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THIS IS SAN DIEGO WEEKLY.
HELLO, THANKS FOR JOINING US THE FIFTH LARGE EARTHQUAKE ON RECORD SET IN MOTION A DEADLY
TSUNAMI. WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED HAD WHEN IT STRUCK AND HOW IT HIT THE CALIFORNIA
COAST LINE AND WE WILL HEAR FROM THE LOCAL JAPANESE COMMUNITY. MY TV FELL OFF THE GROUND
AND MY MOM WAS LIKE UPSET. AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE TO DO, I WAS WATCHING THE WHOLE THING
WE WILL HAVE AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON IS SDG AND E'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE RENEWABLE ENERGY
AND WHO WILL TAKE DOWN THE GIANT EYESORE ON THE BAY FRONT, THAT IS THE SOUTH BAY POWER
PLANT AND ALLISON ST. JOHN INTRODUCES US TO MARINES THAT ARE LEARNING TO BE FARMERS. WE
HAVE THE LATEST HEADLINES NEXT.
JOANNE, IN OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HAND OUTLAY OFF
WARNINGS AND THAT INCLUDES 885 TEACHERS. THEY HAVE A 100 MILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT.
THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN TO REVOKE THE LAYOFFS.
CAUCASIANS ARE NO LONGER THE MAJORITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY CAN. THE NUMBER OF WHITES DROPPED
FROM 55% TO 49% AND THE HISPANIC POPULATION GREW TO 32% AND THE ASIAN POPULATION INCEASED
FROM 9% TO 11%. AND MORE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY ARE FROM MIXED RACE BACKGROUNDS. 9 OF
THE STATE'S BIGGEST HMO'S GOT POOR OR FAIR GRADES WHEN IT COMES TO RECEIVING PROMPT CARE
AND SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS AND THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE COST
OF CARE. BUT THE STATE'S HMO PERFORMED BETTER THAN ITS COUNTER PARTS NATIONWIDE. AND A STUDENT
FOUND DEAD IN A MADRID RIVER THIS WEEK ARE URGING PARENTS TO NOT SEND THEIR CHILDREN
TO STUDY ABROAD. THEY SAID DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN GO.
TSUNAMI SIRENS RANGE ACROSS THE PACIFIC AND THE DEATH TOLL IS RISING TODAY. THE PICTURES TELL THIS STORY, THE 8.9 QUAKE SETTING
INTO MOTION A TSUNAMI. AND AS WE TAPED THE SHOW, THE COAST GUARD CONTINUES TO SEARCH FOR A MAN THAT WAS
SWEPT OUT TO SEA WHY A SURGE THIS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS TAKING APPROXIMATE PICTURES
WHEN IT --HE WAS TAKEN PICTURES WHEN IT HAPPENED. FOUR OTHERS HAD TO BE RESCUED AS WELL.
IN SAN DIEGO, MANY GATHERED TO WATCH FOR THE SIGNS OF A TSUNAMI, BUT IT CAME AND WENT WITHOUT
A SURGE.
THE SAN DIEGO BASED AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS ON THEIR WAY WITH AID AND FRESH WATER AND MEDICAL
HELP. AT SDSU, SCIENTISTS ARE MAPPING OUT THE DAMAGE OF THE QUAKE. THE SCIENTISTS USED
PICTURES TO SEE WHERE THE STORMS WERE COMING AND WHEN THEY WERE HEADED. AND TO TELL US
MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN JAPAN AND WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE WATCHING FOR NOW IS DEBBIE.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE THINKING WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD THAT THIS GIANT QUAKE HAD HAD HIT JAPAN?
WELL, THE FIRST THOUGHT IS ARE WE RECORDING DATA AND ARE WE KEEPING IT AND IS IT COMING
IN SUCCESSFULLY. JUST AMAZING DATA SET AND TO CHECK THE AUTOMATIC PAGES AND RESPONSES.
