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>> >>DWANE: HI, I'M DWANE BROWN. TONIGHT ON KPBS EVENING EDITION, PRESIDENT
OBAMA UNVEILS THE MOST SWEEPING PROPOSALS FOR CURBING GUN VIOLENCE IN TWO DECADES.
SOUTH BAY POWER PLANT IN CHULA VISTA WILL SOON BE A MEMORY.
THE FIRST TURBINE WAS BUILT IN THE 1960S. >> >>PEGGY: ALSO AHEAD, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
ARE SICK AND SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN SAN DIEGO FROM THE FLU THIS YEAR.
HOW LONG OUR FLU SEASON WILL LAST AND SHOULD YOU STILL GET VACCINATED.
THEN IN THE FIRST STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, MAYOR BOB FILNER COMPARES SAN DIEGO TO A SICK
PATIENT. >> >>: TONIGHT THE STATE OF OUR CITY CAN BE
COMPARED I THINK TO A PATIENT WHO HAS FACED A LIFE THREATENING DISEASE, WHO HAS SURVIVED
PAINFUL TREATMENTS AND A LENGTHY RECOVERY. >> >>PEGGY: I'LL TALK WITH MAYOR BOB FILNER
TONIGHT ABOUT THE CITY'S PROGNOSIS AND HOW HE PLANS TO SPEED UP ITS RECOVERY.
CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY ECAPTIONS. >> >>DWANE: GOOD EVENING THANKS FOR JOINING
US. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS CALLING FOR A SERIES OF
SWEEPING LAWS AND RESTRICTIONS TO OVERHAUL THE NATION'S GUN LAWS.
SOME OF THE STEPS COULD IMPACT WEAPONS TRAFFICKING ACROSS THE BORDER INTO MEXICO.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL ASK CONGRESS TO CREATE A FEDERAL ARMS TRAFFICKING LAW, REINSTATE
THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, UNIVERSAL BACK GROUND CHECKS AND LIMIT GUN MAGAZINES TO 10 ROUNDS.
900 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE U.S. BECAUSE OF GUN VIOLENCE SINCE THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE
IN DECEMBER. >> >>: IF THERE'S EVEN ONE LIFE THAT CAN BE
SAVED THEN WE'VE GOT AN OBLIGATION TO TRY. I WILL SIGN A DIRECTIVE GIVING LAW ENFORCEMENT,
SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY SOME OF THE TOOLS
THEY NEED TO HELP REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE. >> >>DWANE: THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
RELEASE AD STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE GUN CONTROL
PROPOSALS. IT SAYS IN PART ATTACKING FIRE ARMS AND IGNORING
CHILDREN IS NOT A SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS WE FACE AS A NATION.
ONLY HONEST LAW ABIDING GUN OWNERS WILL BE AFFECTED AND OUR CHILDREN REMAIN VULNERABLE
TO THE INEVITABILITY OF TRAGEDY. THE OPERATOR OF THE SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT WANTS MOST OF ITS TESTIMONY IN THE STATE INVESTIGATION KEPT SECRET INTO WHAT WENT WRONG.
KPBS REPORTER AMITA SHARMA HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY.
AMITA, SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC IS A MINORITY OWNER.
ON WHAT GROUNDS ARE THEY ASKING THIS INFORMATION BE KEPT FROM THE PUBLIC?
>> >>: THE PUC HAS STARTED AN INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY THE GENERATOR MALFUNCTIONED.
THAT INQUIRY IS LIKELY TO ASK FOR DATA AND ANALYSIS THAT SDG&E AND EDISON RELIED TO ON
TO PURCHASE THE GENERATORS. THEY'RE SAYING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THEY'RE
GOING TO BE ASKING US TO TURN OVER MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, EDISON SAYS IF IT HAD TO MAKE PUBLIC AN ANALYSIS OF THE STEAM GENERATOR
DESIGN, THAT WOULD VIOLATE A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT THE COMPANY HAS WITH MITSUBISHI
WHICH MADE THE STEAM GENERATORS. >> >>DWANE: WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH
THE PUBLIC. >> >>: IF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION DECIDES TO GRANT SDG&E AND EDISON THE PROTECTIVE ORDER, ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SIGN
AD NON DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO VIEW THE INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY IS CHALLENGING THE LEGALITY OF KEEPING THE
COMPANY'S TESTIMONY SECRET. >> >>DWANE: THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
HEARD A PETITION FROM GROUPS WHO CLAIM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON FAILED TO GET PROPER APPROVAL
BEFORE REPLACING SAN ONOFRE'S STEAM GENERATORS. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE NRC SKIRTED REGULATIONS
WHEN IT REDESIGNED THE PLANT'S STEAM GENERATORS. THE GROUP FRIENDS OF THE EARTH SAY A LOT OF
EVIDENCE IS BEING WITHHELD. THE NRC SAYS IT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE
DOCUMENTS PUBLIC BUT WILL CONSIDER THE PETITION. SIX WEEKS INTO HIS TERM AS SAN DIEGO MAYOR,
BOB FILNER DELIVERED HIS FIRST STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS LAST NIGHT.
