
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Season 1 Episode 2910 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Teachers are joined by students rally over pending contract.
Teachers are joined by students and their families in a rally outside the county’s largest charter school in Point Loma, demanding action on their pending contract. Plus, midterms are nearing and KPBS breaks down details on the important, but often overlooked, race. Finally, Dia de los Muertos or “Day of the Dead” is being celebrated across San Diego County.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Season 1 Episode 2910 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Teachers are joined by students and their families in a rally outside the county’s largest charter school in Point Loma, demanding action on their pending contract. Plus, midterms are nearing and KPBS breaks down details on the important, but often overlooked, race. Finally, Dia de los Muertos or “Day of the Dead” is being celebrated across San Diego County.
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>>> IT IS THE LARGEST CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEM IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
TONIGHT TEACHERS WORKING ON THE CAMPUSES ARE DEMANDING ACTION ON THEIR PENDING CONTRACT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
ALMOST 700 TEACHERS AND CLASSIFIED WORKERS UNIONIZE LAST YEAR.
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE DRAGGED ON FOR 10 MONTHS NOW.
RIGHT NOW, THESE TEACHERS ARE BEING JOINED BY STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN A RALLY OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL CHARTER SCHOOL IN POINT LOMA.
THAT IS WHERE MG PEREZ JOINS US.
>> Reporter: WE WERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN POINT LOMA WHERE SEVERAL DOZEN PARENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS JOIN TEACHERS IN THE RALLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE UPSET ABOUT THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS DRAGON ON.
NEGOTIATIONS STARTED IN JANUARY.
AT THIS OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TEACHERS UNION ARE MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CMO.
THAT IS ANOTHER TERM FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE DIFFICULTY OF THE GRIDLOCK.
THE ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT MONEY.
THE FINANCIAL PART OF THE PACKAGE HAS BEEN DECIDED WITH TEACHERS RECEIVING A 2% INCREASE ANNUALLY ON THEIR PAYCHECKS.
THE PROBLEM IS MORE ABOUT POWER .
WE SPOKE WITH A PARENT, A TEACHER, AND ALSO A STUDENT ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
I WILL LET YOU HEAR THE EXPLANATION IN THE WORDS OF THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT.
>> THERE IS NO DUE PROCESS HERE.
TEACHERS ARE JUST GETTING DISMISSED AND THE CEO IS THE ONE WHO IS DECIDING WHO GETS TO STAY AND WHO DOESN'T.
I DO NOT THINK THAT IS OKAY.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DECIDE WHO STAYS AND WHO DOESN'T.
THERE NEEDS TO BE DUE PROCESS.
>> IT IS CAUSING A LOT OF STRESS TO THE POINT WHERE TEACHERS ARE LEAVING TO TRY TO FIND EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE THERE'S MORE STABILITY AND LESS FEAR INVOLVED IN THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL.
THE STUDENTS LOOSE IN THIS.
>> WE REALLY HOPED AND EXPECTED THAT WE WOULD BE DONE BY THE SUMMER.
THE CMO COMMUNICATED THAT THEY WANTED IT TO BE FAST BUT IT HAS FELT LIKE THEY DRAGGED IT ON AND ON.
I REALLY HOPE WE CAN BRING THIS TO A CONCLUSION.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY DISHEARTENING.
>> Reporter: AS THE YOUNG MAN SAID IT IS A PROBLEM WITH DUE PROCESS.
WE GOT A STATEMENT FROM THE CEO.
HE SAID WE FIERCELY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY DEFEND OUR UNIQUE APPROACH TO LEARNING AND HOW WE ORGANIZE OPERATIONS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM OUTSIDE CONTROL HAS BEEN CENTRAL TO THE ABILITY TO DELIVER ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS AND WHAT WE EXPECT FROM OURSELVES.
THAT IS A STATEMENT FROM THE CEO.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONTINUING.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THOSE VOICES.