I GET A PAGE ON MY CELL PHONE EVERY TIME THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE OVER A MAGNITUDE OF 5. AND IT
HAD SO MANY AFTER SHOCKS IT WALKED ITSELF RIGHT OFF THE TABLE.
WHAT DO SCIENTISTS DO WITH THE DATA?
WELL THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IS WHERE WAS IT AND HOW BIG WAS IT. SO THERE'S
A PROGRAM THAT DOES THAT. IT TELLS YOU HOW STRONG IT WAS AND TELLS YOU WHERE IT WAS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SCIENTISTS COME ALONG AND LOOK AT THE DATA AND MAKE SURE IT'S CORRECT.
THERE WERE WARNINGS THAT WENT OUT ABOUT IT SO HOW WERE SCIENTISTS ABLE TO SAY IT WAS
COMING SO QUICKLY?
AFTER THE 2004 BOXING DAY EARTHQUAKE. WE ARE MORE AWARE OF IT. YOU NEED THE EARTHQUAKE
TO BE BIG AND SHALLOW AND BY A LARGE BODY OF WATER. SO CHECK, CHECK, AND CHECK ON ALL
THREE OF THOSE.
THIS WAS THE FIFTH LARGEST IN HISTORY HAD. ON RECORD IN FACT. 8.9. JUST TO GIVE YOU A
SENSE OF 8.9. WE HAD THE 7.2 LAST EASTER IN THE MEXICO AREA. HOW MUCH BIGGER IS THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST A SCALE OF 1- 10. 1 IS BIGGER THAN 2 AND SO ON. THEY SCALE BY A FACTOR OF
32. SO ROUGHLY SPEAKING, WHAT THEY FELT IN JAPAN WAS ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES MORE ENERGY
THAN WHAT WE FELT AT EASTER.
SO THEIR REPORTS ABOUT AFTER SHOCKS. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE MAGNITUDE OF THOSE AND
HOW LONG THEY CONTINUE.
IF I CHECKED WE HAD 90 OVER 5 AND ONE WAS A 7.1 AND THAT OCCURRED HALF AN HOUR AFTER
THE MAIN SHOCK. WHATEVER YOUR MAIN SHOCK IS, THE AFTER SHOCK WILL BE A UNIT LESS, SO WE
EXPECT A 7.9 AFTER SHOCK. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING TO SEE THAT.
HOW LONG CAN IT CONTINUE?
SO, AS THE DAYS GOES ON WE ARE TALKING 5s AND 4s, THINGS LIKE HERE ARE LIKE WHAT IS
THAT. THAT WILL BE FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THE SMALLER ONES, YEARS.
I WAS FOLLOWING THIS ON TWITTER AND WHAT WAS REMARKABLE IS IMMEDIATELY YOU HAD A LOT OF
PEOPLE INCALIFORNIA INCALIFORNIA ANDING WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE. --PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA WERE
ASKING WILL WE HAVE IT HERE.
WE NEEDED TWO PIECES OF EVIDENCE. DATA. SO WE HAVE A BUNCH OF OCEAN MODELS THAT TELL
US WHAT IS GOING ON. SO, CONSENT CHECKING IN ON THE DATA AND WHAT IS COMING IN.
SAN DIEGO IS PROTECTED. WHEN YOU THINK OF THE WAVES COMING DOWN FROM JAPAN, IF WE ARE
HERE IN SAN DIEGO. UP IN THE NORTH COAST THE WAVES ARE SLAMMING STRAIGHT ON AND HERE THEY
ARE COMING IN SIDEWAYS. AND ANOTHER SAVING IS THAT WE HAVE ISLANDS GUARDING US AND WE
HAVE THE LARGE SHELF AND THAT WILL HELP TO LESSEN THE WAVES. SO THOSE THINGS ARE MAKING
THE PREDICTION IN SAN DIEGO SMALLER AND THAT IS WHAT HE WE SAW.
