Thursday, September 20, 2012 - Evening Edition

>> >>DWANE: HELLO, GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M DWANE BROWN.
IF IT SEEMS YOU'RE HAVING A HARDER TIME MAKING ENDS MEET YOUR NOT ALONE. A NEW REPORT SAYS
SAN DIEGO PAY CHECKS AREN'T KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING.
THE SCEPTER ON POLICY INITIATIVE SAYS HOUSE HOLD INCOMES HAVE FELL.
TWENTY FIVE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY HAVE FALLEN INTO COUNTY.
MAYORAL CANDIDATE CARL DEMAIO SAYS HE'S CREATING A BIPARTISAN JOB CREATION COALITION MADE UP
OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. IT INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THE MOVEMENT TO THE
MIDDLE GROUP CREATED DURING THE PRIMARIES. >> >>: INCLUDING BUSINESS MAN SCOTT DICKY.
DICKY WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF MOVEMENT TO THE MIDDLE WHICH ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED ASSEMBLYMAN
NATHAN FLETCHER DURING THE PRIMARY. THE GROUP STRESS COOPERATION AND CIVIL POLITICS.
DICKY SAYS HE BELIEVES DEMAIO WILL FIT THAT MOLD AS MAYOR.
>> >>: HIS ROLE ON CITY COUNCIL WAS ABOUT PUSHING THE LIMITS AND MAKING THE REST OF
HIS COLLEAGUES REALLY THINK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS AND SO HE HAD TO BREAK A LITTLE
GLASS ALONG THE WAY. >> >>: WHILE SOME MEMBERS OF MOVEMENT TO THE
MIDDLE ARE BACKING DEMAIO, FLETCHER MAY BE ON THE VERGE OF ENDORSING DEMOCRAT BOB FILNER.
>> >>: I THINK HE WANTS TO STAY IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND I HOPE HE CAN HELP ME WHEN I'M
MAYOR. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENDORSEMENT BUT THAT'S
A TIMING ISSUE. >> >>: FILNER DISMISSED THE ENDORSEMENT OF
DEMAIO SAYING THE GROUP HAD TAKEN A SHARP TURN TO THE RIGHT.
>> >>DWANE: KPBS METRO REPORTER KATIE ORR A SPOKES WOMAN FOR FLETCHER SAYS HE HAS NOT
COMMITTED TO AN ENDORSEMENT. CALIFORNIA VETERANS WILL GET MORE STATE BENEFITS
AFTER GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN SIGNED 18 BILLS INTO LAW TODAY.
THEY DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF ISSUE FROM EDUCATION TO FINANCES AND ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY SPOUSES.
A NEW POLL SHOWS SUPPORT IS SLIPPING FOR THE GOVERNOR'S TAX INITIATIVE, THE POLL OUT SAYS
51% OF VOTERS SAID THEY'D VOTE YES, WHILE IT 36% SAID NO, AND 13% WERE DONE SIDED.
IN JULY MORE WERE IN FAVOR OF PROP 30. THE INITIATIVE WOULD RAISE THE SALES TAX AND
INCOME TAX FOR THE WEALTHIEST CALIFORNIANS. SUPPORT IS ALSO DOWN FOR PROPOSITION 38, WOULD
RAISE EVERYONE'S TAXES ON A SLIDING SCALE. SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S TREASURER IS PUSHING FOR
NEW RESTRICTIONS TO PREVENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM USING RISKY BONDS.
WHAT KIND OF LENDING IS THE TREASURER WORRIED ABOUT?
>> >>KYLA: YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT LAST MONTH THE POWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT GAINED A LOT
OF NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION FOR SOME BONDS THEY ISSUED LAST YEAR. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
BORROWED 105ÊMILLION DOLLARS BUT TAX PAYERS ARE GOING TO PAY BACK ABOUT ONE BILLION TO
COVER THE COSTS OF THE LOANS. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WON'T START MAKING REPAYMENTS UNTIL 20 YEARS.
