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>> >>ERIK: SAN DIEGO
HOLDS ITS FIRST FIRE ACADEMY IN THREE YEARS. AMID WORRIES ABOUT HOW TO HOLD ON TO FIRE
FIGHTERS. >> >>PEGGY: TWO BIG BLOWS CUT TO MILLIONS
FROM THE CITY'S BUDGET. WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT PROJECTS WILL SUFFER AND
WHAT THE MAYOR PLANS TO FIGHT FOR. THEN, WE'LL SHOW YOU THE HIGH TECH WAY RIDING
HABITS OF SAN DIEGO'S CYCLISTS ARE BEING MONITORED AND WHY IT MATTERS TO CITY PLANNERS.
I'M PEGGY PICO, WITH THE W THOSE STORIES JUST AHEAD.
>> >>ERIK: AND IN TONIGHT'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO, KEN KRAMER SHARE AS SECRET OF THE CORONADO
SHORE LINE. KPBS EVENING EDITION STARTS NOW.
CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY ECAPTIONS. LAST NIGHT WE TOLD YOU ABOUT SAN DIEGO'S REDEVELOPMENT
WISH LIST GETTING CUT SHORT BY THE STATE. PEGGY PICO EXPLAINS WHAT THIS MEANS TO CITY
BUDGET AND WHICH PROJECTS THE MAYOR PLANS TO FIGHT FOR.
>> >>PEGGY: LOCAL AGENCIES COULD CONTINUE TO FUND PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH STATE
APPROVAL. THIS WEEK, THE STATE DENIED MOST OF WHAT SAN
DIEGO ASKED FOR. NOW THE CITY CANNOT SPEND MORE THAN $24ÊMILLION
OF EAR MARKED FUNDS FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESS PROJECTS.
MY GUEST JAY GOLDSTONE, SAN DIEGO'S CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER IS HERE TO EXPLAIN THAT'S
NOT THE ONLY BLOW TO THE CITY BUDGET THIS WEEK.
THANKS FOR COMING BACK. LET'S TALK ON THE PENSION REFORM.
THIS WEEK THE DIRECTER OF STH VOTER APPROVAL PENSION SYSTEM REFORM PUT 27ÊMILLION DOLLARS
UP FRONT FOR THE FISCAL BUDGET COMING UP. WHAT IS THAT FOR?
>> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: WELL, BECAUSE O OF THE NEW PENSION REFORM, THE PENSION SYSTEM HAS
MADE A DETERMINATION BASED ON THEIR ACTUARIES ADVICE IMPACT TO OUR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
>> >>PEGGY: WILL THAT HELP US IN THE LONG RUN?
>> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: IN THE LONG RUN IT WILL ABSOLUTELY SAVE US SOME MONEY.
OVER THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS IT'S GOING. >> >>PEGGY: DID ANYBODY PLAN FOR THAT? DID
ANYBODY LOOK SAY THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE POSSIBLES?
>> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: WE REPORTED THAT AND IT WAS ALSO DISCLOSED IN THE VOTER INFORMATION
AND IN PART OF THE FISCAL ANALYSIS. >> >>PEGGY: LET'S GET TO THE REDEVELOPMENT
PORTION OF THIS. I WANT TO JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE. SO THE STATE SAID THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
ALLOW THE CITY TO SPEND REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS SPECIFICALLY 20ÊMILLION DOLLARS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, 4ÊMILLION IN PERMANENT HOMELESS SHELTER, AND 5ÊBILLION IN THE CHARGERS STADIUM
AND OTHER PROJECTS. LET'S GET TO THE PERMANENT HOMELESS SHELTER
FIRST. ISN'T THE PROJECT DOWNTOWN ALMOST COMPLETE?
>> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: IT SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THIS ST REALLY RIDICULOUS AND WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE'S
INTERPRETATION. THE CITY MADE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT
WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND THAT AMENDMENT WAS BECAUSE THE COST OF THE PROJECT WAS ABOVE
THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES. THE DEVELOPER WENT OUT AND FOUND THIRD PARTY
FUNDING, IT'S NOT REDEVELOPMENT DOLLARS WE HAD TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT AND RECOGNIZE THIS
ADDITIONAL FUNDING. BECAUSE THAT AMENDMENT CAME AFTER THE LEGISLATION
EVEN THOUGH AGAIN IT HAS NO BEARING ON THE TAX INCREMENT, THE STATE'S DISALLOWING THAT.
>> >>PEGGY: ARE YOU GOING TO FIGHT THAT LEGALLY? >> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: ABSOLUTELY.
>> >>PEGGY: WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO WHAT ELSE YOUR ARE GORING TO FIGHT
FOR. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT 5ÊBILLION DOLLAR NUMBER
T. THAT WAS QUITE SURPRISING WHEN I SAW IT.
PART OF IT WAS ABOUT A POTENTIAL SITE FOR THE CHARGERS.
>> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: THAT'S U MUNT OF EXPH INTO THE CITY OVER A 20 OR 30 YEAR TIME HORIZON.
SO IT WASN'T IMMEDIATE, AND IT WASN'T TWO OR THREE YEARS.
BUT IT WAS TO FUND A WHOLE HOST OF PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THE PLANNING STAGES BUT THEY
WEREN'TÊ WE DIDN'T HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE, THEY WERE MAYBE PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T GOING
TO START FOR FIVE, TEN YEARS OUT. >> >>PEGGY: BUT SOME OF THAT WAS TO MAKE SURE
TO TRY TO GET IT IN UNDER THIS GUIDELINE THAT IF YOU HAD ALREADY START AD PROJECT YOU MIGHT
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE FUNDING IT. >> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: THERE WAS THE CONCEPT
THAT IF WE HAD A COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT
CONTRACT MAY BE BINDING AND THEN THE STATE WOULD ALLOW IT.
WE KNEW THAT WAS A LONG SHOT. SO WE WEREN'T REALLY SURPRISED THAT THE STATE
DENIED THAT AGREEMENT. BUT THEY WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY BEING
PLANNED BY DOWNTOWN PROJECT AREA YOU, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
>> >>PEGGY: IT WASN'T ALL BAD NEWS. THE STATE DID APPROVE THE 21ÊMILLION FOR EMBARCADERO
PROJECT. WHAT KIND OF DEFICIT, AS IT STANDS NOW, ARE
WE LOOKING AT TO THE BUDGET, WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AND THE PENSION PLAN.
>> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 37ÊMILLION DOLLAR PROJECTED DEFICIT FOR
THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
MOST OF THAT'S THE CAUSE OF THE PENSION PAYMENT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT DECISION
THERE'S ABOUT 14ÊMILLION DOLLARS IN BOND PAYMENTS, DEBT SERVICE FOR PETCO PARK AND
A PORTION THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION THAT WILL NOW HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE CITY'S
GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR INSTEAD OF RELYING ON REDEVELOPMENT DOLLARS.
>> >>PEGGY: JUST TO FINISH THIS, 37ÊMILLION TO 41ÊMILLION SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF
MONEY. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS SAN DIEGO'S BUDGET?
>> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: IT'S ABOUT THREE TO THREE AND A HALF PERCENT OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
>> >>PEGGY: WE ARE OUT OF TIME SO JAY GOLDSTONE THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS UPDATE.
>> >>JAY GOLDSTONE: MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU. >> >>ERIK: THE SAN DIEGO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
RUNNING ITS FIRST FIRE ACADEMY IN THREE YEARS. NOW, THE CITY IS WORRIED ABOUT HOLDING ON
TO ITS RECRUITS. THE DEPARTMENT'S ALREADY LOST ONE RECRUIT
FROM THIS LATEST CLASS TO ANOTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT. MAYOR BOB FILNER SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO DO
BETTER FOR ITS FIRE FIGHTERS. IN TERMS OF PAY, BENEFITS, AND TRAINING.