FINALLY. WE KNOW IT WAS A TSUNAMI THAT KILLED MOST OF THE PEOPLE, MANY DROWNED. HERE IN
CALIFORNIA, THE FAULT IS WHAT WE WORRY ABOUT. COULD WE SEE A TSUNAMI HAPPENING WITH THAT
FAULT?
THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. YOU NEED A LARGE EARTHQUAKE, CAN HAVE THAT, SHALL, COULD HAVE
THAT, CLOSE TO OR NEAR A LARGE BODY OF WATER AND WE ARE TOO FAR AWAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO THAT IS NOT A WORRY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
WATCHING IMAGES HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS THAT HAS FRIENDS AND FAMILY
IN THE COUNTRY. WE SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE HEARING FROM LOVED ONES.
I WAS TALKING WITH MY PARENTS AND I SKYPE WITH THEM EVERY NIGHT. AND THEN I STARTED
TO GET UPSET BECAUSE IT WAS MOVING AND SHAKING SO BADLY AND THEN MY DAD WAS HOLDING A CABINET
AND THEN TV FELL OFF THE GROUND AND MY MOM WAS LIKE UPSET. AND I WAS LIKE, I COULD NOT,
I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND I WAS LIKE WATCHING THE WHOLE THING LIVE AND IN THAT AFTER HOC
HAPPENED LIKE THREE --THAT AFTER SHOCK HAPPENED THREE TIMES AND WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP IN
TOUCH AND STAY ON LINE, BECAUSE NONE OF MY FRIENDS COULD GET THROUGH THE PHONE. BECAUSE
THE PHONE LINE WAS DEAD. STILL SO WORRIED ABOUT IT AND STAYING UP ALL NIGHT WATCHING
THE NEWS AND I'M JUST LIKE SO HEART BROKEN, I SAW THE FOOTAGE AND EVERYTHING AND IT'S
JUST, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVEABLE. YEAH.
I WATCHED THE REPORT. AND LAST TIME, I TOOK MANY YEARS --I DON'T KNOW. 20 YEARS AGO. WALKED
IN THAT AREA, ONE TIME --AT THAT TIME 26 PEOPLE DIED. BUT THIS TIME, MAYBE MORE, HOW MANY
DIE? I DON'T KNOW. 1,000? I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A VERY BIG EARTHQUAKE.
YOU THINK THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SORT OF GET PEOPLE ALL THE HELP THAT THEY NEED
AND?
YEAH. I THINK SO. BECAUSE JAPAN, MANY TIMES ATTACKED BY MANY EARTHQUAKES. SO THEY GET
USED TO HOW TO PREPARE FOR DISASTER. ESPECIALLY EARTHQUAKES. YES. LIKE AMERICAN PEOPLE PREPARE
FOR HURRICANE.
THEY KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT, LIKE SOME PEOPLE PREPARE FOR THE STAND BAGS HAD WHEN YOU ARE
IN THE HIGHER BUILDING, YOU CANNOT, THE TOILETS WILL STOP. THE WATER WILL STOP. SO YOU CANNOT
GO TO THE BATHROOMS BUT THEY CAN USE CAT LITTER AND I HEARD PEOPLE ARE PREPARING BUT IT'S
STILL REALLY SHOCKING. AND THEN, IT WAS VERY HARD FOR THEM. YEAH. I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR
THEM.
THE TEMPLE OF SAN DIEGO WILL HOLD A SPECIAL SERVICE TOMORROW EVENING BEGINNING AT 7:00
P.M. THE TEMPLE IS ON MARKET STREET IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. AND LOCAL RELIEF AGENCIES ARE TAKING
DONATIONS FOR VICTIMS FROM JAPAN. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ARE ACCEPTING DONATIONS AS IS THE
SALVATION ARMY.