AT THAT TIME THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE VERY LARGE REPAYMENTS TO COVER THE INTEREST LOSS, THEY'RE
DEPENDING ON HOME PRICES TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY. DAN MCALLISTER WANTS TO PUT FIVE NEW RESTRICTIONS
IN PLACE PREVENTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM USING RISKY BORROWING PRACTICES LIKE THIS,
WANTS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YEARS BONDS CAN BE REPAID, PUT LOWER CAPS ON INTEREST
RATES FOR THESE SCHOOL BONDS, ALSO INSURING THE BONDS CAN BE REFINANCED OR PAID EARLY,
AND AN OUTSIDE AGENCY HAS A HAND IN SEEING HOW THE BONDS ARE STRUCTURE, AND FINALLY PUTTING
A CAP ON THE RATIO BETWEEN REPAYMENT COSTS AND THE BORROWING AMOUNTÊ THE LENDING AMOUNT.
>> >>DWANE: RIGHT, AND HOW WOULD THESE REFORMS OR RESTRICTIONS BE IMPLEMENTED?
>> >>KYLA: AS SAN DIEGO ASSEMBLYMAN BEN WESSO HAS AGREED TO AUTHOR LEGISLATION TO INCLUDE
THESE RESTRICTIONS. MCALLISTER PUT THESE RESTRICTIONS TO LOCAL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE LA MESA SPRING VALLEY DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED MANY OF THEM.
>> >>: NO MORE THAN TO ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE MR.ÊBABER'S IN HELPING TO REVIEW THEIR
OWN INTERNAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND MAY ADOPT SOME OF THESE THINGS AS THE PROCESS
AS THEY FOLLOW IN THE FUTURE. THEN WE'VE WON.
>> >>KYLA: AND SO WESSO HAS AGREED TO AUTHOR LEGISLATION THAT INCLUDES THESE RESTRICTIONS
AND HE WILL BRING THAT TO THE FLOOR IN DECEMBER. >> >>DWANE: KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER, KYLA
CALVERT. SAN DIEGO POLICE HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO STOP
NEGOTIATING PLEA BARGAINS FOR TRAFFIC TICKETS. OFFICERS WERE MAKING DEALS WITH DEFENSE P
ATTORNEYS AT THE KEARNY MESA TRAFFIC COURT. THE DEPARTMENTS ISSUED A MEMO SAYING IT IS
NOT ALLOWED. EARLIER WE TOLD YOU ABOUT A NEW REPORT ON
SAN DIEGO'SÊ >> >>PEGGY: UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE COST
OF LIVING LAST YEAR SO THE NEW REPORT BY THE CENTER ON POLICY INITIATIVE SPECIFICALLY CPI
FOUND FULL TIME EMPLOYEES IN OUR REGIONS BIGGEST INDUSTRIES EARNED LESS OR ABOUT THE SAME ASS
FIVE YEARS AGO. THE AVERAGE INCOME DROPPED TO JUST OVER 59,000
DOLLARS A YEAR, OF A 15% OF SAN DIEGANS LIVING IN POVERTY, A LITTLE MORE THAN A THIRD ARE
EMPLOYED AND ABOUT 30% ARE CHILDREN. HERE WITH MORE ON THE REPORT IS CORRINE WILSON,
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND POLICY AT CPI AND MARNEY COX CHIEF ECONOMIST AT SANDAG.
CORRINE, MY FIRST QUESTION TO YOU IS IN THE REPORT, IT SAYS THAT THE SPENDING POWER OF
PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO FROM THESE PAY CHECKS IS LESS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> >>CORINNE WILSON: THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN
BUY LESS THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY OR WITH YOUR PAY CHECK THAN YOU WERE
ABLE TO LAST YEAR. SO WHILE WE'RE WORKING, WE CAN'T BUY THE SAME
LIKE WE WERE LAST YEAR. >> >>PEGGY: SO EVEN IF THE INCOMES STAY THE
SAME, IT HAS A DIFFERENT IMPACT ON WHAT YOUR ABLE TO PURCHASE.
AND ALSO, AS FAR AS THE REPORT GOES WHAT KIND OF INDUSTRIES HERE IN SAN DIEGO ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT THAT'S NOT KEEPING UP AS FAR AS INCOME AND RAISES?
>> >>CORINNE WILSON: WELL, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS FOR EXAMPLE THE LOWEST MEDIAN EARNING INDUSTRY
IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WHICH IS THE ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY.