WHILE IT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE SHOOTER IN NEWTOWN WAS MENTALLY ILL, LAST WEEK'S SHOOTING
HAS SPARK AD NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND NOW A STATE LAW MAKER SAYS THE NATION SHOULD LOOK TO CALIFORNIA FOR A MODEL FOR
TREATING IT. SENATOR DARRYL STEINBERG IS ASKING VICE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT CALIFORNIA'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT.
IT PROMOTES EARLY AND BROAD RANGING INTERVENTION. AND IT'S FUNDED BY A ONE PERCENT TAX ON THOSE
EARNING A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE A YEAR. STEINBERG SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD
MATCH THAT MONEY IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATE TOO, CREATE THE FOUNDATION OF A NATIONAL MENTAL
HEALTH SYSTEM. TOMORROW COMMUNITY LEADERS IN SOUTH EAST SAN
DIEGO WILL OFFER A TRADE GUNS FOR GIFT CARDS. THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR FOR THE EXCHANGE.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED. IT STARTS TOMORROW MORNING AT 8:30ÊA.M. AT
414 EUCLID AVENUE. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BUYS THE GIFT CARDS
WITH MONEY IT RECOVERS DURING DRUG SEIZURES. EVENT ORGANIZERS SAY THAT THEY USUALLY COLLECT
ABOUT 200 GUNS EACH YEAR AT THE EXCHANGE. A SNOW STORM IN THE MID WEST HAS CANCELED
ABOUT A THOUSAND FLIGHTS. OFFICIALS AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
SAY THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH IMPACT HERE SO FAR BLT BUT THEY'RE ADVISING TRAVELERS TO
KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEIR AIRLINES. YOU CAN ALSO TRACK FLIGHTS ON THE AIRPORT'S
WEBSITE, SAN.ORG. THE OFFICIAL OLIVENHAIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
HOPES TO KNOW SOON WHETHER THEIR ATTEMPT TO DRILL INTO AN UNDER GROUND AQUIFER HITS A
GUSHER. THE AGENCY IS WORKING WITH THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO PROBE THE ROCK AND SEDIMENT 1200ÊFEET UNDER THE SAN Y LE HO LAGOON.
USGS GEOLOGIST WES DANSKIN SAYS A SUCCESSFUL WELL COULD PRODUCE UP TO 1.5ÊMILLION GALLONS
OF WATER A DAY. LOCAL CONGRESSMAN DUNCAN HUNTER SAYS AMERICAN
TRAVELERS SHOULD BOYCOTT MEXICO UNTIL A FORMER U.S. MARINE IS RELEASED FROM A MEXICAN PRISON.
JOE HAMMER WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST FOR CARRYING AN AN TEEK GUN INTO THAT COUNTRY.
HIS FAMILY HAS SAID HE HAD DECLARED THE WEAPON BEFORE CROSSING THE BORDER.
THEY SAY HE WAS GIVEN BAD INFORMATION BY AGENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.
HUNTER SAYS HE'S PREPARED TO GO TO MEXICO HIMSELF TO ASK FOR HAMMER'S RELEASE.
A MEMORIAL FOR RAVI SHANKAR DREW HUNDREDS TO ENCINITAS TODAY.
SHANKAR WAS A SITAR VIRTUOSO WHO INTRODUCED INDIAN MUSIC TO THE WEST.
HE DIED LAST WEEK AT THE AGE OF 92. FOUR SAN DIEGO COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED
FOR NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON HONORS. THE PROGRAM HONORS SCHOOLS WITH HIGH TEST
SCORES OF GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON THEIR TESTS. THE LOCAL NOMINEES ARE THE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS AT KERNE HIGH, TORREY PINES ELEMENTARY, STANDLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND OCEAN AIR ELEMENTARY
IN DEL MAR. THE WINNERS ARE USUALLY ANNOUNCED IN SEPTEMBER.
BICYCLING IS FUN, BUT IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF CITY PLANNERS VISION OF OUR FUTURE.
