San Diego Week: Friday, Feb. 25, 2011

FROM THE STUDIO, THIS IS SAN DIEGO WEEK.
GOOD EVENING. GLORIA HAS THE NIGHT OFF. THANKS FOR JOINING US. BUDGET CUTS FORCE MORE OUT
IN THE COLD. AND A JOURNALIST SPEAKS OUT ABOUT HER TIME IN AN IRANIAN PRISON. AND OF COURSE
WHAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, THE BIG GAME. WE WILL HEAR FROM THE BASKETBALL COACH, STEVE
FISHER AND WE WILL HEAR WHAT IT TAKES ON THE NATIONAL STAGE BUT FIRST HERE IS MORE.
PEG, THERE WAS SOME BIG DEVELOPMENTS FOR SAME SEX COUPLES, WHAT HAPPENED?
THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL KNOW LONGER DEFEND THE FEDERAL BAND ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE
AND AFTER THAT THEY ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE TO IMMEDIATELY LET THEM MARRIAGE. THEY HAVE
NOT RESPONDED.
AMERICAN LEADERS MET AT PORT TO --MET AT THE PORT TO BREAK GROUND ACROSS THE BORDER. THE
EXPANSION IS TO COST MORE THAN $550 MILLION AND THE NEXT PHASE IT TO BE COMPLETED BY 2014.
AND SCHOOLS, JUST OVER 900 JOBS IN THE DISTRICT COULD BE ELIMINATED. MOST OF THOSE JOBS BELONG
TO KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS. THEY WILL A LIMITED TIME TO LET TEACHERS KNOW THEY CAN LOSE THEIR
JOBS. JOE ANN?
MANY OF SAN DIEGO'S HOMELESS ARE UNDER BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND RAIN THIS WEEKEND. A
STORM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES. FATHER JOE'S VILLAGES USED TO OPEN UP TO TAKE
IN HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS BUT THIS YEAR IT ISN'T HAPPENING I SPOKE WITH FATHER JOE CAROL EARLIER
TO ASK HIM WHY. FATHER JOE WHY WOULDN'T YOUR DINING HALL OPEN UP THIS WEEKEND?
SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE NO MONEY. LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT IN 400 EXTRA PEOPLE, THAT IS 400
DINNERS, 400 BREAKFASTS, TAKING SHOWERS SHOWERS SOUND SIMPLE BUT EVERY DROP OF WATER I PAY
THE CITY FOR. WE ALL KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE WATER IS AND I PAY FOR EVERY DROP OF WATER. WE HAD
A TERRIBLE YEAR AND I HAVE NO MONEY.
ARE PEOPLE GIVING YOU LESS MONEY FOR THE ECONOMY?
YES, IN ALL PHASES THERE WAS A CHANGE. THE AUTOMOBILE LAW THAT LED TO LESS CARS, THAT
MEANS LESS DONATIONS. PEOPLE'S WILLS LAST YEAR, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DONATE. NOT THAT
THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THE ECONOMY GOING UP DOWN AND AROUND THEY ARE NOT SURE WHERE THEY STAND
AND DONATIONS GO DOWN. WE NORMALLY HOUSE 900 A NIGHT. WE STILL TOOK IN 400 EXTRA PEOPLE.
SO THE NEED IS THERE AND THAT JUST KEPT DRAINING US AND WE KEEP DOING IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO
DO IT.
HOW MUCH LESS MONEY DO YOU HAVE?
$4 MILLION.
SO YOU LAID OFF 30 PEOPLE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO OPEN UP THIS SHELTER.
WE CLOSED UPDATE 7, WE HAVE --UP DAY 7, PEOPLE CAN'T TAKE SHOWERS ANYMORE. WE HAD 165 CHILDREN
IN THE BUILDING, WE USED TO HAVE 50, WE HAD ALL DAY SERVICES AND NOW WE JUST HAVE MORNING.
WE CAN'T GIVE ANY AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES OR EVENING SERVICES AND WE JUST CAP AFFORD TO
-- CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT. WE WILL CUT BACK ON MEDICAL AND CLINICAL BUT
EVERY PROGRAM HAS BEEN CUT.
THIS WEEKEND THIS WILL BE NEAR FREEZING COLD TEMPERATURES, WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE PEOPLE
THAT NORMALLY WILL BE IN YOUR DINING HALL?
THEY WILL STAY OUT ON THE STREETS AND END UP IN THE HOSPITALS AND END UP COST MANY PEOPLE.
