Thursday, December 6, 2012 - Evening Edition

>> >>DWANE: HELLO, GOOD EVENING, I'M DWANE BROWN.
TONIGHT ON KPBS EVENING EDITION, SAN DIEGO MAY HAVE TO SHELL OUT A LOT MORE MONEY TO
REPLACE AN OUT GOING CITY COUNCILMAN AS PART OF A POLITICAL SHUFFLE UNDERWAY.
THAT SAME TIME A COUNTY MISTAKE MEANS MILLIONS FOR CITY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
WE'LL EXPLAIN. >> >>PEGGY: ALSO AHEAD, THE COUNTY'S EPIC
40 YEAR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS REJECTED IN COURT.
WE'LL FIND OUT WHY. THEN LOCAL PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH
AUTISM QUESTION CHANGES IN THE DSM 5, THE NEWEST EDITION IN A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC
MI MANUAL. >> >>DWANE: AND WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT ONE MAN'S
IDEA TO MAKE A PART OF SAN DIEGO'S BASEBALL HISTORY, EVEN MORE SPECIAL.
KPBS EVENING EDITION STARTS NOW. CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY ECAPTIONS.
>> >>DWANE: ELECTIONS AND RESIGNATIONS HAVE LEAD TO A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS IN THE SOUTH
BAY, BUT DIFFERENT DEADLINES AND JURISDICTIONS MEANS IT'S UNLIKELY ONE SPECIAL ELECTION CAN
SORT EVERYTHING OUT. WHAT'S THE SITUATION, KATIE, IN THE SOUTH
BAY, WHO'S MOVING? >> >>KATIE: STATE SENATOR JUAN VARGAS HAS
BEEN ELECTED TO CONGRESS TO REPLACE BOB FILNER WHO OF COURSE IS THE NEW MAYOR SAN DIEGO.
BEN WES O HAS ANNOUNCED HE'LL RUN FOR VARGAS' STATE SENATE SEAT. AND LORENA GONZALEZ SAYS
IF HE WINS SHE'LL RUN FOR HIS ASSEMBLY SEAT. AND TONY YOUNG HAS ANNOUNCED HE'S RESIGNING
TO TAKE OVER THE LOCAL RED CROSS SO HIS SEAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED AS WELL.
>> >>DWANE: I'M STARTING TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE.
WHAT KIND OF ELECTIONS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? >> >>KATIE: SAN DIEGO CITY CLERK SAYS THERE
WAS A POSSIBILITY THE ELECTIONS WERE VARGAS' SEAT AND YOUNG'S SEAT COULD HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED
BUT NOW SHE SAYS IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE TAMING IS GOING TO WORK OUT, SO YOUNG IS GOING
TO RESIGN LIKELY AT THE END OF DECEMBER. AND THE CITY CHARTER DICTATES AN ELECTION
MUST BE HELD WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF HIS RESIGNATION. FOR VARGAS' SEAT, THE GOVERNOR HAS TO CALL
A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND MAYAN SAYS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN MAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE SAN DIEGO WILL BE STUCK WITH PAYING FOR AN ELECTION ON ITS OWN CHD COULD
COST 400,000 DOLLARS. >> >>DWANE: A STATE SUPREME COURT RULING MEANS
NEARLY $7ÊMILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS FOR SAN DIEGO.
THE COURT SAYS COUNTY MISCALCULATED FEES FOR ADMINISTERING PROPERTY TAXES SO NOW SAN DIEGO
WILL GET A REIMBURSEMENT OF $6.9ÊMILLION. MAYOR BOB FILNER SAYS THE MONEY WILL GO TO
THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR CAPITAL NEEDS SUCH AS SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.
CALIFORNIANS ARE GIVING GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN HIGH MARKS IN A POLL.
BROWN GOT A 48% APPROVAL RATING AFTER THE PASSAGE OF HIS TAX INITIATIVE PROP 30.