THE BARGAINING SESSION UNDERWAY, CAN WE EXPECT AN AGREEMENT TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE BUT I CAN TELL YOU ANTHONY MILLIKEN, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, SAID THE CHARTER MANAGEMENT OFFICERS REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL HAVE SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT POSSIBLY BY THE END OF THE EVENING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
>>> A MARKET IN MOUNTAIN VIEW IS AT THE CENTER OF AN INVESTIGATION THAT LED TO THE INDICTMENT OF 22 PEOPLE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FRAUD.
AS ALEXANDER WILL TELL US, NEIGHBORS ARE HOPING FOR CHANGES.
>> Reporter: PASTOR STEVE STRETCHES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MIKE'S MARKET.
HE HAS ONLY BEEN THERE A YEAR AND A HALF BUT SAID THAT IS A COMMON THING HE HAS HEARD FROM RESIDENTS.
>> AND ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS WE HEAR THIS.
>> Reporter: VIOLENT CRIMES AND DRUG ACTIVITIES HAVE PLAGUED THIS AREA FOR YEARS.
AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL IS MIKE'S MARKET.
THE CLERKS WORKED WITH GANG MEMBERS TO SELL DRUGS WHICH WERE PAID FOR THROUGH EBT, MONEY THAT COMES FROM A FEDERAL FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
>> THIS BUSINESS WAS NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE.
INSTEAD IT WAS A PLACE WHERE EMPLOYEES WERE COMMITTING MASSIVE FRAUD, STEALING NEARLY $2 MILLION IN FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS FOR THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: 22 PEOPLE WERE INDICTED ON 221 FELONY CHARGES RANGING FROM ATTEMPTED MURDER TO GUN CHARGES, ROBBERY, AND DRUG SALES.
AFTER A RASH OF SHOOTINGS AROUND THE MARKET, THE PASTOR HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE MAYOR, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, AND SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
WHAT THEY HEARD WAS THAT -- >> MIKE'S MARKET WAS A DEFINITELY A PLACE THAT WOULD HARBOR A LOT OF BEHAVIORS BUT ALSO IT WOULD BE A PLACE FOR NOT ONLY CRIME BUT A PLACE THAT PERPETUATED FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> EVERYBODY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES TO HAVE BUSINESSES THAT RESPECT THEM, THAT PROVIDE FURTHER MEANS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEY DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> Reporter: DESPITE THE ARREST, THE PASTOR SAID THE COMMUNITY IS STILL ON EDGE.
MIKE'S MARKET IS STILL LOOKING FOR NOW.
>> TO CLOSE IT DOWN WOULD BE A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY.
>>> CALIFORNIA HAS LAUNCHED A NEW PORTAL TO HELP SEXUAL ASSAULT PROVIDERS >>> THEIR EVIDENCE KIDS.
THE STATE ALSO HIRED AN EVIDENCE OUTREACH COORDINATOR TO FACILITATE BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT, MEDICAL FACILITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROCESS THEM.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THIS SHOULD HELP CLEAR THE BACKLOG AND HELP SURVIVORS ACCESS INFORMATION.
>> VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT IN THE DARK.
THESE KIDS SHOULD NOT ONLY BE PROCESSED TIMELY, SURVIVORS DESERVE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF THEIR KIDS.
>> INDIVIDUALS CAN ACCESS INFORMATION BY ENTERING THEIR KIT NUMBER AND THE AGENCY INVESTIGATING.
THE PORTAL ONLY ALLOWS ACCESS TO STATUS AND LOCATION DATA.
IT ALSO LIMITS THE NUMBER OF TIMES A PERSON CAN ENTER THE SYSTEM EACH DAY.
>>> THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE ONE WEEK AWAY AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS MAKING PART OF HIS PUSH TO GET OUT THE VOTE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
DETAILS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED BUT WE KNOW HE WILL ATTEND AN EVENT WITH CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN ON THURSDAY.
LEVIN HAS REPRESENTED THE DISTRICT STRADDLING SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY SINCE 2018.
IS IN A TIGHTLY CONTESTED RACE WITH A REPUBLICAN AND FORMER SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MAYOR.
>>> THERE ARE NEARLY 2 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
EARLY VOTING IS WELL UNDERWAY.