AS A REGION WE HAVE TO CUT OUR CARBON FOOT PRINT EVEN AS THE POPULATION GROWS.
PEGGY PICO TELLS US ABOUT A PROJECT MEASURE WHO IS BIKING, AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
>> >>PEGGY: JOINING ME TO TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE THE MOST EXTENSIVE BICYCLE
COUNT PROJECT IN THE NATION IS SHERRY RYAN, PROFESSOR OF CITY PLANNING AT SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY, AND CHRIS KLUTH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FRR SANDAG.
TELL US WHAT THIS BIKE COUNT PROJECT IS. >> >>SHERRY RYAN: BASICALLY, THE COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A 16ÊMILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL. PART OF THAT MONEY WENT TO SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL AUTOMATED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTERS.
AFTER TWO YEAR PROJECT, WE HAVE 28 LOCATIONS ACROSS OUR REGION COLLECTING CONTINUOUS DATA
ON CYCLIST AND PEDESTRIANS. >> >>PEGGY: TELL US ABOUT HOW YOUR COLLECTING
THAT AS FAR AS ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE. >> >>SHERRY RYAN: THERE'S DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES.
THE INFRARED TECHNOLOGY IS COUNTING PEDESTRIANS. A UNIT IS ATTACHED TO A STREET POLL AND WHEN
A BEAM IS BROKEN IT COUNTS A PEDESTRIAN. THE CYCLIST AND THE IN STREET CYCLE COUNTING IS
WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THE PROJECT. THAT ACTUALLY HAS A LOGGER INSTALLED UNDER
GROUND AND A LOOP THAT RUNS OUT INTO THE AS FAULT, THE ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY, AS THAT KIND
OF IN STREET BICYCLE COUNTING IS PRETTY INNOVATIVE. THIS VENDOR WE'RE USING IS THE ONLY COMPANY
THAT SELLS THAT TECHNOLOGY. >> >>PEGGY: WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT
AND WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED SO FAR ON THIS. HOW IS SANDAG GOING TO USE THIS DATA?
>> >>CHRIS KLUTH: WE HAVE ALREADY START # D USING SOME OF THE DATA TO RECONFIRM OUR THOUGHTS
ON SOME OF THE PLACEMENT OF OUR REGIONAL CORRIDORS. AND JUST LIKE WE HAVE DECADES OF AUTOMOBILE
DATA THAT FORM THE PLANNING OF ROADWAYS WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS DATA IN THE SAME WAY TO
FIGURE OUT THE BEST PLACES ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE SHOULD BE PUTTING OUR
BIKE FACILITIES. >> >>PEGGY: I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE USED IN
THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THIS PATHS AND REALLY HOW ROADS ARE DONE IN
SAN DIEGO. CAN YOU GIVE IS A US A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT
THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? >> >>CHRIS KLUTH: AS WE BUILT BUILD OUT OUR
NETWORK, WE'RE SEEING A STRONG PREFERENCE FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY LIKE SEPARATED FACILITIES
AND SO GIVEN THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE, THERE ARE LOTS OF DESIGNS NOW THAT ARE BEING ACCEPTED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ALLOW US TO PUT SEPARATED FACILITIES PROTECTED BIKEWAYS IN URBAN AREAS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A REGULAR BIKE LANE THAT MOST PEOPLE MAY ENVISION OR MAY HAVE THOUGHT
OF A FEW YEARS AGO. THERE'S A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY NOW.
>> >>PEGGY: YEAH, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE. WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
SHERRY Y WANT TO ASK YOU SO FAR HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS COUNTS WHAT KIND THE DATA
ABOUT. >> >>CHRIS KLUTH: YEAH, WE HAVE THREE MONTHS
OF CONTINUOUS DATA, SO DAILY DATA AT ALL 28 LOCATIONS, SOME OF THE COUNTERS HAVE BEEN
IN LONGER BUT BASICALLY WE'RE SEEING IN SOME OF THE COASTAL CITIES, AVERAGE DAILY CYCLING
LEVELS UP IN AROUND 2000, 3,000 CYCLISTS A DAY.