POLICE ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING. THEY CALLED US AND WE
SAID WE JUST HAVE NO MONEY NORMALLY THEY RELY ON US TO TAKE IN 400 PEOPLE BUT IT IS NOT
THERE THIS YEAR.
THERE IS A MISS PENSION THAT HOME --MISS PERCEPTION THAT HOMELESS MEANS SICK PEOPLE BUT IT IS
FAMILIES. WE BUILT THE BUILDING FOR 50 AND THERE ARE 1605 HOMELESS -- 165 HOMELESS CHILDREN
WITH PARENTS IN SCHOOLS AND AGAIN WE LIKE TO THINK WE ARE A THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM BUT
ALL OF IT HAS TO BE CUT BACK.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO CUT BACK LIKE THIS BEFORE?
NO, I HAVE HAD TO TIGHT END. UP IN PALM SPRINGS WE CLOSED ONE OF THE BUILDINGS COMPLETELY.
I HAD TO TIGHTEN MY BELT BUT NEVER HAD TO CUT PROGRAMS. I LIVE AT THE VILLAGE SO I WILL
DRIVE BY THESE GUYS FREEZING ON THE STREET, FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT BUT I REALIZE I DON'T
HAVE ANY CHOICE BECAUSE IF KEEP DOING IT, I WILL HAVE TO CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR.
FATHER JOE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THEY ARE ADDING MORE THAN 300 EMERGENCY BEDS THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE BAD WEATHER. SOME
SHELTERS ARE IN NEED AND DONATIONS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT 1625 NEWTON AVENUE.
JERRY SANDERS AND OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE HOPING TO PUT FUNDING IN PLACE INCASE A PROPOSAL TO I WILL LITTLE NAME REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES IS APPROVED LATER THIS YEAR. KATIE ORR JOINS ME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS ON THAT
LIST, FIRST KATIE GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND. WHAT ARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES IF.
THESE ARE AGENCIES THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES SET UP WHICH ARE CALLED BLIGHTED IN REDEVELOPMENT
TERMS. THE AGENCIES GET TO COLLECT THE PORTION OF TAX DOLLARS AND PUT THAT MONEY BACK IN
TO THEIR AREA TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT AND REGROWTH IN THAT AREA.
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO GET RID OF THEM, HOW COME?
BECAUSE THE STATE IS BUILDING A BUDGET DEFICIT AND HE BELIEVES THESE PROPERTY TAXES THAT
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES COLLECT COULD BE BETTER SPENT ON OTHER SERVICES.
SO THEY ARE TRYING TO GET A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS ON THE BOOKS GIVE US A SNAPSHOT OF
SOME OF THOSE MARKS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A $4 BILLION WISH LIST AND THEY RUN THE GAMUT FROM PARKS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
TO THE CONSTRUCTION CENTERS AND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE COMPLETE UNTIL 2050 SO
THIS LIST REACHES DECADES INTO THE FUTURE.
AND HOW DO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES PAY FOR ALL OF THIS? IF THEY PUT IT ON THE LIST HOW
DO YOU PAY FOR IT?
WELL LIKE I SAID IT IS TAX INCREMENT FINDINGS AND THEY HAVE PROJECTIONS. THEY FIGURE IF
WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT WE WILL HAVE THIS MUCH TAX INCREMENT AND THEY COLLECT TAXES AND PUT
IT BACK TO THE AREA TO PROMOTE GROWTH AND THE THINKING IS THAT MONEY SOME OF IT GOES
INTO THE GENERAL FUND WHICH RISES THE TIDE FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
AND ISN'T THIS THROUGH BOND ISSUES?
YES, THEY HAVE TO GO TO GET THE MONEY UP FRONT TO BUILD AND THEN THEY PAYOFF THE BONDS.
NOW THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO ALONG WITH OTHER CITIES HAVE THE PROPOSALS, A COMPROMISE, WHAT
ARE THEY SUGGESTING TO THE GOVERNOR?
THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE REDEVELOPMENT GO AWAY SO THEY ARE SUGGESTING THE STATE TAKE OUT
A $1.7 MILLION BOND WHICH WOULD MAKE UP THE MONEY IF THEY GOT RID OF REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
AND AGENCIES WOULD PAY BACK $2 MILLION A YEAR TO PAY OFF THAT BOND AND THAT'S THE BASIS
OF THEIR PLAN.
HOW IS GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN REACTED TO ALL OF THIS?