PEGGY PICO TALKS WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR SAN DIEGO.
>> >>PEGGY: SAN DIEGO MAYOR BOB FILNER WELCOME BACK TO EVENING EDITION.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. LAST NIGHT YOU LAID OUT SOME VERY AMBITIOUS
PLANS WHICH INCLUDED ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY FORESTRIES, SOLAR FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
DOWNTOWN, I THINK A LIGHT RAIL TO THE AIRPORT. JUST A MYRIAD OF THINGS.
ONE IN PARTICULAR, THE NEW DEPARTMENT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS.
FIRST OF ALL, A LOT OF PLANS. HOW DO YOU PLAN TO PAY FOR THOSE PLANS?
>> >>: IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE LEADER O THE CITY AND MAYOR TO LAYOUT A VISION.
WHEN PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE WANT TO GO, THERE'S EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT, A SENSE OF PROGRESS.
I THINK THAT'S THE HARDEST POINT THAT PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.
AND THEN HOW WE DO IT BECOMES NOT TRIVIAL, BUT COMPARED TO LAYING OUT THE VISION.
>> >>PEGGY: ARE TAXES INVOLVED IN THAT? >> >>: I HAVE NO PLANS TO ASK FOR ANY TAXES.
WE'RE A THREE BILLION DOLLAR OPERATION. IT'S A QUESTION OF ONE CHANGING PRIORITIES.
I WANT TO MOVE MONEY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE 200ハMILLION DOLLARS HAS GONE DOWNTOWN, I WANT TO MOVE
THAT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE. WE CAN DO THAT.
A LOT OF MONEY GOES FOR ADVERTISING OF P PRIVATE HOTELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
LET'S MOVE THAT INTO PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR EXAMPLE. >> >>PEGGY: BUT JUST I WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE
MORE ON THAT. REDEVELOPMENT MONEY IS GONE.
SO WHERE WOULD THAT YOU HAVE PLANS OF WHERE THAT MONEY COULD COME FROM.
>> >>: THAT REDEVELOPMENT MONEY WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT PROPERTY TAXES WENT UP DOWNTOWN
AND THAT MONEY STAYED DOWNTOWN. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK A LOT OF THAT
TAX MONEY INTO THE GENERAL FUND. WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT IT FROM WHERE IT WAS
TO THE WHOLE CITY. WHEN I TALK ABOUT SORT OF GRANDE OAS THINGS
WE'RE GOING TO SOLAR POWER ALL OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS WITHIN FIVE YEARS, I HAVE TALKED
WITH MANY SOLAR COMPANIES WHO WILL UP FRONT THE CAPITAL COST FOR SUCH A PROGRAM AND THEY
GET PAID OFF THE SAVINGS OF OUR ENERGY BILL. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US ANY MONEY TO
PUT IT IN. WE PAY FOR IT FROM THE SAVINGS. WE CAN DO THIS.
IT DOESN'Tハ AND THERE'S GOING TO BE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
THERE'S WAYS TO DEAL WITH THIS. THE MONEY IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT, BUT NOT
AS IMPORTANT OF THE VISION. >> >>PEGGY: AND MOVING FORWARD WITH CONCEPTUAL
VISION, YOU WILL OPEN I THINK IN JUST A FEW WEEKS AN OFFICE IN TIJUANA.
FIRST TIME. WHAT IS YOUR FOCUS THERE, WHY DO YOU WANT
TO DO THAT? >> >>: THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON FEBRUARYハ1.
THE CITY OF TIJUANA HAS A MUNICIPAL OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD AN OFFICE
IN TIJUANA. I JUST THINK MUTUAL RESPECT AND MUTUAL INTEREST.
WE'RE THE BIGGEST METROPOLITAN AREA BINATIONAL METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE WORLD.
WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT EVERY DAY, WHETHER IT'S TRADE, RELATIONSHIPS, WHAT HAPPENS AT
THE BORDER. I WANT TO HAVE A VERYハ STAFF, PEOPLE THERE
WHO CAN DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES AS THEY COME UP.
BY THE WAY, WE HAVE, YOU SAID HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TO
SAY. THE CITY OF TIJUANA IS GIVING US A SPACEハ
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS IT WERE OF TIJUANA IS GIVING US SPACE IN THEIR
BUILDING, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF TIJUANA, VERY ACCESSIBLE, AND FREE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH TIJUANA IN A MUCH MORE RAPID WAY, IN A MUCH MORE WIDE
SPREAD WAY, AND BUILD UP NOT ONLY OUR BUSINESS, BUT OUR EXCHANGES OF STUDENTS, AND ART, AND
COMMERCE. >> >>PEGGY: LET ME TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THE COMPARISON
O THE CITY'S FINANCIAL HEALTH TO A VERY ILL PATIENT THAT'S RECOVERING.
YOU PROJECTED UP TO A 40ハMILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
WHAT IS THAT DEFICIT BASED ON? >> >>: WHEN THE MAYOR PREVIOUS MAYOR WHO DID
AN INCREDIBLE JOB PUTTING US ON A SOUND FINANCIAL FOOTING, HE LEFT THINKING THERE WAS GOING
TO BE A SURPLUS, BUT THERE ARE LAND MINES, I CALL THEM DOWN THE WAY THAT MIGHT EXPLODE
ANY MIN MINUTE AND CAN PROJECT US INTO A 40ハMILLION DOLLAR MORE DEFICIT.
FOR EXAMPLE, PROP B WHICH IS THE NEW PENSION SYSTEM IS GOING TO COST US JUST 37ハMILLION
DOLLARS TO SET UP A NEW SYSTEM. THAT WAS NOT FULLY PUT INTO THE BUDGET.
THIS REDEVELOPMENT THAT YOU MENTIONEDハ THE STATE IS RULING THAT CERTAIN FUNDS WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO PAY THAT WERE PAID OUT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT. WE PAY $15ハMILLION OR SO FOR PETCO, STADIUM.
THAT'S GOING TO BECOME NOW PART OF THE CITY BUDGET.
>> >>PEGGY: THAT WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR. WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.
YOU HAVE A PLAN TO WORK WITH THE UNION AND CITY WORKERS OVER FIVE YEARS TO HELP SORT
OF OFF SET THIS DEFICIT. CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS?
>> >>: I WANT TO HAVE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY, YOU DON'T
NEGOTIATE EVERY YEAR. IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO REWARD EMPLOYEES THAT
HAVE NOT HAD ANY PAY RAISE IN THE PAST FIVE OR SIX, SEVEN YEARS.
IT SAVES MONEY OFF OUR PENSION DEBT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE CERTAINTY OF A CONTRACT NOT JUST
A PROJECTION. I WANT TO FOLLOW ON MY PROPOSITION B AND MY
PROMISE NOT TO RAISE PENSIONABLE PAY OVER THE NEXT FIFTEEN YEARS.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN HELP EMPLOYEES IN HEALTH CARE COSTS, AND SHOW WE RESPECT OUR PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES BUT WE HAVE TO RESPECT OUR TAX PAYERS SENSE OF WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT TO ACHIEVE.
>> >>PEGGY: SAN DIEGO MAYOR BILL YR, NR BOB FILNER, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> >>DWANE: JAPAN AIRLINES SERVICE MAY BE IN TROUBLE. THE AIRLINE GROUNDED ITS NEW FLEET
OF BOEING 787S AFTER AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST WEEK IN BOSTON.
BOEINGS NEW DREAM LINER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH FUEL LEAKS.
FLIGHTS BETWEEN LINDBERGH AND TOKYO ARE CANCELED. A STUDY FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES FIND SAID UNLICENSED DRIVERS ARE NEARLY THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE
A FATAL CRASH THAN DRIVERS WITH VALID LICENSES. IT LOOKED AT FATAL CRASHES IN CALIFORNIA OVER
23 YEAR PERIOD AND FOUND UNLICENSED DRIVERS MORE LIKELY TO BE AT FAULT IN FATAL CRASHES.
A CALIFORNIA LAW NOW NOW ALLOWS LICENSES FOR UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH AS PART OF A FEDERAL DEPORTATION
POLICY. SAN DIEGO ATTORNEYS HAVE FILE AD CIVIL LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. IT CLAIM AS 14 YEAR OLD BOY WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED
BY A CAMP COUNSELOR WHO WAS NOT PROPERLY SUPERVISED. THE SUIT CLAIMS IT HAPPENED ALMOST 15 YEARS
AT A SUMMER CAMP IN THE NORTH COUNTY. THE ALLEGED VICTIM IS NOW 29.