AS MELISSA MADE TELLS US SOME POLL WORKERS ARE STILL NEEDED.
>> Reporter: LAST YEAR BEGINNING IN OCTOBER SAN DIEGO COUNTY IMPLEMENTED THE VOTE CENTER MODEL.
INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE DAY TO VOTE AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION VOTERS CAN GO TO ANY OF THE VOTE CENTERS OVER THE COURSE OF 10 DAYS.
HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE PEOPLE WHO HELP THE PLACE IS RUN?
>> THEY ARE REQUIRED TO WORK MULTIPLE DAYS.
THEY SWITCH FROM BEING A ONE- DAY VOLUNTEER TO NOW A TEMPORARY COUNTY EMPLOYEE.
THEY GO THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS OF THE COUNTY.
>> Reporter: THE COUNTY USES A SOFTWARE AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS COMPLETELY ONLINE.
>> A CRITICAL PART OF USING THIS HIRING PROCESS IS TO ACCURATELY MAINTAIN THIS INFORMATION AND GET UP-TO-DATE ADDRESS INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAIL CHECKS TIMELY AND DO PAIN PAYROLL TIMELY.
THE TRAINING IS NOW TWO DAYS LONG WHERE UNDER THE TRADITIONAL POLLING PLACE MODEL IT WAS FOUR HOURS LONG.
NOW IT IS A FULL TWO DAYS OF TRAINING PLUS I HAVE DAY OF SET UP AND A HALF DAY OF BREAK DOWN.
NOW YOU ARE A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE RECEIVING AN HOURLY RATE WAGE.
>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF POLL WORKERS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK BETWEEN ONE AND TWO WEEKS.
THERE WAS NO PROBLEM RECRUITING WORKERS FOR THIS UPCOMING ELECTION EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN BILINGUAL POLL WORKERS.
>> WE ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH THOSE THAT SPEAK CHINESE, VIETNAMESE, JAPANESE, KOREAN.
>> Reporter: PHYSICIANS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR BILINGUAL POLL WORKERS.
MELISSA MAY, KPBS NEWS.
>>> ONE OF THE LOWER PROFILE RACES IS THE ONE FOR ASSESSOR REPORTER AND COUNTY CLERK.
ANDREW BOWEN SAID IT IS THREE OFFICES IN ONE.
>> Reporter: THE COUNTY ASSESSOR HAS THE JOB OF DETERMINING HOW MUCH A PROPERTY IS WORTH AND HOW MUCH OF THAT CAN BE TAXED UNDER STATE LAW.
THE RECORDER AND CLERK PARTS OF THE JOB INVOLVE ISSUING BIRTH, DEATH, AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES AND REGISTERING BUSINESS NAMES.
THE CURRENT ASSESSOR IS RETIRING AFTER 12 YEARS ON THE JOB.
>> I READ ALL OF THE CUSTOMER FEEDBACK.
>> Reporter: JORDAN MARXIST THE CHIEF DEPUTY ASSESSOR RUNNING TO REPLACE HIS BOSS.
HE SAID THE OFFICE NEED SOMEBODY WITH EXPERIENCE THAT WILL PUT THE CUSTOMER FIRST.
>> I GOT TO THE OFFICE AND THEY SAID WE NEEDED A NEW WEBSITE.
WE BUDGETED FOR IT AND PLANNED FOR IT.
MINUS THE SLOWDOWN FROM THE PANDEMIC WE GOT THERE BECAUSE THAT IS GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
>> I'VE BEEN AN EXECUTIVE MOST OF MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: BARBARA IS HIS OPPONENT.
SHE IS A LONGTIME ENTREPRENEUR WHO SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE RUNNING UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR MAYOR.
SHE SAID THE OFFICE NEEDS TO UPDATE NOT JUST THE WEBSITE BUT ALSO HOW IT GETS INFORMATION FROM CITIES WHEN THEY PERMIT NEW CONSTRUCTION AND THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE REASSESSED.
>> EACH CITY COMMUNICATES IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
IN SOME CASES IT WAS IN THE MAIL.
THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THE 21st CENTURY.
WHAT IF THE PIECE OF PAPER GETS LOST.
>> Reporter: SHE IS A DEMOCRAT AND MARKS IS A REPUBLICAN BUT THE OFFICE IS OFFICIALLY NONPARTISAN.
>> YOU CAN FIND MORE ELECTION COVERAGE AT KPBS.ORG.
YOU CAN FIND STORIES EXPLAINING KEY RACES AND AN IN-DEPTH BALLOT GUIDE .
YOU CAN CLICK THE LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.
>>> THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAID MONKEYPOX IS STILL A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN.
THE COMMITTEE SAID THE OUTBREAK PERSISTS BECAUSE OF GAPS IN RESEARCH AND UNDER REPORTING OF CASES AS WELL AS UNEQUAL ACCESS TO VACCINES AND TREATMENTS.
EXPERTS NOTE THAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE VIRUS, BUT THEY WARN THAT COUNTRIES COULD FACE ADDITIONAL SURGES OF CASES.
HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CASE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DROPPING WITH ONLY THREE NEW CASES REPORTED IN THE LAST WEEK.
AFTER AN INITIAL SHORTAGE THE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT NEED THEM.
>>> PFIZER IS SET TO SUBMIT DATA AFTER WHAT IT CALLS A PROMISING TRIAL FOR THE RSV VACCINE.
IF APPROVED, WE COULD BE SEEING THE INOCULATION IN YOUNG PATIENTS BY NEXT WINTER.
>> LOOKING BACK AT PICTURES YOU CAN SEE IT IN HER EYES THAT THEY WERE PUFFY.
I WAS IN PANIC MODE.
IT WAS TERRIFYING.
>> Reporter: AS PEDIATRIC HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY STILL SEE AN ABOVE-AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS DUE TO RSV, PFIZER IS ANNOUNCING THE END OF THE TRIAL FOR THE RSV VACCINE AND SAID IT IS READY TO SUBMIT DATA TO THE FDA BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE NEWS WAS WELCOMED BY DOCTORS.
>> THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THE STRUGGLES THAT WE CAN HAVE AS A COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: IN THE STUDY, 7400 PREGNANT PARTICIPANTS WERE GIVEN A SINGLE SHOT OF THE VACCINE DURING THE LATE 2nd TO 3rd TRIMESTER OF HER PREGNANCY.
THEY SAID IT WAS 82% INFECTIVE AT PREVENTING SEVERE ILLNESS IN BABIES AND 70% EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING SEVERE ILLNESS FOR SIX MONTHS IN BABIES.
>> THAT WILL BE PROTECTING THE MOM AND THE NEWBORN.
>> Reporter: CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS REMAIN FILLED WITH VIRUS PATIENTS DUE TO RSV.
BRITTANY'S SIX-YEAR-OLD SON HAD TO WAIT HOURS JUST TO SEE A DOCTOR.
>> HAVING HIM NOT BE ABLE TO GET GOOD PRESS ORCHID REST IS THE WORST.
HE IS SO TIRED AND HE CANNOT SLEEP VERY WELL.
>> Reporter: PFIZER IS ALSO MAKING HEADWAY IN AN ONGOING TRIAL OF THE SAME VACCINE FOR OLDER ADULTS.
>>> THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT IS CAUSING WATER SHORTAGES AND SKYROCKETING PRICES.
STATE SENATORS HAVE RAISED THE ALARM ABOUT POTENTIAL DROUGHT PROFITEERING.
THEY ARE ASKING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE.
>> Reporter: MILES OF FERTILE LAND UPROOTED ALMOND TREES LAY FLAT ACROSS DRY FARMLAND.
DROUGHT TIGHTENING WATER RESTRICTIONS AND NOW SKYROCKETING WATER PRICES HAVE FORCED FARMERS TO SACRIFICE THEIR CROPS.
THIS IS WHAT A THIRSTY CITY ON THE VERGE OF RUNNING OUT OF WATER LOOKS LIKE.
>> WE CANNOT CONTINUE THIS.
IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: THEIR CITY COUNCILMAN SAID THEY WERE GOING TO RUN OUT OF WATER BY LATE NOVEMBER.
THEY HAD TO TURN TO THE OPEN MARKET TO PURCHASE WATER TO MAKE UP THE SHORTFALL.
THE CITY WAS SORT OF ABOUT 300 OLYMPIC -SIZED POOLS.
LAST WEEK, THEY FINALIZED THE WATER PURCHASE FROM THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
THE PRICE TAG FOR ONE OF LIFE'S MOST BASIC NECESSITIES?
ROUGHLY $1.1 MILLION.
THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER USED TO COST THE CITY $114,000.
>> I COULD NOT BELIEVE THEY WOULD SELL WATER AT THAT PRICE.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE CHEAPEST RATE WE FOUND.
>> Reporter: THE INDEX SHOWS THE PRICE OF WATER HAS GONE FROM JUST OVER $200 IN 2019 TO MORE THAN $1000 TODAY FOR THE AMOUNT OF WATER IT WOULD TAKE TO FILL HALF OF AN OLYMPIC -SIZED POOL.
>> PEOPLE ARE MAKING MONEY OFF OF LESS WATER AVAILABILITY.
THAT IS HURTING REAL PEOPLE, REAL FARMERS, AND REAL COMMUNITIES.
>> Reporter: A CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR AND BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LEGISLATORS SENT A LETTER THIS AUGUST URGING THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL DROUGHT PROFITEERING.
THEY SUSPECT THERE COULD BE WATER PRICE GOUGING IN DROUGHT STRICKEN WESTERN STATES.
>> I AM NOT A FARMER BUT THIS KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT.
>> Reporter: SHE MET WITH THE LIVING ROOM FULL OF FARMERS RAISING THE ALARM ABOUT HIGH WATER PRICES.
>> HOW CAN WE WORK OUT A PLAN TO WHERE IT WILL NOT BANKRUPT US.
>> Reporter: DEDE AND HER HUSBAND TOM GROW 11 DIFFERENT CROPS.
THEY ESTIMATE THAT THE WATER NEEDED TO GROW ONE OF THEIR CROPS, WALNUTS, WILL COST $40,000.
>> IT WILL COST US MORE IN WATER THAN WE WILL GET FOR THE WALNUTS.
>> Reporter: THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAID HER COMPLAINT WAS FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRIATE STAFF ARE FOR REVIEW.
THE AGENCY DECLINED COMMENT ON WHAT IF ANY INVESTIGATIVE ACTIONS IT MIGHT TAKE AS THIS DWINDLING RESOURCE BECOMES MORE EXPENSIVE TO COME BY.
>> WE ARE A POOR COMMUNITY.
THESE PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD A 1000% INCREASE ON THE WATER BILLS.
>>> LOTS OF CHANGES COMING UP OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
IT IS ALL ABOUT THE WIND.
WE WILL ALSO SEE SOME COOLER AIR MOVING IN.
MOISTURE AS WELL.
THAT IS RIGHT, SOME SHOWERS AND SNOW TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
WIND ADVISORY SYRUP THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN THE PURPLE .
SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS APPROACHING A FRONT THAT WILL BE SAGGING ITS WAY NORTH AND WEST.
MANY SPOTS WILL STAY DRY FOR TONIGHT.
AS WE DROP DOWN TO 59 IN CHULA VISTA, 54 IN BORREGO SPRINGS, YOU CAN SEE SOME HEAVY SOAKING RAIN.
WE CAN USE THAT, TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE CR WILL SEE THE SNOW.
WE WILL SEE THAT BEYOND THE PRECIPITATION SAG OFF TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND EAST AS WE GO INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A BIG DIP IN THE JET STREAM AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME RAIN MOVING IN.
I WILL STEP AWAY SO YOU CAN SEE THE BIG PICTURE.
THE FIRST MEASURABLE RAIN SINCE 23 OCTOBER.
KEEP THE UMBRELLA HANDY.