IT'S HIS HIGHEST RATING SIPS HE TOOK OFFICE. THE SAME POLL FOUND INCREASING SUPPORT FOR
THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND OPTIMISM ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET.
A SAN DIEGO ACTIVIST IS CHALLENGING ATTEMPTS BY THE OPERATOR OF SAN ONOFRE TO CHANGE ITS
LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.
ALISON ST. JOHN JOINS US. SAN ONOFRE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN SINCE JANUARY,
WHY IS THE COMPANY TRYING TO CHANGE ITS LICENSE AGREEMENT?
>> >>ALISON: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON FILED THE LICENSE IN 2011 BACK BEFORE ALL THE PROBLEMS
WITH THE NEW STEAM GENERATORS BECAME APPARENT. IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE COMPANY'S PROPOSING
TO RESTART ONE OF THE TWO REACTORS AT THE PLANT AT 70% POWER.
IN FACT, IT BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE PLANT DOES RESTART, BECAUSE THE PLAINTIFF,
SAN DIEGAN RAY LUTS, SAYS THE CHANGES MAKE THE CHECKING AND MONITORING PROCEDURES FOR
THE PLANT LESS TRANSPARENT. HE SAYS THE CHANGE WOULD MOVE LANGUAGE ABOUT
HOW FREQUENTLY EDISON SHOULD CHECK THINGS LIKE THE COOL NT SYSTEM.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT NEWS THAT SAN ONOFRE HAS ONE OF THE WORST IS F NOT THE WORST SAFETY
RECORD OF ALL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN THE COUNTRY.
>> >>DWANE: WHO IS RAY LUTS, AND HOW SIGNIFICANT IS HIS CHALLENGE?
>> >>ALISON: HIS ORGANIZATION IS CALLED CITIZENS OVER OVERSIGHT OR COPS.
HE'S INTERVENED IN THE BLACK QUARTER PROJECT TO BUILD MILITARY TRAINING COMPANY, YOU REMEMBER.
HE WAS PART OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT IN SAN DIEGO WHEN IT WAS ACTIVE.
BOTH THE NRC AND EDISON ARE ARGUING THAT LUTS HAS NO STANDING IN THE CASE BECAUSE HE LIVES
TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE PLANT, 60 MILES, INSTEAD OF ONLY WITHIN 50 MILES.
THEY ARGUE THAT THE CHANGES TO THE LICENSE WOULD GIVE THE COMPANY MORE FLEXIBILITY WITHOUT
AFFECTING SAFETY. BUT LUTS' CHALLENGE IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH
THAT THE ATOMIC LICENSING BOARD, A PANEL OF INDEPENDENT JUDGES, IS CONSIDERING HIS ARGUMENTS
AND THEY'LL DECIDE POSSIBLY IN JANUARY WHETHER THEY MERIT A FULL PUBLIC HEARING.
>> >>DWANE: KPBS REPORTER ALISON ST. JOHN. IT'S TAKING LESS TIME TO SELL A HOUSE IN SAN
DIEGO. THE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS HOUSES AND
TOWN HOMES ARE STAYING ON THE MARKET AN AVERAGE OF 75 DAYS.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR HOMES WERE BEING LISTED FOR AN AVERAGE ABOUT 97 DAYS.
THE REALTORS SAY SALES CONTINUE TO CLIMB AND INVENTORY IS SHRINKING.
A NEW REPORT SAYS THERE'S A SHARP DECLINE OF UNAUTHORIZED MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS LIVING
IN THE U.S. ERIN SIEGEL JOINS US FROM THE NEWS CENTER.
WHAT DOES THIS NEW STUDY SAY ABOUT IMMIGRATION TRENDS?
>> >>ERIN: THE NUMBER OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES IS NOW ESTIMATED
TO BE AROUND 11ÊMILLION WHICH IS DOWN FROM A PEEK OF 12ÊMILLION IN 2007.