THE MAN ACCUSE SAID OF MOLESTING HIM WAS ARRESTED IN 2001.
THE PLAINTIFF'S LAWYER SAYS HE HOPES THE CASE WILL FORCE THE SCOUTS TO DISCLOSE A PRIVATELY
HELD LIST OF OTHER CHILD ABUSERS. >> >>: A MOLESTATION ISN'T JUST A PHYSICAL
ACT, IT'S EMOTIONAL ***. SO IN OUR COUNTRY, WE NOW KNOW THAT THERE
WERE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF BOY SCOUT LEADERS FROM 1965 TO 1991 THAT DID THIS, IF NOT THOUSANDS.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED THE DOCUMENTS AFTER 1991.
THERE VERY W WELL MAY BE PREDATORS STILL IN SAN DIEGO WORKING WITH CHILDREN WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT. >> >>DWANE: KPBS CONTACTED THE BOY SCOUTS
BUT THEY DIDN'T RETURN OUR CALLS REGARDING THIS LAWSUIT.
TODAY A CALIFORNIA JUDGE HAS ORDERED TO RELEASE TWO DECADES OF FILES DETAILING *** ABUSE
ALLEGATIONS. SAN DIEGO IS WORKING ON A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO
IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE PLANS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE PLAN COMES FROM A REPORT THE CITY COMMISSIONED IN 2010.
AMONG THE 10 ACTIONS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED, FOUR HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, A NEW DISPATCHING
PROCESS FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THE REPORT SAYS SAN DIEGO COULD USE UP TO
19 ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS TO PROVIDE A FIVE MINUTE RESPONSE TIME TO MOST OF THE CITY.
AN ICONIC SAN DIEGO FIXTURE IS ABOUT TO BECOME A MEMORY.
THE SOUTH BAY POWER PLANT IN CHULA VISTA HAS TURNED FOSSIL FUEL INTO ELECTRICITY SINCE
THE FIRST TURBINE WAS BUILT IN THE 1960S. KPBS BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIK
ANDERSON SAYS THE TOWERING METAL STRUCTURE IS COMING DOWN SOON.
>> >>: A HULKING METAL FRAME HOLDS TOGETHER A MACHINE BUILT TO MAKE POWER.
FOUR HUGE TURBINES THAT TURN STEAM INTO ELECTRICITY. THE COMPANY IS OVER SEEING THE DEMOLITION.
KATIE SULLIVAN POINTS AT BOILER TUBES THAT ARE PART OF A TANGLED METAL MESS ON THE GROUND.
>> >>: THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF TUBES LIKE THIS THAT RUN THROUGH THE BOILERS THAT CARRY HOT
WATER AND STEAM, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE POWER GENERATION PROCESS.
THESE TUBES WILL COME OUT ONCE THE STRUCTURE IS SALVAGED.
>> >>: CREWS HAVE RIPPED OUT THE BOTTOM FLOORS OF THE PLANT.
SULLIVAN SAYS THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN GRADUALLY GUTTED.
CONCRETE AND METAL PILES ARE SIFTED, AND SEPARATED. AND THEN CARTED AWAY.
>> >>: THIS IS A LARGE JOB. WE'VE REMOVED 7,000 TONS OF STEAL SO FAR FROM
THE SITE. WE COULD HAVE UPWARDS OF 24,000 TONS OF STEAL
THAT ARE RECYCLED AND SALVAGED. VERY LITTLE WASTE ACTUALLY FROM A DEMOLITION
OF THIS SIZE. >> >>: WORKERS ON THE GROUND AND IN EXCAVATING
AND SKIV GEARS DO THE HEAVY LIFTING. MAJOR SUPPORT BEAMS ARE BEING READIED FOR
A EXPLOSIVE CHARGES THAT COULD GO ON FOR UP TO TWO MINUTES.