THE TOURISM INDUSTRY BASICALLY WAS STAGNANT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
PEOPLE IN THAT INDUSTRY ARE BRINGING HOME LESS THAN 25,000 DOLLARS A YEAR AND THEN ALSO
THE NEW LARGEST INDUSTRY IN A REGION BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FULL TIME EMPLOYEES IS THE HEALTH
CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY. AND ALSO WHILE IT'S THE BIGGEST IT ALSO HAD
STAGNANT EARNINGS. >> >>PEGGY: STAGNANT EARNINGS ACROSS THE BOARD.
MARNIE, SANDAG HAS TRACKED SINCE THE RECESSION IF NOT BEFORE THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF SAN DIEGO.
HOW IS THE RECESSION IMPACTING STILL OR IMPACTED THESE EARNINGS?
>> >>MARNEY COX: WE'RE SEEING A CONTINUATION OF A TREND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON ALMOST SINCE
THE LATE 80S OR SO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE GROWTH AND LOW SLOWLY
ADDED JOBS OR LOW PAYING JOBS AND A LOT LESS GROWTH IN MIDDLE OR HIGH PAYING JOBS.
ALMOST TOO EFFECT WHERE HIGH PAYING JOBS ARE GROWING, BUT EIGHT TIMES MORE LOW PAYING JOBS
WILL BE AD ADDED. EVEN IF YOU ADD MIDDLE TO THE HIGH, YOU GET
TWO TIMES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FINDING JOBS IN THE LOW PAYING INDUSTRIES AND EVEN
THE MIDDLE OR HIGH. THIS HAS A TENDENCY TO PUP PUT PRESSURE ON
YOUR AVERAGE BECAUSE YOU'RE ADDING SO MANY JOBS AT THE BOTTOM.
>> >>PEGGY: MARNIE, DID ANYTHING IN THIS REPORT SURPRISE YOU?
>> >>MARNEY COX: UM, YEAH, ACTUALLY THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, UM, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN POVERTY DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE WHEREAS
THE NATION AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THEY DID.
SO WHAT IS IT ABOUT SAN DIEGO THAT WAS ABLE TO HOLD THAT NUMBER?
AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS THAT OUR INCOME FELL BY ABOUT 3%.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY HIGH. I WAS ESTIMATING SOMEWHERE AROUND A 2 PIRS%
THIS PARTICULAR YEAR. THAT'S PRETTY BIG, EVEN THOUGH WE DID BETTER
THAN BOTH THE STATE AND THE NATION, WE'RE STILL AT A 3% DECLINE.
VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE UP FOR THAT DECLINE IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES HOUSE
HOLD INCOMES TO RISE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS.
>> >>PEGGY: HOW ABOUT CORRINE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN ABOUT 15% OF SAN DIEGANS AS
YOU SAID COMPARATIVELY DOESN'T SOUND TOO BAD, BUT IT'S STILL NOT GREAT.
WHAT ARE THE FEDERAL GUIDE LINES THAT PUT PEOPLE INTO THAT LEVEL OF BELOW POVERTY OR
AT POVERTY? >> >>CORINNE WILSON: THE THRESHOLDS, PEGGY,
ARE ABOUT 11,484 DOLLARS FOR A SINGLE PERSON. IF YOU MAKE LESS THAN THAT YOUR IN POVERTY,
OR FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR WITH SAY TWO PARENTS AND TWO CHILDREN, THAT IS ACTUALLYÊ
>> >>PEGGY: THAT'S OKAY. >> >>CORINNE WILSON: IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A
LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 23,000 DOLLARS. TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD BE MAKING ENDS
MEET JUST ON THAT LITTLE AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP OR
THE ABILITY TO PAY YOUR BILLS STARTS AT ABOUT 200% OR TWO TIMES THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR THAT'S MORE AROUND 46,000 DOLLARS A YEAR.
BUT AT THAT RATE YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT IF YOU HAVE AN UNEXPECTED EXPENSE SUCH AS MEDICAL
YOU'RE HAVING TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. >> >>PEGGY: WHICH IS DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE EARNING 11,000 AS A PERSON OR 23 FOR A FAMILY.
I KNOW THAT DIFFERENT POVERTY RATES WERE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THIS CITY.
WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENCES? >> >>CORINNE WILSON: WE'RE LOOKING AT IN FOR
EXAMPLE IN EL CAJON IT HAD THE HIGHEST WITH CLOSE TO ONE OF EVERY FOUR PEOPLE IN EL CAJON
LIVING IN POVERTY. AND CHULA VISTA ACTUALLY HAD THE LOWEST WHICH
WAS APPROXIMATE 12% OF EVERYONE IN CHULA VISTA LIVING IN POVERTY.
>> >>PEGGY: MARNIE, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN LOCALLY TO INCREASE INCOMES HERE AND DECREASE POVERTY?
>> >>MARNEY COX: WE NEED TO CREATE SOME MORE JOBS A.GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, DURING 2011,
THE LAST FOUR YEAR WE HAVE DATA FOR, WE CREATED 8,000 JOBS.
IF WE CREATED OUR PROPORTION OF THE NATIONAL, WE SHOULD HAVE CREATED 18,000, 1.8ÊMILLION
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. SAN DIEGO IS NOT RESPONDING TO COMING OUT
OF THE RECESSION, EVEN AS WELL AS THE NATION IS RESPONDING AND THE NATION IS EVERYBODY.
>> >>PEGGY: WHEN IT COMES TO JOB GROWTH. >> >>MARNEY COX: YEAH.
THE FIRST WAY TO FIGHT POVERTY IS TO CREATE JOBS AND SAN DIEGO IS SORT OF TRAILING THE
NATIONAL LEVEL SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO.
THE SECOND THING IS THE TYPE OF JOB GROWTH, THE QUALITY OF THE JOB.
WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO PRODUCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD EMPLOY PEOPLE AT
THE LOWER END OF THE WAGE SCALE AS OPPOSED TO THE MIDDLE OR UPPER END.
>> >>PEGGY: THANK YOU BOTH. THERE IS A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR TALKING WITH ME TODAY.
>> >>MARNEY COX: THANK YOU. >> >>CORINNE WILSON: THANK YOU.
>> >>DWANE: LAST NIGHT WE TOLD YOU ABOUT EFFORTS TO GET RECENT MILITARY VETERANS JOBS IN THE
CIVILIAN WORLD. TONIGHT WE LOOK AT A SAN DIEGO PROGRAM HELPING
PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES GAIN A NEW SENSE OF FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE IN
THE WORK PLACE. >> >>: ATTENTION PRODUCE DEPARTMENT 202.
>> >>DWANE: SO, CALVIN, HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED HERE?
>> >>: ONE YEAR. >> >>DWANE: ONE YEAR?
>> >>: FIVE/2111/11 IS WHEN I STARTED. >> >>DWANE: WHAT'S THE JOB YOU LIKE TO DO
THE MOST? >> >>: I'M A JANITORIALÊ CLERK.
>> >>DWANE: CALVIN HAS ASPERGERS SYNDROME, A FORM OF AUTISM.
AT 23 HE'S A BALL OF ENERGY WHO WORKS UP TO 28 HOURS A WEEK ALWAYS ON TIME, WITH A GREAT
ATTITUDE. SO WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
>> >>: THE BAILER. THE COMPACTER THE CORD BOARD SMASHER.
>> >>DWANE: HE'S LEADING US TO ONE OF HIS DAILY DUTIES, GETTING ALL THE STORE'S CARDBOARD
READY FOR RECYCLING. >> >>: YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF
THERE, PULL THIS DOWN ALL THE WAY, HIT YOUR DOWN KEY DOWN, IT'S ON AUTO MODE.
>> >>DWANE: CALVIN SAYS HE WOULD BE SIGHT AT HOME WATCHING TV IF IT WASN'T FOR TMI OR
TOWARDS THE MAXIMUM INDEPENDENCE, THE SAN DIEGO NON PROFIT INDUSTRY HAS PLACED CLIENTS
WITH MAJOR EMPLOYERS SUCH AS VANS, HOME DEPOT AND WALMART TO NAME A FEW.
HUSHY IS THE DIRECTOR OF TMI. >> >>: THE TRADITION IS TO ISOLATE PEOPLE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN STATE HOSPITALS OR OUR APPROACH IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
WE WANT FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE LARGER COMMUNITY TO FEEL A PART OF
THE LARGER COMMUNITY AND ACCEPTED BY IT. >> >>DWANE: AFTER A YEAR ON THE JOB, CALVIN
HASN'T ONLY BEEN ACCEPTED AT VANS, HE'S BEEN PROMOTED TWICE.