TEMPERATURE-WISE MID 60s FROM SAN DIEGO TO CHULA VISTA.
REIKO SPRINGS AT 71.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE COOLER AND ADVANCING SNOW LEVELS.
THEY WILL DROP, POTENTIALLY UNDER 4500 FEET AS WE GO INTO THURSDAY.
SNOW OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN.
THAT WILL BE A POSSIBILITY.
AT THE COAST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE WET WEATHER.
HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE INLAND AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THURSDAY SOME SHOWERS AROUND THURSDAY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING.
THANKS CAN TRY OUT AND TEMPERATURES WILL START TO CLIMB.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE FALLING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
WE WILL TURN THINGS AROUND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH SUNSHINE AND WARM AIR.
WE ARE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO A FROST IN SOME OF THE HIGH DESERT.
OTHERWISE WILL BE WARMING THINGS UP HEADED INTO THE WEEKEND.
>>> NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO DIE ALONE.
THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND THE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES END-OF- LIFE COMFORT.
MATT HOFFMAN HAS MORE ON THE RETURN OF AN 11th HOUR PROGRAM.
>> HE HAS BEEN VERY LETHARGIC THE PAST WEEK OR TWO.
HE HAS NOT BEEN MAKING ANY PROGRESS TO GET BETTER.
>> Reporter: THESE ARE THE KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS DR. GREGORY THOMAS HAS EVERY DAY.
HE'S A PALLIATIVE CARE PHYSICIAN AT SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL.
HE IS GOING OVER WHAT AN END-OF- LIFE CARE PLAN MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITH THE HOSPITAL'S CLINICAL CHAPLAIN.
>> THEY IDENTIFY AS CHRISTIAN.
I NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR DENOMINATION IS.
I THINK THEY WILL BE OPEN TO HAVING SPIRITUAL CARE.
>> Reporter: THE TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS ARE STANDING BY, READY TO COMFORT PATIENTS IN THEIR FINAL HOURS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE NO ONE ELSE.
IT IS CALLED THE 11th HOUR PROGRAM.
HE SAID IT IS DESIGNED TO GIVE COMPANIONSHIP TO THOSE AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE.
>> I WORK AROUND THIS EIGHT HOURS A DAY, FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
I AM STILL SCARED OF DEATH.
I WOULD STILL BE REALLY SCARED NOT TO BE AROUND, TO BE AROUND US ALONE.
>> Reporter: IN THE HOSPITAL CAN REFER A PATIENT.
HE SAID WHEN THEY GET THE CALL THEY KNOW THAT THE PATIENT IS NOT GOING TO GET BETTER AND THEY ARE TYPICALLY ON WHAT THEY CALL A COMFORT CARE PLAN.
>> IT IS THE END OF THE ILLNESS JOURNEY.
THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH FIGHTING, THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF WHAT AN ILLNESS WILL DUE TO A BODY AND THEY ARE TOWARD THE END AND ACTIVELY DYING.
IT MEANS THEY ARE NONVERBAL, UNABLE TO SPEAK.
IN GENERAL THEY ARE USUALLY OLDER POPULATION.
>> Reporter: THEY TRY TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT A PATIENT AS POSSIBLE BEFORE SPENDING TIME WITH THEM LIKE FINDING OUT THEIR FAVORITE MUSIC OR BOOKS.
>> IF THEY LOVE THE BEATLES WE PLAY THE BEATLES.
VEIL OF POETRY WE READ SOME POETRY.
SHOWING THAT WE SEE THEM.
WE ARE WITH THEM.
>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM IS JUST STARTING BACK UP AGAIN AFTER A NEARLY THREE-YEAR HIATUS DUE TO COVID-19.
>> IT WAS A BUMMER BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GOOD TIME FOR THE PROGRAM.
>> Reporter: CAMERA IS A VOLUNTEER AND ALSO A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AT THE HOSPITAL.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM SINCE 2015.
SHE SAID IT WAS TOUGH NOT HAVING IT AROUND DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> THAT WAS PROBABLY WHEN WE WERE MOST NEEDED.