>> >>: IT WILL SOUND A LITTLE BIT LIKE ROLLING THUNDER AND THESE FIRST THREE FACILITIES WILL
FALL TO THE NORTH. THIS LAST WILL FALL TO THE EAST, ALL OF THEM
FALLING AWAY FROM THE WATER. >> >>: THAT WILL HAPPEN IN A MATTER OF WEEKS,
BUT DEMOLITION DAY CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOR LAURA HUNTER, THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
COALITION ACTIVIST STRUGGLED FOR YEARS TO SHUT DOWN WHAT SHE CONSIDERS AN ECOLOGICAL
DISASTER. >> >>: IT COMES FROM A DAY WHEN WE DIDN'T
KNOW ANY BETTER AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD TO PUT POWER PLANTS ON THE COAST USING THE OCEAN
TO COOL THEM. WE'RE NOT AT THAT DAY ANYMORE.
REALLY IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME. >> >>: THE FACILITY SPEWED AIR POLLUTION INTO
NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS AND CREATED ECOLOGICAL HAVOC BY USING THE SHALLOW BAY WATER TO COOL
THE GIANT TURBINES. THE WATER WAS PUMPED BACK INTO THE BAY.
>> >>: BASICALLY THE ENTIRE SOUTH BAY IS A FISH NURSERY, SO JUVENILE FISH F WE WANT TO
HAVE BIG FISH, WE HAVE TO HAVE BABY FISH, THEY GROW UP HERE.
THE SHALLOW WATERS ARE REALLY VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHY THIS PLANT WAS LOCATED IN THE MOST
DAMAGING LOCATION IT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FISH NURSERY AREA,
SHALLOW WATER, DENSELY POPULATED. >> >>: IN THE SHADOW OF THE FACILITY, DELICATE
MARSH LAND NURTURES ALL MANNER OF FISH, BIRDS, AND BUGS.
>> >>: THE PLANTS ARE VERY PRODUCTIVE, YOU LOOK AROUND, SEE THE BIRDS USING IT, AND WE
HAVEN'T DONE A VERY GOOD JOB FEATURING AREAS LIKE THIS BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK HERE YOU DON'T
SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SALT MARSH, YOU SEE THE EYE SORE.
>> >>: TANYA TH POWER PLANT'S 115 ACRE FOOT PRINT WILL CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.
>> >>: WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REMOVAL OF THE POWER PLANT.
IT'S PART OF THIS GRAND VISION FOR THE 500 PLUS ACRES OF THE CHULA VISTA BAY FRONT TO
MAKE IT A MORE WELCOMING ACCESSIBLE PLACE. >> >>: IN ITS PLACE, HOPING TO DEVELOP PARK
LAND, AREAS THAT ARE MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY THAN THEY HAVE BEEN.
>> >>: WHEN WE REMOVE IT THAT'S GOING TO IMMEDIATELY AFFECT THIS WHOLE LAND AREA; GOING TO MAKE
IT MORE DESIRABLE, HELP US BRING IN THE DEVELOPERS AND TO BUILD THE WORLD CLASS BAY FRONT WE
DESERVE. >> >>: THAT POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COULD REPLACE
THE REVENUE THAT THE PORT EARNED FROM THE SOUTH BAY POWER PLANT WHEN IT WAS CHURNING
OUT ELECTRICITY. SHE SAYS BAY FRONT DEVELOPMENT HERE HAS BEEN
HELD BACK BECAUSE NOT MANY DEVELOPERS WANT TO BUILD A WORLD CLASS HOTEL WITH A VIEW OF
A GAS FIRED POWER PLANT. ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.
>> >>DWANE: THE SOUTH BAY PLANT STOPPED PRODUCING ELECTRICITY AT THE END OF 2010 AFTER A STATE
OF THE ART POWER PLANT WENT ONLINE IN OTAY MESA.
FIRST COM POSTING CENTER PART OF AN EFFORT TO REDUCE WASTE THAT AFFECTS BOTH SIDES OF
THE BORDER. IT'S OPENING THE CENTER WITH HEALTH HELP FROM
A 93,000 DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY COM POSTING TAKES ORGANIC
MATERIAL LIKE PLANT AND ANIMAL WASTE AND TURNS IT INTO FERTILIZER.
THE CENTER EXPECTS TO PRODUCE 150 TONS OF COM POST IN ITS FIRST YEAR.
THE NATION MAY BE NEARING THE PEEK OF A DEIVE ESTATING FLU SEASON.
SAN DIEGO'S FLU SEASON WON'T PEAK FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH.
