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>> Dwane Brown: Hi, I'm Dwane Brown, tonight on KPBS Evening Edition, President Obama says
it's time to end the debate and address the climate change.
>> PEGGY PICO: I'm Peggy Pico, the Immigration Reform Bill moves forward, how it could impact
the vote in the house. A new interactive web site helps save water
and money. Why San Diego is preparing for another drought.
>> DWANE BROWN: And a San Diego company taking on some very big competition in the world
of online music, we will give a listen to "slacker
radio" KPBS Evening Edition starts now. >> DWANE BROWN: Hi, good evening, thanks for
joining us. President Obama says it's time to take action
on climate change and he unveiled a plan today, taking aim at heattrapping gases, America's
coalfired power plants, our coverage begins with mark Smith of the associated press.
>>> President Obama says climate change isn't pausing for a gridlocked Congress so it's
time for him to take up arms. >>> As a president, as a father and as an
American I'm here to say we need to act! >>> On a steamy day in the nation's capital,
Obama said whether it's paying the bill for deadly storms oral battling the affects of
runaway fires and droughts, Americans are too busy dealing with humancaused warming
to deny it. At the heart of his plan coalfired power plants.
For the first time Obama aims to cap how much heattrapping gas they reduce.
>>> We don't have rules to limit that pollution, power plants are free to pump as much of that
in the air as they want. >>> He's opening new lands to wind and solar
power and setting new efficiency standards. Most environmentalists welcome the plan and
the critics in Congress say this is the latest war on coal.
>>> He may as well call his plan what it is, a plan to ship jobs over seas, while others
say they will pay for the increase. >>> Carbon releases in the United States today
are going down primarily due to the use of cleanburning natural gas.
>>> In fact, some of these rules will take years to implement, but there is an immediate
question whether to build the keystone XL pipeline from Canada, what some call a carbon
bomb. Soon Congress will rule on that hot potato.
Mark Smith, associated press at the White House.
>> DWANE BROWN: Environmentalists are welcoming the climate change plan, Susan Murphy has
that story. >>> San Diego faces impacts in current warming
trends continue, scientists predict sea level would rise 12 to 18 inches and the average
temperature could increase up to 4 degrees Fahrenheit and the region is on track for
water shore ageses and wildfires. This woman welcomes President Obama's plan
of action but wishes he would have expressed more urgency.
>>> Scientists says we have .8 degrees in the pipeline so we're at 1.6, we have .4 to
go. >>> 2 degrees Celcius has been the bar that
was set. >>> We have something like 23,000 home installations
and we have potential for a lot more. >>> She hopes San Diegans will take a queue
from the president and get involved in preserving the environment, Susan Murphy, KPBS news.
>> DWANE BROWN: U.S. Supreme Court will issue ruling tomorrow on proposition 8, California's
ban on same sex marriage, the justices convene at 7 a.m. to issue final rulings for the season.
KPBS will have complete coverage for the day starting on the radio, and local analysis
on Midday edition and join us tomorrow evening on KPBS Evening Edition for a full wrap up
with more analysis on PBS news hour at seven. Today the justices announced a split decision
on the key voting rights act. Congress needs to come up with a formula to
decide where monitoring is needed. The justices said it doesn't reflect changes
in society. The Immigration Reform Bill seems poised for
approval. Peggy Pico talks about how likely it is to
pass in the house. >> PEGGY PICO: A bipartisan is vote in the
Senate on Monday pushed the Immigration Reform Bill forward and approved a costly amendment
for increased boarder security. Here with details about the amendment and
its impact on the bill's approval in the house is USD political science professor, David
Shirk, welcome. >>> Thanks for having me.
>> PEGGY PICO: Remind us of the top controversial issues in the bill.
>>> The bill seeks to achieve essentially four things, one is to reduce the backlog
in immigration applications to the United States to get people moving in more efficiently
and second to strengthen border security to prevent unwanted, undocumented flows into
the country and three is to begin to establish a path to citizenship for people who are here
illegally, roughly 11 million people who are undocumented and lastly, workplace enforcement
to make sure that we are properly enforcing our immigration laws within the United States.
>> PEGGY PICO: So far the pathway to amnesty and border security seems to be getting a
lot of attention right now but let me talk about the Senate approval of the bill of 1200
pages of an amendment called the border surge that calls for 20,000 more border patrol agents
doubling the force and 700 miles of additional border fence at a total cost of $38 billion.
Is this necessary? >> Well, many people believe that the border
is out of control even though in the last 20 years we have allocated 20,000 border patrol
agents to help sustain our immigration enforcement. My view is that it is� we don't know if
it's necessary if the Immigration Reform effective redirects those flows of undocumented people
into legal channels but it does seem like it's a politically necessary step in order
to get everyone on board and if that's the case it may be a good compromise.
>> PEGGY PICO: Well, it does seem to be putting the CART before the horse slightly but I heard
Juan Vargus say this is attached to the bill and you might have to swallow it if you want
the bill to go through. I've read that immigration is at a 40year
low. What does that say to you?