AND IT'S JUST DATA WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. WE'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE
OF CYCLING. WHAT THIS DATA GOING TO HELP US DO IS TRANSLATE
THOSE VOLUMES INTO HEALTH MEASURES AND AIR QUALITY MEASURES AND EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND DEVELOPING METRICS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW
TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THESE GOALS. >> >>PEGGY: THAT'S WHERE CHRIS COMES IN. I
WANT TO TOUCH ON YOU HAVE HUMAN MONITORS OUT THERE AS WELL.
>> >>CHRIS KLUTH: YEAH, PEOPLEÊ TRADITIONALLY WE SEE A LOT MORE MEN RIDING BIKES.
WE SEE A LOT OF SIDE WALKS. >> >>PEGGY: SIGNIFICANTLY UP WARDS OF 80,
90%. >> >>CHRIS KLUTH: SOME LOCATIONS 80 TO 90%
OF THE CYCLISTS ARE MEN. WE SEE A LOT OF SIDE WALK CYCLING.
PEOPLE ON THE SIDE WALK THAT'S A STRONG INDICATION THAT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MINGING
WITH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. VEHICULAR COUNTING.
>> >>PEGGY: PEOPLE ON THE SIDE WALK, MOST OF THEM ARE MEN, WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TRANSPORTATION
PLAN? >> >>CHRIS KLUTH: WELL, AS SHERRY SAID, YOU'RE
GOING TO GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE OVERALL RIDING. >> >>PEGGY: WE'LL CERTAINLY BE LOOKING FOR
A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AS IT COMES OUT.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BEÊ YOU PLAN ON DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS OUT.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US AND GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THIS.
>> >>SHERRY RYAN: THANK YOU. >> >>CHRIS KLUTH: THANK YOU.
>> >>ERIK: THE SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS ARE FACING BRIGHAM YOUNG IN THE POINSETTIA BOWL
RIGHT NOW. IT'S THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE BOWL APPEARANCE
FOR THE AS TECHS. THE WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WE HAVE ANOTHER CHILE
NIGHT AHEAD. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S AND 40S AROUND
THE COUNTY. THINGS SHOULD BE WARMING UP JUST A BIT TOMORROW.
PARTLY CLOUDY ALONG THE COAST WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S.
SUN INLAND, WITH SOME CLOUDS MOVING IN BY THE WEEKEND.
THE MOUNTAINS COULD SEE RAIN BY SUNDAY. AND THE FORECAST IS FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
IN THE DESERT. ON A STORMY NEW YEAR'S EVE 76 YEARS AGO, A
SHIP CAME CRASHING ASHORE ALONG OUR COAST. AS KEN KRAMER SHOWS US, IF YOU KNOW WHERE
AND WHEN TO LOOK, YOU CAN STILL SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE WRECKAGE.
>> >>KEN: THIS IS THE BEACH AT CORONADO AND IT ISN'T JUST ANY DAY AT THE BEACH, IT'S LOW
TIDE AND AT LOW TIDE YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING OUT THERE ON THE SAND LOOKS LIKE LITTLE BUMPS,
ROCKS, SEE THEM? AND IF YOU NOTICE IN A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE F YOU DO, YOU SEE,
THERE ARE A STRAIGHT SHAPE TO THEM AND SOME CORNERS.
THEY'RE NOT ROCKS AT ALL, THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF SOMETHING THAT WASHED UP HERE A LONG
TIME AGO, SOMETHING BIG. MONTE CARLO, THAT SOMETHING WAS THE MONTE
CARLO, A GAMBLING SHIP THAT HAD BEEN ANCHORED OUT AT SEA BUT BROKE LOOSE ON A STORM IN 1936.