>> >>PEGGY: SAN DIEGO HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE FLU HAS KILLED SIX PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY
THIS FLU SEIZE EXPN SAY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH INFLUENZA IN THE COUNTY HAS DOUBLED SINCE
LAST WEEK TO TOTAL 670 REPORTED CASES. DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE DR.ハCHRISTIAN
TOMASZEWSKI JOINS ME. SAN DIEGO HAS WHAT IS CONSIDERED A LATE FLU
SEASON. WHEN IS OUR FLU SEASON TYPICALLY AND HAS IT
PEEKED YET? >> >>: USUALLY THE PEEK IS IN FEBRUARY, BUT
IT MAY COME IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, A LITTLE EARLIER.
THE THING THAT HELPED IT IS THE COLD, DRY WEATHER.
THAT'S WHAT THE FLU NEEDS TO SPREAD. >> >>PEGGY: HOW DOES IT SPREAD THAT WAY? I
THINK THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT COLD WEATHER CAUSES THE FLU.
>> >>: NO, DRAFTS DON'T DO IT. IT'S IT COLD DRY AIR ALLOWS IT TO GET AIR
LIFE AND SURVIVE LONGER. >> >>PEGGY: AND PEOPLE ARE IN DOORS MORE SO
THEY'RE IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHOハ >> >>: PERFECT COMBINATION FOR A VIRUS THAT
WANT TO SPREAD. >> >>PEGGY: WE'VE HEARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THERE'S BEEN MANY DEATHS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PARTICULARLY BAD FLU SEASON
BACK EAST. IS THE FLU STRAIN THIS YEAR PARTICULARLY WORSE
THAN OTHER YEARS? >> >>: IT'S NOT THE WORST, BUT IT IS A BAD
ONE, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE HIGH RISK FACTORS TO GET COMPLICATIONS FROM THE FLU.
>> >>PEGGY: SUCH AS, WHO WOULD BE MOST AT RISK?
>> >>: UM, THE ELDERLY, PEOPLE OVER 65, INFANTS, AND PREGNANT WOMEN, AND ANYONE WITH A COEXISTING
ILLNESS, LUNG DISEASE, HEART DISEASE, KIDNEY DISEASE, THAT KIND OF THING.
>> >>PEGGY: THESE PEOPLE, CAN THEY GET VACCINATED AND WHO SHOULD BE VACCINATED?
>> >>: THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY GET VACCINATED, I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD GET VACCINATED.
NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES WE NEED TO KEEP THIS VIRUS FROM SPREADING.
>> >>PEGGY: LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT SPREAD. THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT
PROPER HAND WASHING, MAYBE STAYING HOME. WHAT CAN YOU RECOMMEND IF YOU THINK YOU'RE
COMING DOWN WITH THE FLU WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? >> >>: STAY HOME, DO US A FAVOR, DON'T SPREAD
IT, AND IF YOU NEED TO GO OUT OR SEE OTHER PEOPLE, TRY TO KEEP YOUR COUGH TO YOURSELF,
COUGH INTO YOUR ARM OR SLEEVE. AND MAKE SURE YOU TRY NOT TO TOUCH YOUR FACE,
AND GOOD HAND CLEANSING. >> >>PEGGY: IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH HAND WASHING
CAN STATISTICALLY IMPROVE THE LESSEN THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DISPELL SOME MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT GETTING THE FLU SHOT.
CAN YOU GET THE FLU FROM A FLU SHOT? >> >>: IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE A HUNDRED MILLION
FLU SHOTS LIKE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN THE FLU SHOT, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO
GET SICK AT THE SAME TIME THIGH GOT THE FLU SHOT.
AND BECAUSE OF THE MAGICAL THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO THINK THE FLU SHOT CAUSED IT.
THE YOU MIGHT HAVE A MILD ALLERGIC TYPE RESPONSE BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE FLU FROM THE
FLU SHOT AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET SICK FROM IT.
>> >>PEGGY: THE REASON IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A LIVE VIRUS, CORRECT?
>> >>: ABSOLUTELY. IT'S BEEN KILLED.
>> >>PEGGY: THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN GET IT FROM THAT.
IS IT TOO LATE FOR PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO TO GET VACCINATED, HAVE WE PASSED THE MARK WHERE
IT WOULD DO US ANY GOOD? >> >>: THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE JUST ON THE
SHOULDER. THE FUN IS ABOUT TO START IN TERMS OF THE
FLU HAVING A PARTY HERE. SO GET THE FLU SHOT.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE. >> >>PEGGY: OKAY, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU
SHOULD GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR, AND/OR DARE I SAY GO TO THE ER WHEN YOU HAVE A FLU?