>> >>: HE IS DEFINITELY A SUPER STAR. >> >>DWANE: DAWN SLATER IS THE STORE MANAGER.
SHE SAYS HIRING CALVIN HAS BOOSTED MORALE AT THIS STORE IN EL CAJON.
>> >>: HE COMES IN AND ALWAYS JUST GOT THAT GREAT ATTITUDE.
>> >>DWANE: YOU COULD SAY HE'S DANCED HIS WAY INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF PEEP HE COMES
INTO CONTACT WITH. LIKE DEBBIE NASH WHO'S ABOUT TO RETIRE IN
NINE DAYS. AFTER WORKING FOR THE SUPERMARKET 39 YEARS.
LOOKS LIKE CALVIN COULD EASILY FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS.
TMI SAYS EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE LOWER TURNOVER RATES LIKE MOST NON PROFITS
TMI HAS SEEN ITS SHARE OF STATE CUT BACKS AND HAS TO RELY MORE ON PRIVATE DONATIONS
TO KEEP ITS OPERATION GOING. ENDEAVOR HAS ARRIVED IN CALIFORNIA, BUT THE
SHUTTLE HAS ONE MORE FLIGHT, TOMORROW SHE WILL FLY OVER PARTS OF THE STATE BEFORE LANDING
FOR THE LAST TIME IN LOS ANGELES. SAN DIEGO, BY THE WAY, IS NOT PART OF ENDEAVOR'S
FINAL FLIGHT PLAN. DISNEYLAND ARE THE CLOSEST SPOTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO VIEW THE FLY
OVER. WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ARE BEING
CELEBRATED IN SAN DIEGO TONIGHT. IT'S PART OF A PROGRAM HELPING WOMEN PURSUE
CAREERS IN SCIENCE. PEGGY PICO HAS THE STORY.
>> >>PEGGY: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS OR STEM INDUSTRIES ARE CRUCIAL
TO SAN DIEGO'S ECONOMY. STILL, WOMEN ARE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER REPRESENTED
IN STEM CAREERS BUT THAT'S BEGINNING TO CHANGE. >> >>: I LOVE SCIENCE AND THAT SOUNDS CLICHE,
BUT I REALLY AM INTERESTED IN NEUROSCIENCE. >> >>: SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING
LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FIX ALL THE DIFFERENT DISEASES THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
>> >>: I'M VERY MUCH INTO SCIENCE AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO WHEN
I GROW UP, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO AT LEAST GET AN IDEA OF EVERYTHING SO YOU
CAN AT LEAST HAVE CHOICES IT WHEN I GET BIGGER. >> >>PEGGY: WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE LOCAL
SCIENCE PROGRAM THOSE THREE HIGH SCHOOL TEENS ARE ENROLLED IN. MY GUEST PEGGY JOHNSON EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL MARKETING AT QUALCOMM AND NANCY TAYLOR DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE AT SAN
DIEGO COUNTY EDUCATION OFFICE AND FOUNDER OF SAN DIEGO SCIENCE ALLIANCE PROGRAM.
PEGGY, GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE WOMEN STAND IN THE FIELDS OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, RIGHT
NOW TODAY. >> >>PEGGY JOHNSON: THE STEM FIELDS STILL
ARE A BIT DISAPPOINTING IN THEIR NUMBERS FOR WOMEN.
IT'S ABOUT 76% MEN, ABOUT 24% WOMEN. THEY'VE GROWN A BIT, BUT STILL NOT WHERE WE'D
LIKE TO SEE THEM. THERE'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR
WOMEN. >> >>PEGGY: YOU HAVE A PRETTY PRESTIGIOUS
JOB IN ENGINEERING AND AT QUALCOMM. WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE AS FAR AS CLIMBING
THE RANKS THROUGH SCIENCE? >> >>PEGGY JOHNSON: YOU KNOW, MOSTLY IT WAS
GOOD. THERE WERE A FEW BUMPS ALONG THE WAY.