IT'S A 175-FOOT EYESORE, A PILE OF STEAL AND CONCRETE THAT HAS BEEN DOMINATING THE BAY
FRONT. IT WAS DECOMMISSIONED LAST YEAR AND NOW THE QUESTION IS WHO WILL TAKE IT DOWN
AND CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENTAL MESS. WE HAVE THE REPORTER WITH VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.ORG,
WE KNOW IT'S OLD, TELL US ABOUT IT.
IT WAS RUN BY SDG AND E, SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC THAT RAN IT FOR FOUR YEARS AND IN
1998 THEY CAME UP WITH A DEAL WHERE THE LAND AND POWER PLANT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PORT
OF SAN DIEGO, THAT HAS BEEN RENTING IT OUT TO POWER COMPANIES.
WHO IS ON THE HOOK TO TAKE IT DOWN? THE TEARING APART WILL BE MANAGED AND PARTIALLY PAID FOR
BY THE CURRENT TENANT OF THE POWER PLANT. AND THAT IS A COMPANY THAT IS BASED IN HOUSTON.
THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING IT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE THE RESPONSIBLE
PARTY TO TEAR IT DOWN.
YOU HAVE WRITTEN STORES ABOUT CONCERNS WHETHER THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS
OPERATION.
THAT IS RIGHT. AND NOW THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT THERE'S A POT OF $70 MILLION
ON THIS. ABOUT 20 MILLION IS LOCKED AWAY. IT'S STATE MONEY THAT IS AT THE PORT OF SAN
DIEGO IN TRUST THAT THEY HAVE TO SPEND ON THIS. ONCE THAT MONEY IS SPENT, THEN, THE
PORT CAN GO TO THE COMPANY AND ASK THEM TO DO IT AS WELL. THERE'S POSSIBLE SAMPLING OF
THE SEDIMENT IN THE BAY AND IF THEY DISCOVER THAT THERE ARE NASTY CHEMICALS OUT FROM THERE
THEN THEY CAN ASK SDG AND E FOR HELP.
DO WE THINK THEY WILL HAVE THE MONEY IF THEY HAVE TO PUT UP THE CASH?
WE DO NOT KNOW BASICALLY. THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY PUT IT AWAY AND HAD A LINE ITEM ON THEIR
BUDGET THAT THEY HAVE COME UP TO $40 MILLION THAT THEY HAVE PUT AWAY. BUT THE THING IS
THAT THE MONEY WAS NEVER HELD IN TRUST FOR THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO. THAT MEANS IF THE COMPANY
BELLIES UP WE WILL GO WITH EVERY OTHER CREDITOR TRYING TO GET THE MONEY. HE THEY WILL BE LUCKY
IF THEY GET 5 OR $10 MILLION OUT OF THE COMPANY IN ANYTHING IF THAT HAPPENS.
SO AT ONE POINT THE AREA WANTS TO STEP IN AND CLEAN IT UP. WHY NOT ARE THEY DOING IT
NOW?
THAT DEAL IS DEAD. THE BASIC IDEA WAS THAT THE COMPANY CAN WOULD HAND OVER $50 MILLION
TO THE CITY IN RETURN FOR BEING ABSOLVED OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT MONEY WOULD BE
COMBINED WITH THE $70 MILLION. NOW THAT THE COMPANY IS IN SUCH FINANCIAL TROUBLE IT MAY
GO BANKRUPT. THEY CANNOT REALLY DO THIS DEAL ANYMORE. BECAUSE IF THE COMPANY WERE TO WRITE
THEM A CHECK FOR $50 MILLION HAND IT OVER AND THEN GO BANKRUPT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
MONTHS OR YEARS. THE JUDGE WILL SAY HOLD ON A MINUTE, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, THERE'S OTHER
CREDITORS THAT NEED THE MONEY.
ONCE THIS ALL HAPPENS AND THE CLEAN UP TAKES PLACE. HOW LONG BEFORE THEY GET THEIR BAY
FRONT BACK?