>> >>: POST MOST OF THE FLU CAN BE HANDLED ATD HOME WITH FLU UDS AND MAYBE SOMETHING
TO HELP WITH THE FEVER AND THE MUSCLE ACHES. BUT IF YOU HAVE A COEXISTING ILLNESS, YOUR
PREGNANT, YOU'RE OLDER, OR YOU HAVE ILLNESSES OF THE HEART OR LUNGS, THEN YOU PROBABLY SHOULD
CALL YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU THINK YOU'RE COMING DOWN FOR THE FLU.
>> >>PEGGY: SO DOCTOR FIRST. >> >>: RIGHT, AND CALL YOURハ OR GO TO A
LOCAL CLINIC IF YOU CAN'T GET HOLD OF YOUR DOCTOR.
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM UNLESS YOU'RE HAVING THE WARNING SIGNS
OF THE FLU. >> >>PEGGY: WHICH WOULD BEハ
>> >>: CHEST PAIN, TROUBLE BREATHING, ABDOMINAL PAIN, YOU CAN'T KEEP UP WITH YOUR FLEUD FLUIDS
YOU'RE VOMITING SO MUCH. IN THOSE CASES I COULD SEE YOU COMING TO THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. >> >>PEGGY: BECAUSE IT'S MOVED TO A SEIVE
SEVEREハ I WANT TO TOUCH ON THIS AFEW RETAILERS ARE HERE IN SAN DIEGO SAYING THEY'VE RUN OUT.
IS THERE A SHORTAGE? >> >>: I DON'T CONTROL THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR
THE FLU VACCINE, BUT I'VE HEARD OF SPOTTY SHORTAGES IN AREAS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS MORE SUPPLIES ARE COMING IN. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, I GET CAN'T GUARANTEE
IT'S GOING TO STICK AROUND. IF YOU SEE A VACCINE, GO GET IT.
>> >>PEGGY: RIGHT THEN. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND CHRISTIAN TOMASZEWSKI WILL BE BACK AT
THE HOSPITAL. >> >>: I'M JEFFREY BROWN ON THE NEXT NEWS
HOUR, PRESIDENT OBAMA ROLLS OUT HIS GUN CONTROL INITIATIVES, THAT'S RETIRED GENERAL STANLEY
MCCRYSTAL ON THE AFGHAN WAR. THAT'S WEDNESDAY ON THE PBS NEWS HOUR.
>> >>DWANE: SAN DIEGO WEATHER MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, NEAR 70 AT
THE BEACHES WITH NIGHT TIME LOWS IN THE 40S AND 50S.
INLAND VALLEYS WILL WARM INTO THE 70S THROUGH IS SATURDAY, DIPPING INTO THE 40S AT NIGHT.
CHILE IN THE MOUNTAINS, MID 50S AND BREEZY TOMORROW.
PLENTY OF SUN SHINE IN THE DESERT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70S THROUGH SATURDAY.
AFTER SIX WEEKS IN OFFICE, SAN DIEGO MAYOR BOB FILNER DELIVERED HIS PROGNOSIS FOR THE
CITY OF SAN DIEGO. HE COMPARED THE CITY'S FINANCIAL HEALTH TO
THAT OF A PATIENT RECOVERING FROM A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS PROJECTING A 40ハMILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT,
FILNER SAYS HE CAN HELP THE CITY GET THROUGH THE ROCKY TIMES.
HE SAYS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH LABOR UNIONS WILL ALLOW HIM TO IMPLEMENT FINANCIAL REFORMS
THAT WILL SAVE THE CITY MONEY. A CALIFORNIA JUDGE HAS ORDERED THE BOY SCOUTS
OF AMERICA TO RELEASE TWO DECADES OF INTERNAL FILES DETAILING *** ABUSE ALLEGATIONS.
A CIVIL LAWSUIT WAS FILED IN SAN DIEGO TODAY AGAINST THE BOY SCOUTS ON BEHALF OF A 29 YEAR
OLD WHO CLAIMS HE WAS MOLESTED AS A TEENAGER BY A CAMP COUNSELOR.
JAPAN AIRLINES SERVICE BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND TOKYO MAY BE IN TROUBLE.
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