HE IS NOT A FAN OF THAT PLAN. ANY PLAN THAT RELIES ON BORROWING OR ONE TIME FIXES IS SOMETHING
THAT WILL NOT FLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
WHAT IS NEXT?
ON MONDAY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS
PRESUMABLY THEY CAN GO FORWARD BUT ANY PROJECTS THAT GO FORWARD WILL FACE INTENSE SCRUTINY
AND POSSIBLY CANCELLATIONS.
INCLUDING THE 400 BILLION ON THE WISH LIST? >> INCLUDING THOSE PROJECTS.
YES.
IMPRESSIVE REGIMES IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF OUR ATTENTION FOR WEEKS. THESE PROTESTS EXHIBIT
DEEP FRUSTRATION WITH LACK OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. WE HAVE A JOURNALIST WITH FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE.
HE WAS ARRESTED AND CONVICTED IN IRAN. SHE SCENE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
AND SHE WILL TELL US ABOUT THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR BACKGROUND. I READ YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN NORTH DAKOTA. A LONG WAY FROM AN
IRANIAN PRISON, WHAT LED YOU THERE?
I WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN NEW JERSEY AND SPEND VERY LITTLE TIME THERE. I WENT TO IRAN BECAUSE
MY FATHER WAS IRANIAN AND I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO THERE. I WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURE
AND HISTORY AND ALSO TO BE ABLE TO REPORT FROM IRAN BECAUSE I KNEW IT WOULD HAVE STORIES
FOR YEARS TO COME THAT WERE IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD.
HOW DID YOU END UP BEING ARRESTED?
I WAS REPORTING THERE AND I LIVED THERE FOR SIX YEARS IN IRAN AND I STARTED WORKING ON
A BOOK ABOUT IRAN IN SOCIETY. I DID A LOT OF INTERVIEWS AND DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND
I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE CAME TO MY HOME AND THEY ARRESTED
ME AND TOOK ME TO THE MOST NOTORIOUS PRISON AND THEY CLAIMED THE BOOK I WAS WRITING WAS
A COVER FOR HE IS PEE KNOWLEDGE -- ESPIONAGE. THEY OFTEN USE IT FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES OR
AS A WAY TO SILENCE PEOPLE.
SO YOU SPENT FOUR MONTHS?
YES.
YOU WERE RELEASED IN 2009, YOU HAD SINCE WRITTEN A DIFFERENT BOOK, ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. WHAT
IS IT THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH?
I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW A FEW MAINS THINGS. ONE --FEW MAIN THINGS, I WENT THROUGH A PATTERN
FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS PRISONERS OF POLITICAL CONSCIENCE, BARRED FROM AN ATTORNEY, BEING
BARRED FROM THE WORLD, SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, GOING THROUGH A SHAM TRIAL FACING FABRICATED
TRIALS AND FABRICATED EVIDENCE, THESE ARE NORMAL FOR MANY PRISONERS IN IRAN. I WAS NOT
PHYSICALLY TORTURED ALTHOUGH THERE ARE REPORTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE. THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING CALLED
WHITE TORTURE WHICH DOES NOT LEAVE A MARK ON YOUR BODY BUT THAT IS SOMETHING MANY PRISONERS
WENT THROUGH AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES TELL ME I WENT THROUGH. I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO
KNOW ABOUT THE WOMEN I MET IN PRISON, THE POLITICAL PRISONERS WHO WERE BEING PUNISHED
FOR STANDING UP FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF BELIEVE. THEY TAUGHT ME MANY LESSONS
AND OF COURSE MANY OF US DON'T GO TO PRISON BUT WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN PRISONS WE FACE AND
THEY TAUGHT ME WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH ADVERSITIES THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH IT IS TO BE TRUE
TO OUR PRINCIPALS, TRUE FREEDOM OF ONE'S CONSCIENCE AND THE LAST MESSAGE THE ONE I TRY TO TELL
IN MY BOOK, WE WHO ARE FREE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS. PEOPLE NEED
US TO SPEAK OUT FOR THEM BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY FEEL ALONE AND WHEN WE DO SPEAK OUT THEY
FEEL EMPOWERED TO SPEAK OUT FOR INJUSTICE.
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE UPRISING IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
I SEE SIMILARITIES ALTHOUGH THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BUT SOME SIMILAR TIS, MANY OF THESE UPRISINGS
ARE LED BY YOUNG PEOPLE AND MANY ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 30. MANY OF THEM ARE IN TOUCH WITH
THE OUTSIDE WORLD WITH TECHNOLOGY AND STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SATELLITE TELEVISION.