GOOD QUESTION. THE ESTIMATES ARE IT'S GOING TAKE TWO YEARS TO TEAR IT DOWN. IT COULD THEN
TAKE MANY MORE YEARS TO DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN UP THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THEY CAN
PUT THINGS LIKE PARKS AND HOTELS THERE. NOBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH CONTAMINATION THERE IS AND
HOW LONG THAT PROCESS WILL TAKE. IT COULD TAKE UPWARDS OF FIVE YEARS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY HALF OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND SO
IN CALIFORNIA POWER COMPANIES ARE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES.
BUT SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC HAS FALLEN SHORT OF THE REQUIREMENT. TELL US A BIT ABOUT
THE REQUIREMENT. WHEN DID IT GO INTO EFFECT?
IT WENT INTO EFFECT IN PHASES. IN 2002, THEY SET A REQUIREMENT, IT WAS 17% AND IN 2006
THEY CHANGED IT TO TAKE IT UP TO 20%. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN CALIFORNIA EMBARKED ON THIS
LAW. IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST, ONE OF THE MOST AGGRESSIVE CLIMATE CHANGE
LAWS IN THE COUNTRY. THE GOAL WAS TO, TO PROD POWER COMPANIES TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM USING
FOSSIL FUELS AND BIO MASS AND WIND.
AT THE CLOSE OF 2010 WHICH WAS WHEN THE DEADLINE WAS. THEY HAVE A GRACE PERIOD UNTIL 2013.
THEY WERE AT 11.9%. THAT PUT THEM LAST AMONG THE STATES INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC CAME IN AT 18%.
SO WHY SO LITTLE. WHY ARE WE FALLING BEHIND LIKE THIS?
WELL YOU KNOW, CRITICS WILL SAY THEY SIMPLY DO NOT DO ENOUGH TO BUILD RENEWABLE ENERGY
PROJECTS IN THE TIME THAT THEY HAD. THEY RELY TOO HEAVILY ON THE POWER LINK. THAT IS THE
TRANSMISSION LINE THAT CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON THAT IS SUPPOSED TO RESIDENCE MITT RENEWABLE
ENERGY ONCE IT'S BUILT AND OTHERS SAY THE LAW ITSELF IS FLAWED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REQUIRE
THE COMPANIES TO SIGN CONTRACTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY A AT HIGHER PRICES. AND BECAUSE THEY
ARE NEW, THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. THESE CONTRACTS, 30% OF THEM GET DELAYED OR
THEY DO NOT MATERIALIZE AND THE PROJECTS ARE NOT BUILT.
SO WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE NOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DO NOT MEET THE CONTRACT?
THEY HAVE A GRACE PERIOD UNTIL 2013. THE THE UTILITIES DO NOT MEET THAT 20% TARGET BY 2013.
THEN THE PENALTIES KICK IN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THOUSANDS OF MARINES ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE MILITARY EVERY
MONTH. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW MISSION AND A NEW WAY TO MAKE A LIVING. OUR CHASE
ACRES IN THE NORTH OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS TEACHING THE MARINES TO START THEIR BUSINESS
IN AGRICULTURE. SOME FIND MOVING FROM THE BATTLEFIELD TO THE FARM IS A NATURAL TRANSITION.
HE AND HIS WIFE PLAN TO SETTLE DOWN ON A SMALL FARM IN VALLEY CENTER AFTER HE LEFT THE MARINE
CORP. IT'S A GREAT LOCATION BUT THEY COULD NOT MAKE A GO OF IT WITH WATER BILLS OF MORE
THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. THEY BUILT GREENHOUSES AND STARTED A HERB GROWING OPERATION
AND CUT DOWN TREES. NOW THEY CAN NOT GROW ENOUGH BASIL TO FILL ENOUGH OF THEIR ORDERS.