THAT NUMBER'S HELD STED A FOR TWO YEARS NOW. ALONG WITH A DROP IN OVERALL NUMBERS, MORE
IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING HERE LEGALLY. THE RESEARCHERS SAY THAT'S A PROFOUND CHANGE
IN THE NATURE OF MIGRATION FROM MEXICO. >> >>DWANE: SO WHAT CAN WE ANTICIPATE IN THE
FUTURE? >> >>ERIN: ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER,
THAT DOWNWARD TREND IS LIKELY TO REMAIN THE SAME.
>> >>DWANE: FRONTERAS REPORTER ERIN SIEGEL. ANOTHER REPORT SAYS MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS IN
THE U.S. MAKE LESS MONEY THAN IMMIGRANTS FROM ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD.
MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS MAKE 17 POINT% LESS THAN THOSE IN CENTRAL AMERICA, 40% LESS THAN AFRICAN
AMERICANS, AND 2 AND A HALF TIMES LESS THAN CANADA.
EDUCATION LEVELS ARE A MAJOR REGION. OWNERS OF SOME HEAVY DUTY DIESEL TRUCKS AND
BUSES HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO UPDATE THEIR FLEETS OR FACE FINES FROM THE CALIFORNIA
AIR RESOURCES BOARD. WITH ENGINES MADE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2004 NEED
TO HAVE SOOT FILTERS. THOSE COST BETWEEN 10 AND 20,000 BUCKS. THE
FINE FOR NOT HAVING ONE IS UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.
A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE HAS RULED AGAINST SAN DIEGO'S 40 YEAR PLAN TO TACKLE THE COUNTY'S
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. THE RULING COULD IMPACT EVERYTHING FROM FREEWAYS TO BICYCLE LANES.
>> >>PEGGY: THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT OR SANDAG'S 200ÊBILLION DOLLAR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
PLAN WAS SUPPOSED TO REDUCE GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION IN THE
COUNTY. A SAN DIEGO COURT REJECTED THE PLAN.
HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WENT WRONG IS JACK SHU, BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL
FOREST FOUNDATION. THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US ABOUT THIS.
YOUR ORGANIZATION SUED SANDAG OVER WHAT? >> >>JACK SHU: IF I COULD START OUTED BY SAYING
WE ARE THANKFUL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAMILLA HARRIS AND INCREDIBLE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
INTERVENED IN THIS CASE AND THAT IT ESTABLISHED WITHOUT OUR ATTORNEYS.
>> >>PEGGY: THEY INTERVENES, WHAT WERE THE BULLET POINTS OF WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.
>> >>JACK SHU: THEY AGREE WOULD OUR ASSERTION THAT THEIR PLAN DID NOT MEET THE CALIFORNIA
QUALITY ACT. IT DID NOT MEET THE LAW WITH REGARDS TO TELLING
OUR COMMUNITY WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THIS PLAN IS.
>> >>PEGGY: THE PLAN SPECIFICALLY, AS YOU SAID, FAILED TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OVER A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME. HOW DID SANDAG OVERLOOK THIS OR GET THIS SO
WRONG? >> >>JACK SHU: THEY MET KIND OF SKIMMINGLYÊ
OR JUST BARELY FOR THE YEAR 2020 AND THE YEAR 2035 MEETING SOME PART OF STATE LAW.
WHAT THEY FAILED TO MEET IS GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER'S EXECUTIVE ORDER GOING INTO 2050.
>> >>PEGGY: THIS CHART IS FROM SANDAG THEMSELVES. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE YOU SAID THE 2020
THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING LINES UP FOR GREASE HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
BUT THEN YOU SEE I THINK AT 2050 THIS GIANT GAP WHERE EMISSIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO DROP,
BUT THE BLUE LINE GOES UP AND SANDAG THEMSELVES ARE PREDICTING THEIR EMISSIONS WILL ACTUALLY
INCREASE BY 2050. HASÊ CAN YOU TELL US WHATÊ
>> >>JACK SHU: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING OF, WHAT WERE THE MAYORS
AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THINKING OF WHEN THEY APPROVED THIS PLAN OVER A YEAR AGO.