THEY LOOK THROUGH THE INTERNET AND THEY REALIZE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD. I THINK YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTRIES ARE MORE AWARE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEY WANT A BETTER ECONOMY,
THEY WANT BETTER JOBS THEY WANT FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, THEY WANT SOCIAL FREEDOMS, THEY
WANT RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS AND THEY WANT TO BE FREE FROM FEAR AND THEY WANT TO FEEL THEY
HAVE A ROLL IN THEIR DESTINIES AND IN THE DESTINIES OF THEIR OWN COUNTRIES.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM, THEY RANK AMONG THE TOP 16 IN THE NATION AND TOMORROW IN A GAME
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, THEY FACE BYU. THE ONLY TEAM THEY LOST TO ALL SEASON. MANY
PEOPLE CREDIT THEM TO HEAD COACH STEVE FISHER. HERE IS A PROFILE OF A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT
IT TAKES TO WIN ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.
HE MAY LOOK LIKE A COLLEGE PROFESSOR WITH HIS HORN RIMMED GLASSES BUT HE COULD BE NAMED
BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR.
I STARTED OUT AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER BACK IN THE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO AND MY CHARGE THEN
WAS TO HELP MOTIVATE, EXCITE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
FISHER HAS BEEN A HEAD COACH FOR 21 YEARS BUT HIS GREATEST LESSON CAME OFF THE COURT.
I TAUGHT MATH FOR A LONG TIME. MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE MATH SO WE TRIED TO MAKE IT FUN
AND RELATE IT TO LIFE.
MATH IS ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING.
MATH IS ABOUT A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS, EXACTLY. IT ALLOWED ME TO DEVELOP OUTSIDE OF THE GYMNASIUM.
FISHER HAS BEEN COACHING FOR 12 YEARS AND HE SAYS COLLEGE LIFE IS ABOUT ADAPTING TO
CHANGE, NEW FACES AND DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.
HARDER NOW THAN WHEN I WAS KID WHEN YOU WERE A YOUNGSTER. WE MADE A BUCK AN HOUR PASSING
OUT TO YOU WELLS FOR -- TOWELS FOR SPENDING --TOWELS FOR SPENDING MONEY. HE MAKES SURE
HIS PLAYERS GET A COLLEGE DEGREE IS STILL HIS TOP PRIORITY.
WE ARE PROUD OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME AND HELPED US WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS BUT WE ARE EVER BIT AS
PROUD OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME BUT NOT ONLY WON BUT HAVE GRADUATED.
THEY REACH 78% IN 2008 AN ALL TIME HIGH. AS TECHNICAL RANGES HIGH WITH A 68% GRADUATION
RATE.
IF YOU DON'T PRACTICE YOU DON'T PLAY, SO THERE IS AN EMBASSIES TO GO.
FISHER HAS TURNED SAN DIEGO STATE INTO A NATIONAL POWER HOUSE. IT HAS THE BEST RECORD IN COLLEGE
HOOPS RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW WHEN SUCCESS HAPPENS --YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS YOUR FATHER AND WHEN --AND WHEN
--WHEN YOU STRUGGLE, YOU ARE AN ORPHAN.
WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE AND HANDLING SUCCESS?
DON'T GET TOO FULL OF YOURSELF, WE TALK EVERY DAY ABOUT --CLOTHES YOUR EYES AND DREAM AND
DREAM BIG AND IF YOU CAN'T, DON'T AND WOULDN'T, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T ACHIEVE TO THE LEFT
YOU CAN.
FISHER HAS TAKEN IT TO HEIGHTS NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THE AS TEXT HAD ONLY ONE LOSS THIS
SEASON. IF I HAD A STRENGTH IS TO ALLOW PLAYERS TO BELIEVE THEY ARE BETTER THAN THEY ARE.
AND FISHER GOES BACK MORE THAN 40 YEARS WHEN HE WAS A PART-TIME BASKETBALL PLAYER FOR ILLINOIS
STATE.
WE BEAT SAN DIEGO STATE AS TEXT IN 1967 IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
I AM PART OF SAN DIEGO ATHLETICS.
WHAT A SMALL WORLD.
FISHER WENT ON TO COACH MICHIGAN IN 1989 AND THAT'S WHERE HE GOT A TASTE OF BOTH VICTORY
AND SOMETHING ELSE. YOU DID WAYNE VICTORY IN MICHIGAN, DO YOU HAVE --WIN A VICTORY IN
MICHIGAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS OF BEING FIRED?