THEY MAINTAIN FOOD SECURITY AT A TIME WHEN MANY FAMILY FARMERS ARE RETIRING. THEY WANT
TO TEACH IT TO THE MARINES.
THE USDA WANTS TO CREATE A HUNDRED THOUSAND NEW FARMERS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. WE THINK
WE HAVE A POPULATION THAT CAN HELP. THEY HAVE THE MOTIVATION AND WILLINGNESS TO DO THIS
AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND MANAGEMENT ABILITY TO OPERATE A BUSINESS.
THESE QUALITIES TRANSLATE WELL INTO OWNING A BUSINESS AND FARMER ALREADY RUNS IN THE
BLOOD FOR MANY OF THOSE THAT ENLISTED.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT MILITARY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IS THAT 45% OF MILITARY COME FROM
RURAL BACKGROUNDS. SO NOT DONE THEY HAVE THAT IN THEIR --SO NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE THAT IN
THEIR ROOTS THEY CAN COME BACK AND FEEL NORMAL AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES.
THE COUPLE IS OFFERING THE MARINES.
HE AND HIS WIFE STEPHANIE ARE PLANNING TO GO BACK TO THE FAMILY FARM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
GROWING UP I HAD A BIG INTEREST IN GARDENING AND GROWING PLANTS. TO PLANT SOMETHING AND
KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONE THAT YOU KNOW CREATED THAT. SO, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A HOBBY. AND
I DEVELOPED A PASSION FOR IT. MY SPECIFIC JOB THAT I HAD WHICH WAS A WATER SUPPORT TECHNICIAN.
WHERE WE DEALT WITH WATER PURE INDICATION AND DISTRIBUTION AND --PURIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION.
MATT ON THE OTHER HAND WAS A CITY BOY. HE WAS A SYSTEM'S ENGINEER FOR FIVE YEARS AND
IS BEING WHOOED BY COMPANIES LIKE IBM, HE HAS OTHER PLANS.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE A AQUA CULTURE FARMER. RAISE THE FISH THAT THEN FEEDS PLANTS. WE
DO NOT HAVE TO ADD NUTRIANTS TO THE WATER. THE LETTUCE AND SWISS CHARD USES FAR LESS
WATER.
WE ARE DOING SOMETHING GROUND BREAKING USING ORGANIC GROWING TECHNIQUES WITH HYDROPONICS,
MOST FOLKS PUMP IT FULL OF CHEMICALS. AND THEY ARE DONE. HERE WE BREW OUR OWN COMPOST
THAT IS MADE OUT OF WORM CASTINGS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF THING THES THAT STEW FOR A COUPLE
--THINGS THAT STEW OVER A COUPLE DAYS AND THROW IT IN. THEY ARE USING IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES.
I TIED TOGETHER MANAGING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND NATIONAL SECURITY AND I'M A TECH GEEK,
HE IS BREAKING INTO A NEW FIELD AND HE WILL NEED FINANCING AND SMARTS BUT HE AND THE OTHER
STUDENTS ARE MAKING BUSINESS PLANS.
THE PROSPECT OF AN INDOOR JOB DOES NOT MOTIVATE THESE STUDENTS AFTER SERVING IN A DIFFERENT
KIND OF FIELD. YOU ARE ALWAYS OUTSIDE WORKING WITH YOUR HANDS AND THIS ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH OUR HANDS OUTSIDE. IT'S GREAT WORK.
THAT WAS KPBS REPORTER ALLISON SAINT JOHN. CLASSES ARE OFFERED.
NOW HERE IS AN UPDATE ON WHAT KPBS IS WORKING ON FOR NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU NEWS ABOUT THE AFTER MATH OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN THROUGHOUT
THE WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE BATTLE OVER THE STATE BUDGET.
THANKS. YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY OF THE STORIES YOU SAW TONIGHT BY GOING TO THE WEBSITE AT
KPBD.ORG. AND NOW HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST. THANKS FOR WATCHING, GOOD
NIGHT.