>> >>PEGGY: WHAT DID THEY SAY IN COURT? >> >>JACK SHU: THEY SAID IT DID MEET THE GOALS
FOR 2020, 2035, YOU KNOW, AND ACTUALLY SADLY, IT MEETS THOSE GOALS IN THEIR MODELING BECAUSE
THERE'S GOING TO BE A RECESSION, BECAUSE WE HAVE CARSÊ ESSENTIALLY DID NOT DEVELOP TRANSPORTATION
FOR GLOBAL WARMING OR CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES. THEY ESSENTIALLY SAID WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
ON DOING WHAT WE HAVE BEEN. >> >>PEGGY: EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO SANDAG AND THEY DID DECLINE TO BE ON THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY DID
ISSUE A STATEMENT THAT SAYS IN PART: HOW WERE ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ABLE TO
APPROVE THIS PLAN WHY IT DIDN'T MEET EMISSION REQUIREMENTS?
>> >>JACK SHU: THEY MET CERTAIN PARTS OF THE LAWS THAT THEY CONTROL.
OVERALL, THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IS OUR LEADERS, OUR COMMUNITIES, NEED TO KNOW WHAT THIS PLAN
IS ABOUT. AND WHAT IT WILL DO FOR SAN DIEGO.
AND THEY FAILED TO MEET THOSE ISSUES IT. AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
>> >>PEGGY: PART OF IT WAS THAT THEY'RE REALLY STRONG ON NORTH COUNTY FREEWAYS, NOT SO STRONG
ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU CONTRIBUTED SOME IDEAS TO THE SANDAG PLAN.
WHAT WERE THEY AND DID THEY INCORPORATE ANY OF THEM?
>> >>JACK SHU: WELL, FOR YEARSÊ THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR SANDAG.
FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN THERE AT HEARINGS, PROVIDING WRITTEN TESTIMONY SAYING
YOUR PLAN DOES NOT MEET STATE LAW, AND WORSE THAN THAT IT IS NOT THE BEST THING FOR SAN
DIEGANS. WE CAN PROVIDE A BETTER ECONOMY IF WE MOVE
TOWARDS TRANSIT. >> >>PEGGY: HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THIS PLAN
TO MAKE IT ACCEPTABLE? >> >>JACK SHU: WELL, IN FACT, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL
CALLED THE 5010 PLANÊ >> >>PEGGY: FIFTYÊ
>> >>JACK SHU: 5010 PLAN WE ACTUALLY BORROWED THE NAME FROM LOS ANGELES WHICH WAS 3010.
LET'S BUILD WHAT SANDAG'S ALREADY PLANNING TO DO FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS, BUT DO IT IN
THE NEXT 10 YEARS. LET'S ACCELERATE.
WE CAN FIND THAT PLAN ATÊ >> >>PEGGY: WHY WOULD ACCELERATING BUILDING
FREEWAYS HELP REDUCE GAS EMISSIONS. HOW WOULD ACCELERATING SOMETHINGÊ
>> >>JACK SHU: NO, I'M SORRY, LET'S ACCELERATE WHAT SANDAG IS PLANNING FOR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT.
WITHIN THE URBAN CORE AS WELL AS THE COASTAL AND SPRINTER AND OTHER OUTLETS.
MAKE THAT SYSTEM WORK, ACCELERATE THAT PORTION OF THEIR PLAN.
>> >>PEGGY: RIGHT, START WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND MOVE ON FROM THERE.
SANDAG WILLÊ THE BOARD WILL MEET TOMORROW TO DISCUSS THIS RULING.
SO I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU AND THEN ABSOLUTELY ON THAT.
JACK SHU, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THIS TO ALL US.
>> >>JACK SHU: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. THE CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL SHARE THE
NEW PARK. >> >>: IT MAKES SENSE TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE
NEIGHBORS WHO ARE PERHAPS AT WORK DURING THE DAY BUT CAN USE THIS AT NIGHT AND ON THE WEEKENDS.