A LOT OF PATIENTS HAD TO TYPE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES CANNOT COME TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE NURSES WERE OVERWHELMED WITH A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AT THAT TIME.
I WISH WE COULD HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION.
>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM IS LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP REACH A GOAL OF HAVING SOMEBODY AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PATIENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK, BUT THEY CAN USUALLY HERE.
>> I HOLD HER HAND AND TALK TO THEM AND TELL THEM IT IS OKAY.
AND THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND IN A GOOD ENVIRONMENT AND BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
>> Reporter: SHE DID NOT THINK TWICE WHEN SHE WAS ASKED TO RETURN TO THE PROGRAM.
FOR HER THE WORK IS PERSONAL.
>> IT HAS RESONATED TO ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PRESENT AT THE DEATHS OF THREE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS.
THOSE WERE DIFFERENT KINDS OF EXPERIENCES, BUT WE HAD SO MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AROUND AT THE TIME.
FOR SOMEBODY TO GO PASS ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT ANYBODY DID NOT SEEM RIGHT TO ME.
I THINK IT IS MORE OF A COMFORT TO THE PATIENT AS WELL AS YOURSELF THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE SOMEBODY MAYBE A FEW MOMENTS OF PEACE.
>> Reporter: GRIFFIS SAYS HIS OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS HE SAW HEARTWARMING SCENES WERE NURSES AND THERAPISTS TOOK TIME AT A BUSY SCHEDULES TO SPEND TIME WITH THOSE DYING ALONE.
HE JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP RESTART THE PROGRAM AND IS HOPING MORE VOLUNTEERS WILL HELP IT TO THRIVE.
>> I WANT TO BE IN A WORLD WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE.
I THINK THIS PROGRAM IS ONE STEP TOWARD THAT.
>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM FALLS UNDER THE HOSPITAL'S SPIRITUAL CARE DIVISION.
VOLUNTEERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE RELIGIOUS TO GET INVOLVED.
>>> DIA DE LOS MUERTOS OR DAY OF THE DEAD IS BEING CELEBRATED ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
WE SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE HONORING THEIR LOVED ONES AND CULTURE THROUGH PHOTOS, FLOWERS, MUSIC, AND ALTERS.
>> Reporter: IN OLD TOWN SAN DIEGO PEOPLE CAME FROM FAR AND WIDE TO GET A FEEL FOR THE LARGE-SCALE CELEBRATION OF DIA DE LOS MUERTOS.
IT'S A HOLIDAY THAT THEY HONOR THEIR LOVED ONES THROUGH ALTERS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PHOTOS OF FAMILY MEMBERS, PAINTED SCHOOLS AND SKELETONS.
THEY HONOR ANCESTORS THROUGH MUSIC AND DANCE.
>> THE OUTFIT IS MAINLY MEXICAN DANCE AND THE FACE PAINTING IS DECIMATED FOR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS.
>> Reporter: THEY TRACE THEIR EARLIEST ROOTS TO THE AZTEC PEOPLE.
IT IS OFFICIALLY CELEBRATED NOVEMBER 1 AND SECOND.
TONYA AND HER MOTHER DROVE FROM ESCONDIDO TO SEE THE ALTERS IN PERSON.
>> EVEN THOUGH WE EMBRACE IT AT HOME, IT IS NICE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND EMBRACE THOSE TRADITIONS.
IT MEANS THAT WE ARE CLOSER TO OUR LOVED ONES.
>> Reporter: MANY PEOPLE CELEBRATE IN THE SAME WAY AS.
>> IT IS LIKE TAKING A PIECE FROM WHERE YOU ARE FROM AND BRINGING IT HERE TO WHERE YOU NOW LIVE.
>> Reporter: THE MAIN FOCUSES ON FAMILY.
>> WE GET TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSEST TO US AND IT IS NICE TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE LEARNED ABOUT OUR CULTURE RESPECTFULLY.
IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
>> Reporter: WHILE MANY FAMILY CELEBRATE AT HOME, PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY.
OTHER EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.
GOOD NIGHT.
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THANK YOU.
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