I REMEMBER GOING TO A CUSTOMER ONE DAY WITH A GROUP OF ENGINEERS, ALL MEN FROM QUALCOMM
AND THE CUSTOMER ASSUMED I WAS THE SECRETARY AND ASKED ME TO GET COFFEE BUT MOSTLY IT'S
BEEN GOOD. IT'S A REWARDING CAREER.
>> >>PEGGY: AND YOU EXPLAINED THE WHOLE ENGINEERING CONCEPT BEHIND COFFEE AS YOU HANDED IT TO
HIM I BET. NANCY HOW ABOUT YOU.
YOU FOUNDED THE SAN DIEGO ALLIANCE, TELL US WHAT THAT IS, SCIENCE ALLIANCE, AND FIRST
TELL US WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT IT'S DOING FOR STUDENTS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
>> >>NANCY TAYLOR: THE SAN DIEGO SCIENCE ALLIANCE IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION OF EDUCATORS
AND BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT HAVE FOUNDED AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
IN K12 TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE BETTER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
PROGRAM. >> >>PEGGY: THOSE WERE THE GIRLS WE SAW.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY AT THE SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL INSTITUTE AS PART OF YOUR PROGRAM REALLY HANDS
ON. >> >>NANCY TAYLOR: THAT'S WHAT GETS THE GIRLS
INSPIRED IS NOT READING ABOUT SCIENCE IN A TEXT BOOK, BUT ACTUALLY BEING IN THE WORK
PLACE, AND SEEING THE PRODUCTIVITY, SEEING THE INNOVATION, AND SEEING THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR THEMSELVES AS THEY THINK ABOUT A COLLEGE CAREER IN FRONT OF THEM.
>> >>PEGGY: WHAT MOTIVATED YOU, OR WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE SCIENCE WORLD TO START
THIS FOUNDATION AND WITH YOUR ROLE AT THE COUNTY?
>> >>NANCY TAYLOR: AS A CAREER IN EDUCATION FOR ME, I GOT TO SEE THE SPARKLE IN MY STUDENT'S
EYES, IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS. I HAD A FIELD EXPERIENCE, I WAS ONE OF THOSE
LIFE SCIENCE WOMEN THAT DOMINATE THE SCIENCES AND IT BECAME APPARENT TO ME THAT WE COULD
DO A GREAT SERVICE TO K12 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IF WE REACHED OUT TO QUALCOMM, TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS
INDUSTRIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, TO CREATE SOME PARTNERSHIPS AND BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH
CHILDREN AND TEACHERS WHAT THE WORK FORCE AND PREPARATION FOR THAT WORK FORCE LOOKS
LIKE. >> >>PEGGY: PEGGY, QUALCOMM TONIGHT IS CELEBRATING
AN ANNUAL EVENT CELEBRATING WOMEN IN THE STEM AREAS, SPECIFICALLY TECHNOLOGY TONIGHT.
TELL ME ABOUT THE EVENT. WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU CELEBRATING?
>> >>PEGGY JOHNSON: WE'RE CELEBRATING SIX YEARS AND IN THAT TIME IT WAS JUST A HAND
FULL OF WOMEN WHO STARTED IT AND NOW WE'RE AT 650 WOMEN FROM OUR OFFICES ALL OVER THE
WORLD. WE'LL HAVE SHERRY BLARE THERE TONIGHT, SPEAKING,
AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.
>> >>PEGGY: YOU DO SOMETHING THERE CALLED SEED MENTORING, QUALCOMM'S VERY MUCH INTO
THE MENTORING PROCESS. WHAT IS THAT?
>> >>PEGGY JOHNSON: SPEED MENTORING, WE TAKE THREE OF OUR EXECUTIVES AND A SMALL GROUP
OF WOMEN, THEY GET TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND WE GIVE THEM ADVICE, AND IT TAKES ABOUT 15 MINUTES
IN THIS SMALL GROUP, A BELL RINGS AND THEY GO TO THE NEXT EXECUTIVE.