>> It tells us, first of all, that the factors that drive immigration and undocumented immigration
are economic and we're at a 40year low in our economy.
We don't know if, as our economy improves we will see more people coming back to the
United States from Mexico. Mexico's economy has been doing fairly well.
It does� it's not clear that border security is the reason why we have seen this 40year
low. >> PEGGY PICO: Let's talk about the amendment
more. It passed in the Senate but didn't reach the
70 votes. Tell us why those are important and how that
might influence how the the house votes. >>> For a couple of reasons, you want to show
broad support within the Senate and two, you want to make sure you can beat a Philly buster�
fillibuster if necessary, and while it's not clear that the bill is going to make it out
of the Senate, and it's not clear that the house will ultimately back the Senate's bill
or even a similar version of that bill. >> PEGGY PICO: A Gallup Poll this month reported
that 87% support the pathway to citizenship in this bill.
Would that overwhelming public support be enough to push both the house and the Senate
to pass this? >> I think the American people believe being
a citizen and a stake holder in our society is important and that's clear from that poll,
but people are also very divided. They're concerned about things like border
security and depending on how you ask the question, they may be more or less comfortable
with a specific type of legislation. That said, I think that it's very clear that
this is a problem that has gone on far too long, many want to see action now, and this
is probably the best moment we have seen in two decades for serious immigration reform.
>> PEGGY PICO: If the Immigration Reform Bill passes, the the Senate, the house passes it,
the president signs t how will it impact immigrants in San Diego?
>> Immigrants would finally move out of the shadows and be able to go to apply for a job,
they would be able to go to schools, et�cetera, and they would essentially be able to live
like ordinary people in the United States and in the long run I think that's a good
thing >> PEGGY PICO: Political science professor,
David Shirk, thanks for the update. >>> Thank you.
>> DWANE BROWN: A new poll shows the approval rating for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has
slipped slightly in the past few weeks, it's down just a point from a poll done in February.
Filner's disapproval rating dropped while the number of folks who say they're not sure
actually went up. The county district attorney has formally
dismissed *** and kidnapping charges against a man serving life in prison.
He was wrongfully accused and it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.
>>> It was a terrible experience, one I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
>> DWANE BROWN: It's a new lease on life for this man, who served years for a sentence
that he did not commit. DNA is the result.
>>> Just grateful to be out. >>> Justin brooks, from California western
school of law says it's hard to look at him and say he's a lucky man.
>>> He was lucky that his case caught our eye and we got cooperation from the DA's office
and to be exonerated. >>> He faces drug charges from a separate
case but he's now the ninth person to be Freed from prison, by the "innocence project" his
lawyer says it's all bittersweet. >>> For every client that gets out there is
another one that we believe in and that we haven't been able to get out.
>> DWANE BROWN: Last year Brian banks was cleared of *** assault charges after serving
10 years in prison, he could be playing football this year for the Atlanta falcons.
>> DWANE BROWN: It was DNA on the victim's clothing that helped catch the crill.
He lived within three miles of the crime scene. Closing arguments heard today in a trial about
yoga in Encinitas schools, parents say it promotes Hinduism, some parents Sued the district
today their attorney says removing religious language from the classes is proof that it
was there. >>> They stopped using terminology, big deal.
They stopped putting things on the walls, while that was concerning, it doesn't fend
mentally change what they taught. >> DWANE BROWN: An attorney representing the
school district says the health and wellness program has no religious component.
>>> The district didn't strip out religion, it started without any religion but when parents
obtained the district's attempt to accommodate the parents concerns they rye moved things
they thought might be religious. >> DWANE BROWN: The school got a $500,000
grant from a K.P. Joyce foundation promoting yoga.
California ranks 41st in the nation for children's wellbeing, lookeding at different areas from
teen pregnancy, and California children there was an issue with 10 of those categories.
California students seeing a dentist was addresseded, we have more on that online.
San Diego has approved a contract extension with an ambulance service, it's expected to
go up to more than $1800, the city says agencies in other areas charge between 12 and $2300
the contract extension takes affect Monday. And the low snow pack in the Sierra Nevada
and Colorado could cause water droughts. Peggy Pico has more.
>> PEGGY PICO: San Diego's dry, hot summer and low snow pack from the Colorado river
basin means there could be a drought if we don't manage water supply now.
My guests, Jason Foster and ram ram are here with a few ways to be efficient.
Welcome back >>> Thank you.
>> PEGGY PICO: Jason, we said there are no restrictions in the county but there are a
few in the city, for instance permanent water restrictions that deal with time?
>> There are various water use ordinances around the county and the city based on the
local jurisdictions generally to keep you from watering in the middle of the day.
The good news is our water supplies are stable and there are no use restrictions because
of the winter we had >> PEGGY PICO: Are we anticipating any?
We're not saying hose down your driveway. >>> Actually the water supply situation for
San Diego county is pretty good right now because we have lots of water in storage from
the last wet winter that we had and per capita water use has dropped significantly over the
last five years so we're stretching the available supplies that we have.
