSO PUT
THEIR SCIENTISTS ON THE SHIP, AND THEY DO RESEARCH THERE AS WELL.
>> >>DWANE: AND THIS SHIP WAS NAMED AFTER ROGER REVELLE, REMIND US WHO HE WAS.
>> >>TOM: ROGER REVELLE IS A LEGENDARY SCIENTIST. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DIRECTORS OF THE SCRIPPS
INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY. HE WAS HERE IN SAN DIEGO IN THE 50S AND EARLY
60S. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PIONEERING, GROUND
BREAKING RESEARCH INTO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING.
TODAY THE SHIP THAT IS HIS NAME SAKE IS PLYING THE OCEAN WATERS, DOING SOMETHING I'M SURE
WAS VERY CLOSE TO HIS HEART; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. >> >>DWANE: KPBS REPORTER, TOM FUDGE.
FORECASTERS HAVE CALLED OFF EL NIО WARNINGS. THEY HAD BEEN PREDICTING A WETTER THAN AVERAGE
WINTER FOR SAN DIEGO. BUT IT STALLED AND NOW THEY'RE PREDICTING
A MORE AVERAGE WINTER HERE. HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST.
CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY ECAPTIONS. >> >>PEGGY: IN TONIGHT'S PUBLIC SQUARE, A
REPORT ON HOW UT SAN DIEGO'S POLL PUBLISHED JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE MAYORAL ELECTION
MAY HAVE BEEN SKEWED TO SWAY PUBLIC OPINION GENERATE AD LIVELY CONVERSATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
NONE OF THE COMMENTERS SUPPORTED THE PAPER'S METHODS OF EXCLUDING CITY WORKERS AND CELL
PHONE USERS IN THE POLL, BUT ONLY A FEW SAID THEY WERE AS SURPRISED AS JEN JEN WHO WROTE:
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED JOKED: WHILE RADIO FREE TOOK A MORE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH.
HE WROTE: AND THE KIND GARDNERS COLLECTIVELY PUT IT
THIS WAY: YOU CAN JOIN IN THIS CONVERSATION OR COMMENT
ON ANY KPBS STORY BY FOLLOWING US ON TWITTER, LIKING US ON FACEBOOK, OR JUST E MAIL US AT
PUBLIC SQUARE @ KPBS.ORG. >> >>DWANE: RECAPPING TONIGHT'S TOP STORIES,
REPUBLIC BRIAN BILBRAY HAS CONCEDED DEFEAT TO DEMOCRAT SCOTT PETERS IN THE RACE FOR 52ND
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. HE SAYS HE STILL PLANS TO FIGHT FOR ISH U
ISSUES HE BELIEVES IN. SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT TONY YOUNG IS RESIGNING TO BECOME
CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER OF THE RED CROSS. YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE,
KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.