>> >>DWANE: BOND MONEY PAID FOR THE 400,000 DOLLAR PROJECT THE CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT
HAVE JOINT USE AGREEMENT AT CITES SITES ACROSS SAN DIEGO.
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SAYS PEOPLE AT TWO SCHOOLS MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO TUBERCULOSIS.
THEY'RE PLANNING FREE TB TESTING AT VISTA HIGH SCHOOL AND SAN YSIDRO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A NEW REPORT SAYS CALIFORNIA STEM CELL RESEARCH AGENCY NEEDS AN OVERHAUL.
THE CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTES FUNDS FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH, SENT MORE TO THE SAN DIEGO
AREA U LONE. THE NEW REPORT FROM THE INSTITUTE OF METED
MEDICINE SAYS THE AGENCY'S GOVERNING BOARD HAS TOO MANY MEMBERS FROM UNIVERSITIES GETTING
FUNDING. IT SAYS A RESTRUCTURING WOULD AVOID POSSIBLE
CON FLICKS OF INTEREST. A NEW ADDITION OF MEDICAL MANUAL CLASSIFYING
MENTAL DISORDERS HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION. PEGGY PICO EXPLAINS WHAT'S CHANGED AND WHY
SOME FAMILIES ARE CONCERNED. >> >>PEGGY: THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
APPROVED THE FIFTH Y EDITION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OR DSM 5 A NEW DAYS
AGO. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CRITICS VOICED CONCERNS
OVER CHANGES TO AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND OTHER CATEGORIES.
JOINING ME BY PHONE IS DR.ÊTIMOTHY MURPHY A MEMBER OF THE SAN DIEGO PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
AND PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION.
THANKS FOR JOINING US THE DSM 5 TAKE AS LOT TO GET THAT UPDATED.
WHAT GOES INTO REVISING IT? >> >>TIMOTHY MURPHY: IT WAS A TREMENDOUS UNDER
TAKING BEGINNING IN 1999 WITH A PLANNING CONFERENCE HELD IN MARYLAND FOLLOWING THAT THERE WERE
A NUMBER OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES IDENTIFYING WHICH AREAS NEEDED UPDATING AND
WHERE NEW SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INDICATED THAT THERE WAS REAL A REQUIREMENT IS TO REVISE
THE WAY WE DIAGNOSE CONDITIONS. >> >>PEGGY: WERE THOSE BASED ON CLINICAL TRIALS,
RESEARCH TRIALS, WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR THESE CHANGES?
>> >>TIMOTHY MURPHY: THE BASIS INVOLVES PROBLEMS WITH THE EXISTING DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA SHOWING
OVERLAP OTHER DIAGNOSIS NOT BEING USED AND THEN OTHER DIAGNOSIS NOT BEING CONSISTENT
WITH THE EMERGING GENETIC RESEARCH AND OTHER EVIDENCE THAT TELLS US THAT SOME OF THE DIAGNOSIS
WE HAD JUST DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE. >> >>PEGGY: HOW DOES THE MANUAL CHANGE? I
THINK IT'S BEEN SOMETHING LIKE 20 YEARS SINCE THE LAST DSM 4.
>> >>TIMOTHY MURPHY: THIS WILL HAVE BEEN 19 YEARS.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS 14 YEARS BETWEEN DSM 3 AND DSM 4.
>> >>PEGGY: LET ME ASK YOU THIS, HOW DO DOCTORS USE IN KIND OF LAYMAN'S TERMS.
IS IT KIND OF A BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO DIAGNOSING MENTAL DISORDERS?
>> >>TIMOTHY MURPHY: WELL, IN A WAY, IT'S CLOSE TO THAT.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN I DIAGNOSE A PERSON WITH A MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER THAT I'M
FOLLOWING THE SAME CRITERIA THAT SOMEONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY MIGHT BE USING.
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR A HOST OF REASONS AND SO THAT WE CAN GIVE BETTER TREATMENT TO OUR
PATIENTS. SO, YES, WE USE IT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL
USING THE SAME LANGUAGE AND U PLYING THE SAME CRITERIA.