THE FOLLOWING DAY IT CRASHED OUT ON THE SHORE IN. RICHARD KENNEY, REMEMBERS UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE COLONEL, REMEMBERS KERNEL, REMEMBERS HE WAS A LIFE GUARD AT THE HOTEL DEL.
HE WENT DOWN TO TAKE A LOOK OF COURSE WHO WOULDN'T.
THE OWNERS HAD ABANDONED ST AND PEOPLE WERE GRAB B EVERYTHING FROM ROULETTE WHEELS TO
THE DOUGLAS FUR DANCE, FLOOR, AND LIQUOR. THAT'S WHY IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE THREE MILE
LIMIT. HERE'S A CHAIR THAT SOMEBODY PICKED UP THAT
EVENTUALLY MADE ITS WAY OVER TO THE CORONADO HISTORY MUSEUM, ALONG WITH A MENU FROM THE
MONTE CARLO. THEY CALL TD A SHIP, BUT REALLY IT WAS JUST
ANCHORED OUT THERE. IT HAD NO POWER OF ITS OWN.
WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE IN THE STORM, THERE WAS NO CONTROLLING IT.
>> >>: IT WAS A BARGE WITH NO MOTOR, A CONCRETE BARGE.
>> >>KEN: BUT IN ITS HEY DAY, HAY DAY, WATER TAXIS, SKIDDING OVER THE WAVES GOING BACK
AND FORTH TO THE MONTE CARLO TO AND FROM THE PLEASURE SHIP.
WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE, THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ABOARD, JUST TWO CARE TAKERS WHO GOT OFF SAFELY,
AND NOW HERE IT WAS BEACHED AND PICKED OVER. >> >>: ABOUT TWO DAYS LATER, IT WAS ALL GONE.
IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE FINDING THE OFFICIALS GOT HERE AND GOT IT UNDER CONTROL.
>> >>KEN: KERNEL KENNEY A 16 YEAR OLD KID BACK THEN, DIDN'T WALK AWAY EMPTY HANDED THOUGH.
ALL THESE YEARS LATER HE'S STILL GOT A COUPLE OF SOUVENIRS.
>> >>: I GOT THESE OUT OF A TABLE TOP LIKE A ROULETTE WHEEL DRAWER, A FEW SILVER DOLLARS.
SO WHAT CAN BE SEEN TODAY? IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE WATER LEVEL, ALMOST ALL THE MONTE CARLO
HAS BEEN HAULED OR WASHED AWAY IN THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY.
BUT ON SOME DAYS WHEN THE TIDE AND THE SAND IS PARTICULARLY LOW, MORE OF IT SHOWS UP.
I'VE WALKED AROUND IT AND ONCE IN AWHILE WHEN IT STICKS UP THEY COME AND CUT SOME MORE REBAR OUT OF IT OR SOMETHING.
>> >>: IT DID POSE MORE OF A DANGER IN PAST YEARS.
AS TO KERNEL KENNEY, AGED 92 WHEN HE TALKED WITH US, MUCH DECORATED WORLD WAR TWO PILOT,
POW, HE NEVER IMAGINED THAT ANYBODY WOULD ASK HIM ABOUT THE MONTE CARLO ALL THESE YEARS
LATER. >> >>: I NEVER SUSPECTED IT BEING
A I'D BE AROUND AT 92, EITHER. I THOUGHT I'D BE
A HOLE IN THE GROUND PROBABLY OR SOMETHING. >> >>KEN: HE SAYS HE DOESN'T RECALL MUCH,
BUT HE IS ONE WHO DOES REMEMBER THAT GAMBLING SHIP, WHAT HAPPENED TO IT.
AND WHAT THESE THINGS IN THE CORONADO SAND REALLY ARE.
TRACES OF
THE MONTE CARLO AND
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO. >> >>ERIK: WHO KNEW.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE
MORE
OF KEN'S STORIES ABOUT SAN DIEGO, HIS WINTER HOLIDAY SHOW AIRS TONIGHT AT 8:00ÊP.M. HERE
ON KPBS. YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE,
KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION. THANKS FOR JOINING US AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.