YES, I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO NAME A BUILDING AFTER ME.
INSTEAD HE WAS SENT PACKING FOR GIVING BOOSTER MONEY TO HIS PLAYERS.
I DUSTED MYSELF OFF AND MOVED ON AND WOUND UP HERE.
TODAY, ALL FISHER WANTS TO DO IS RIDE HIS CURRENT WAVE OF VICTORIES.
WE ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE SAN DIEGO DIVISION ONE WINS.
AT 61 YEARS YOUNG, FISHER SAYS HE IS LOOKING FORWARD, NOT BACKWARDS.
I AM IN A STAGE IN MY CAREER I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT BEING FIRED. I AM GOING TO GO OUT ON
THIS ONE ON MY OWN TERMS.
ERIC ANDERSON HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STUDENT ROOTING SECTION AND NOW THE TEAM HAS BEEN
SELLING OUT GAME AFTER GAME. ERIC, TELL US ABOUT THESE DIEHARD FANS.
THE GREAT THING IS, YOU CAN'T MISS THEM WHEN YOU GO INTO THE ARENA. THEY STAND ON THEIR
FEET THE WHOLE TIME DOING CHEERS AND ACTIVITIES AND DURING THE GAME THEY ARE SO LOUD AND ORGANIZED
AND INVOLVED IN THE GAME. IT IS SOMETHING YOU NOTICE AND KEEP LOOKING BACK AT, AND IT
BUILDS THE EXPERIENCE INSIDE OF A BASKETBALL GAME.
EVEN BEFORE, THEY WERE THERE WILL.
THEY WERE THERE AND THEY TOOK ON THEIR OWN PERSON IN THEY HAD. WHEN SOMEBODY SUGGESTED
THEY WERE TRYING TO STEAL THE SHOW FROM A BASKETBALL TEAM THAT WAS NOT ENJOYING THE
LEVEL OF SUCCESS FROM THE CURRENT TEAM, THEY BECAME THE SHOW AND THEY TAKE PRIDE IN THE
FACT THAT THEY ARE NOTICED AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TRY TO DO.
NOW YOU WENT AND YOU WERE THERE WITH PHOTOJOURNALIST CHRISTOPHER O'MALLEYLY AND WE ALL GET TO SEE
THESE FANS IN THIS MONTH TAJ.
IT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 2004 SEASON.
WE TRY TO CREATE THE BEST HOME COURT ADVANTAGE FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM. [CROWD NOISE] [APPLAUDS]
I BELIEVE IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE.
I BELIEVE WE WILL WIN... WHEW! [APPLAUDS] [APPLAUDS]
HEARING FROM OTHER HEAD COACHES, THEY TALK ABOUT THE SHOW AND I FEEL THIS YEAR IT HAS
REALLY TAKEN OFF AND WE ARE ONE OF THE BEST, IF NOT THE BEST IN THE NATION. [APPLAUDS]
WE DO EVERYTHING FROM FINDING OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLAYERS SO WE CAN CHANT
WITH OUR CARDBOARD CELEBRITY HEAD CUT OUT. WE ONLY LOST ONE LAST YEAR SO THIS IS A BIG
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE. WE LOVEMAKING NOISE, WE LOVE BEING LOUD.
NOW THEY LOOK LIKE A LOT OF FUN BUT ALSO CAN RAISE SOME CONCERNS. OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED
ABOUT TOMORROW'S BIG GAME BUT WHAT ARE THEY WORRIED ABOUT?
WATCHING THE GAME AND THE UNIVERSITY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD.
THEY DON'T --SOME MANY IN THE STUDENT SECTION DECIDED TO WEAR WHITE SHIRTS AND BUYS KILL HELMET
THE. ACTUALLY STEVE FISHER SENT OUT A LETTER WHERE HE ASKED HIM TO KEEP IT CLEAN. KEEP
IT ABOVE BOARD AND KEEP IN MIND THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP A GOOD IMAGE AND THEY WILL BE SEEING
SIGNS OF STUDENTS WALKING IN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ERIC ANDERSON. AND HERE IS AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR
NEXT WEEK.
THANKS, TUNE IN ON MONDAY TO FIND OUT HOW SAN DIEGO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS BANK ON
A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BAIL THEM OUT EVEN THOUGH THAT ELECTION MAY NOT HAPPEN. AND WE WILL
HEAR ABOUT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH IN SAN DIEGO'S LOW INCOME AFRICAN- AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY OF THE STORIES YOU SAW AT KPBS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST. GOOD NIGHT.