>> >>PEGGY: ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS IS OVER WHAT I PRESUME TO BE THE PROPOSED CHANGES
WHEN IT COMES TO ASPERGERS SYNDROME BEING REGROUP GROUP UNDER TO A NEW AUTISM SPECTRUM
DISORDER. IT IS GOING TO SHRINK AUTISM DIAGNOSES BY
ABOUT TIN%. WHAT KIND OF IMPACT COULD THAT HAVE ON FAMILIES?
WILL IT HAVE ANY, I SHOULD SAY. >> >>TIMOTHY MURPHY: I THINK ULTIMATELY IT'S
GOING TO IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO TREAT OUR PATIENTS.
THERE WAS WHAT THE WORK GROUPS DESCRIBED AS A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE THAT ASPERGERS DISORDER
IS REALLY JUST HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM. THE GENETIC RESEARCH, THE SPECIFIC KINDS OF
SYMPTOMS, I MEAN, THEY ARE IDENTICAL. ASPERGERS IS ASPERGERS IS BASICALLY MILD HIGH
FUNCTIONING AUTISM. TO CALL IT THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND A
TREATMENT THAT IS EFFECT FOR AUTISM IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS
OF ASPERGERS DISORDER AND SO FORTH. SO IT WILL HELP US MORE RATIONALLY APPLY TREATMENT
ACROSS THE BOARD. THE REASON FOR THE 10% SHRINKAGE WILL INVOLVE
MORE TRYING TO TIGHTEN UP THE CRITERIA FOR SOMEONE BEING DIAGNOSED AS HAVING AN AUTISTIC
SPECTRUM DISORDER SO WE ARE NOT BEING SLOPPY AND CALLING FOLKS WHO JUST MAY HAVE SOME SOCIAL
AWKWARDNESS AND MISTAKENLY CALLING THEM ASPERGERS OR AUTISTIC.
>> >>PEGGY: ALL RIGHT, WELL, THERE'S CERTAINLY STILL A LOT MORE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD ON THIS.
DR.ÊTIMOTHY MURPHY, PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US BY PHONE TODAY.
HERE WITH ME IN THE STUDIO TO TALK MORE ABOUT ASPERGERS RECLASSIFICATION IS NICOLE HOPE
MOORE, PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.: TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUZZ.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN FAMILIES HERE IN SAN DIEGO WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO THE
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND ASPERGERS SYNDROME. >> >>: THERE'S HEIGHTENED ANXIETY THAT'S TAKING
PLACE RIGHT NOW AMONG PARENTS. SOME ARE CONCERNED THEIR CHILDREN MAY LOSE
THE DIAGNOSES, SOME ARE CONCERNED THEY WILL LOSE SERVICES FOR THEIR CHILD WITH ASPERGERS.
THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS WITHIN ANY TYPE OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.
WE DO NOT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ANY OF THEM. WE'RE JUST HELPING THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> >>PEGGY: THEY'RE IN A BROAD CATEGORY. WHAT ABOUT AT THE SCHOOLS.
ONE ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT THIS WILL AFFECT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR SPECIAL NEEDS
SERVICES. ARE THE SCHOOLS SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
>> >>: AS THIS IS ALL EVOLVING, WE'RE FUNCTIONING TO TRY TO BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS
AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES AND THE PARENTS AND THE INDIVIDUALS JUST TO MAKE SURE IF THEY
HAPPEN TO LOSE THEIR CLASSIFICATION, HOW TO STILL ACCESS RESOURCES AND JUST TRY TO MAKE
SURE EVERYONE STAYS ON TOP OF THE TREND. >> >>PEGGY: TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
AUTISM SOCIETY HER HERE. IF THERE IS A FAMILY LISTENING TO THIS WHO
MAY BE SOMEBODY NEWLY DIAGNOSED, OR JUST DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT YOU DO.