>> PEGGY PICO: Specifically it seems we have learned our lesson from the 2007 drought,
a third less per person per day dropping from 211 gallons back in the drought years to 144
gallons right now. What do you attribute that drop to?
>> Several things. As I mentioned, people have gotten the conservation
message, it's the right thing to use water wisely and efficiently.
We also have seen� there has always been affects from� we had a couple of wet winters
that suppressed demand a bit and unfortunately suffered the circumstances of the economic
downturn which suppressed water usage. >> PEGGY PICO: People trying to save money
on their bill? >> That's correct, but the good news is water
use is staying well below our predrought levels. >> PEGGY PICO: Elizabeth, you're with the
water conservation garden, I've been there, it's beautiful, and tell us how it helps people
use water more efficiently? >> Education is our specialty, we're a sixacre
facility that show cases the beauty of droughttolerant plants.
People think it's just rocks and cactus, and that couldn't be further from the truth.
We have show cased lots of plants from around the world and those plants thrive in San Diego
just as they do in home countries and we have classes that show people how to start a water
wise garden, landscape designers that can sit and do a oneonone conservation to look
at landscape and where they want to be and show them how to get there
>> PEGGY PICO: Right now it's dog days of summer, tell me about that.
>>> Every Wednesday during the summer months we allow people to bring a leashed cannine
friend, one, two, three, and walk through the gardens, it's a beautiful stroll in the
evenings. >> PEGGY PICO: Water authority as a new web
site, www.watersmartusd.org. Tell us about those programs, are any of the
rebate programs available? >> Yes, we have in door and outdoor water
efficiency measures, for example, on the inside, for buying a more efficient washer, on the
outside we have a turf replacement rebate program that commercial or residences can
get up to $1.50 per square foot off turf that they have replaced with more efficient landscape.
>> PEGGY PICO: Elizabeth, we're expecting high temperatures in the coming week here,
in the hundreds. How do we save our gardens while conserving
water. >>> When it is hot you have to water so check
your irrigation, make sure it's working efficiently and when it gets hot they want to water in
the morning or in the evening after 5 p.m., that way the water that they are applying
is not evaporating, and if you can get bubblers, that's ideal.
>> PEGGY PICO: Certainly a lot of information, you can go to our web site for link and more
information, thanks for joining us. >>> Thank you.
>> DWANE BROWN: Millions of Smart Phone toting music fans have ditched the idea of owning
what they listen to, now they turn to online music services, the fledge� fledgling businesses
are doing that, David Wagner shows us how the small businesses plan to take on the brand
name competition. >>> When he works out, he needs a beat!
He gets his music motivation through online radio but he doesn't listen to the big services
like Pandora, he listens to slacker radio. >>> What's great about slackers off line play?
>> It's no distractions, a couple of miles. >>> Scrapper is based in Rancho Bernard Doe.
He thinks it sounds like old school radio, the best of FM.
>>> We had experts that were create this gone music with technology that gave users a lot
of control. >>> Slacker sets itself apart by offering
radio stations offered by real people and that's how they drew in Kristin Nielsen, she
found out about swami sound system. >>> I saw slacker had him and I thought, definitely
got to get that app. >>> Slacker hires music obsessives to get
their content. >>> I'm Ben, I'm not "party Ben" they didn't
see me come out and know immediate that will this guy was going to D.J.
>>> He won his reputation by making mashups. Like this one.
These days Ben spends his time pouring over charts by tracking how users respond to different
songs, when they hear the def punk song they are pushing the heart button.
So he knows he better put it into heavy rotation. But just like radio D.J.'s of long ago he's
allowed to stick music into the playlist like this song from Sweden.
>>> I can take the information and say, you know what, all you people who are taking and
voting on this, you are wrong, this song is great and I believe in it and I'm going to
put it in the A category until you change your mind.
>>> Slacker finds that their listeners like the occasional curveball and you don't get
that with other players. Spotify give us you complete control and Pandora
gives you formulas based on your taste. They draw tens of millions of listeners every
day, slacker is tiny by comparison, 5 million listeners, but they have managed to stay afloat
in the highly competitive world of online radio since 2007, practicalally a century
in startup years. They are about to face bigger competition.
>>> We're introducing a way to discover new music and we call it "iTunes radio."
>>> Starting this fall slacker will have to go toetotoe with apple, the goliath.
Google rolled out an I don't know line radio� I don't know online radio a few weeks ago.
>>> When you think of apple, something similar is going to happen and there will be a next
wave of people interested in music on their devices online and they are going to start
thinking about online radio who have never thought about it before.
>>> When they size up the competition, he oppose hopes they will choose slacker, of
course apple users could go the other way. >>> Even this guy is intrigued by iTunes radio.
Vo isn't alone, onethird would switch based on the apple name alone.
David Wagner, KPBS news. >> DWANE BROWN: And you can find tonight's
stories and download the KPBS app on our web site.
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