WHAT YOU DO FOR THEM? >> >>: WE OFFER OVER 40 SUPPORT GROUPS AND
INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH BAY THROUGH NORTH COUNTY AND
ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PARENTS OF INDIVIDUALS SO THEY ARE ABLE TO ADVOCATE
FOR THEMSELVES MORE. WITH ALL OF THESE CHANGES TAKING PLACE, WE
BELIEVE MORE THAN EVER IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PARENT TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR
CHILD. SO THEY CONTINUE TO PROSPER AND INCLUDE THEIR
QUALITY OF LIFE AS THEY CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THIS DIAGNOSES.
>> >>PEGGY: WE'RE OUT OF TIME, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT ON OUR
WEBSITE INCLUDING LINKS TO YOUR WEBSITE. NICK OAL HOPE MOORE.
THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US. >> >>: SHELL FISH THREATENED BY WARMER, MORE
ACIDIC EMOTIONS. THURSDAY ON THE PBS NEWS HOUR.
>> >>DWANE: LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HEADING FOR A MILD WEEKEND FOR TEMPERATURES.
ABOUT 70 DEGREES INLAND, SUNNY INLAND FOR THE MOUNTAINS, COOLER BY SUNDAY, AND THE DESERT
WILL BE IN THE 70S WITH WITH PLENTY OF SUN SHINE.
IT'S AN HISTORIC SPOT IN OUR COUNTY AND IF YOU'RE A BASEBALL FAN, YOU MAY REMEMBER IT.
KEN KRAMER SHOWS US WHAT HE HAS IN MIND. >> >>: HERE THEY ARE, THE MINOR LEAGUE SAN
DIEGO PADRES BACK IN TIME BEFORE THE QUALCOMM AND PETCO, BEFORE THE BIG TIME BRIGHT LIGHTS
OF PRIME TIME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. BACK THEN, THE PADRES PLAYED THEIR GAMES IN
A LITTLE BALL PARK CALLED LANE FIELD. AND HERE, SITTING IN THE CROWD ON THIS SUNNY
DAY AT THE CORNER OF HARBOR AND BROADWAY, HERE IS MR.ÊBILL SWANG.
>> >>: MY GOAL IN LIFE AS A BASEBALL HISTORIAN IN SAN DIEGO IS TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF
BASEBALL IN THIS TOWN AND THE MEN WHO PLAYED THE GAME.
>> >>: HE SAID WE REALLY NEED TO FIND A WAY TO HONOR THIS MAN, JOHNNY RICHY.
>> >>: IF HE WERE PLAYING TODAY HE WOULD BE A MAJOR LEAGUER.
>> >>: PLAYED IN THE 1930S AND 40S, SAN DIEGO STATE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE MAJORS.
>> >>: A LOT OF GUYS GOT CONTRACTS, HE DIDN'T. HE WAS BLACK.
>> >>: AND AFRICAN AMERICANS OTHER THAN JACKIE ROBINSON WEREN'T PLAYING IN THE MAJORS.
BUT THE MINOR LEAGUE PADRES OF THE PACIFIC KOA COAST LEAGUE HIRED HIM.
THE FIRST OF HIS RACE, THE PADRE'S NEGRO SENSATION. >> >>: HE RESPONDS BY BATTING 3 23 AS A ROOKY.
HE'S AN IMMEDIATE SUCCESS. >> >>: BILL COULDN'T IMAGINE LETTING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT PASS INTO HISTORY WITH NO TRIBUTE TO THE MAN.
SO HE AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND A SCULPTOR CREATE AD BRONZE BUST TO HONOR JOHNNY RICHY
AND HERE IT IS IN THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE BAR AND GRILL AT PETCO, HONORING THE MAN WHO
HAS A SAN DIEGO PADRE BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER IN PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE BASEBALL.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING BILL DOES. FAST FORWARD TO 2012, HERE'S BILL LISTENING
TO SPEECHES ABOUT HOW THE CORNER OF HARBOR AND BROADWAY IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.
>> >>: TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT THIS AND SAY WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT THIS IS GOING
TO BE. >> >>: HE'S THINKING OKAY, BUT THIS IS THE
VERY SPOT JOHNNY RICHY PLAYED AND THE MINOR LEAGUE PADRES PLAYED THEIR GAMES BACK IN THE
40S AND 50S. HARBOR AND BROADWAY IS WHERE THE BASEBALL
PARK LANE FIELD USED TO BE. >> >>: A HIGH RISE HOTEL IS COMING IN, AND
I WOULD LIKE THE MEMORY OF LANE FIELD AND THE PLAYERS KEPT FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME.
>> >>: IT'S A SHAME, HE SAYS, THAT ALL OF THIS HISTORY LOF THIS TRADITION AT THIS ONE
LOCATION SHOULD BE LOST. >> >>: LANE FIELD HAS SO MANY MEMORIES FOR
ME. THE FACT THAT TED WILLIAMS PLAYED HERE AS
A BOY. >> >>: HE'S SAD HE SAYS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE
TODAY DON'T KNOW ABOUT TED WILLIAMS. THEY THINK IT'S JUST THE NAME OF THE NORTH
COUNTY FREEWAY. HE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF STATUE TO WILLIAMS.
>> >>: HE WAS BORN IN SAN DIEGO, HE WENT ON TO BECOME THE GREATEST HITTER B EVER LIVED.
TED WAS A KID WHEN HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE PADRES SAID WHEN I WALK DOWN THE STREET, I
HOPE THE PEOPLE SAY THERE GOES THE GREATEST HITTER EVER LIVED.
>> >>: WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO HONOR HIM, BILL SAYS.
>> >>: I BELIEVE WE DO. PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO TED WILLIAMS IS.
AND IT'S A SURPRISING. IF I TALK TO BASEBALL FANS, THEY SAY THIS
IS A WONDERFUL IDEA YOU HAVE. >> >>: IN FACT, IT'S SOMETHING HE FEELS SO
PASSIONATELY ABOUT, HE DRESSED UP AS SANTA AND OCCUPIED THE SITE WHERE LANE FIELD USED
TO BE. TO BILL IT WAS A GOLDEN TIME WHEN THE PADRES
PLAYED HERE AND ON THE SITE WHERE LANE FIELD ONCE STOOD, TED WILLIAMS CERTAINLY DESERVES
SOME KIND OF LASTING TRIBUTE. >> >>: THEY CAN HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WITH
A STATUE AND SAY THERE'S THE GREATEST HITTER WHO EVER LIVED.
>> >>DWANE: RECAPPING TONIGHT'S TOP STORIES, SAN DIEGANS JUST FINISHED VOTING IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION AND NOW THEY'LL BE HEADING BACK TO THE POLLS FOR SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL SOME
SEATS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY CLERK SAYS IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE TIMING WILL WORK OUT TO CONSOLIDATE THE VOTES SO
SAN DIEGO MAY SPEND UP TO 400,000 DOLLARS FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION.
AN ELECTION FOR THE STAIL STATE OFFICES COULD HAPPEN IN MAY.
A STATE SUPREME COURT RULING MEANS NEARLY $7ÊMILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS FOR SAN
DIEGO. THE COURT SAID COUNTIES MISCALCULATED FEES
FOR ADMINISTERING PROPERTY TAXES SO NOW SAN DIEGO WILL GET A REIMBURSEMENT OF $6.9ÊMILLIONS.
MAYOR BOB FILNER SAYS THE MONEY WILL GO TO THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR CAPITAL
NEEDS SUCH AS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. AND IT'S TAKING LESS TIME TO SELL A HOUSE
THESE DAYS IN SAN DIEGO. THE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS HOUSES AND
TOWN HOMES ARE STAYING ON THE MARKET AN AVERAGE OF 75 DAYS.
LAST YEAR HOMES WERE BEING LISTED FOR AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 97 DAYS. THE REALTORS SAY SALES CONTINUE
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