THEY'LL GET TO HEAR FROM THREE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVES AND GET THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
>> >>PEGGY: BETWEEN BOTH OF YOUR GROUPS THERE'S A LOT OF MENTORING AND MENTOREE OPPORTUNITIES
HERE IN SAN DIEGO. IT SHOULD BE, WE'RE VERY PROMINENT IN THE
BIOTECH FIELD AND LIFE SCIENCE FIELD. I'D LIKE TO ASK EACH OF YOU, WHAT WOULD BE
YOUR BEST ADVICE TO LET'S SAY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OR YOUNGER WHO'S INTERESTED IN A SCIENCE
CAREER? >> >>PEGGY JOHNSON: I WOULD SAY BE YOURSELF
AND JUST DO IT. IT'S SUCH A REWARDING CAREER, AND IT IS A
CAREER FOR WOMEN. >> >>PEGGY: ABSOLUTELY.
AND HOW ABOUT YOU, NANCY? >> >>NANCY TAYLOR: WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS
ITSELF TO GATHER WITH OTHER WOMEN AND YOUNG WOMEN, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN, AND IT JUST MIGHT SPARK AN INTEREST FOR A LIFETIME.
>> >>PEGGY: ALL RIGHT. WE'RE OUT OF TIME, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
HERE. WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
THANKS SO MUCH. >> >>DWANE: BY THE WAY, QUALCOMM IS A FINANCIAL
SUPPORTER OF KPBS. TWO SAN DIEGO SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN TAPPED
AS POSSIBLE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS. THE FORECAST COMES FROM THOMPSON NEWS HANDICAPPING THE
AWARDS EVERY YEAR. BOTH MEN WORK ON CANCER RESEARCH.
TONY HUNTER AND ERKKI RUOSLAHTI IS WITH THE SANFORD BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, 26 THOMPSON REUTER'S PICKS HAVE BECOME NOBEL LAUREATES.
WELL, SUNDAY'S CHARGERS GAME WILL BE BLACKED OUT ON LOCAL TV.
THE TEAM DIDN'T SELL ENOUGH TICKS TO AVOID THE BLACKOUT.
ABOUT 9,000 TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. THE ATLANTA FALCONS WHO ARE ALSO UNDEFEATED.
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART IS IN THE MIDST OF AN EXHIBIT ON GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM, CALLED
THE HUMAN BEAST. KPBS ARTS REPORTER BETH ACCOMANDO GIVES US
A QUICK TOUR. >> >>: I'M ARIEL PLOTEK THE CURE CURATOR AT
THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART, AND WE ARE HERE IN OUR EXHIBITION THE HUMAN BEAST, GERMAN
EXPRESSIONISM AT THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART. IT'S A QUITE LARGE EXHIBITION, WE'RE PROUD
OF THE FACT THAT MOST OF OUR WORK COMES FROM THE EXHIBITION.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS BOTH WORK THAT HAS BEEN WITH THE MUSEUM FOR SOME TIME AND MOST EXCITINGLY
A VERY LARGE AND IMPORTANT GIFT TO THE MUSEUM, THE [INAUDIBLE] THE TITLE ACTUALLY COMES FROM
A NOVEL BY EMILE ZOLA, THE HUMAN BEAST. THE THOUGHT WE HAD WAS THESE DEPICTIONS OF
MAN AND MAN'S MOST LET'S SAY PRIMAL AND ANIMAL INSTINCTS WAS WHAT SO MUCH OF THIS WORK WAS
ABOUT. I WOULD SAY THIS IS TRUE PARTICULARLY OF A
PAINTING HERE BY AUTO DICKS. IT'S A PORTRAIT OF A CANNON EAR, WHO IS TRANSFORMING
THIS PAINTING, THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC HYBRID CREATURE, PART LION PART MAN.
WE'RE LOOKING HERE AT A COMMISSIONED PORTRAIT BY THE ARTIST WHO IS OLDER GENERATION OF THE
EXPRESSIONISTS WE ARE SHOWING ELSEWHERE IN THE EXHIBITION AN ARTIST WHO REPRESENT AN
INTEREST BRIDGE, IF YOU WILL, BETWEEN IMPRESSIONISM AND EXPRESSIONISM.
WE SEE HERE AN INTERESTING COMBINATION OF ON THE ONE HAND SO MANY OF THE TRAPPINGS OF
A MORE CONVENTIONAL PORTRAIT, OF AN ARISTOCRATIC SUBJECT, WHO HAS HIS FAMILY CREST PROMINENTLY
DISPLAYED IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE PICTURE, BUT WHO'S EXPRESSION, THE EYE
WITH THE SORT OF MONOCLE AND INTENSITIVITY OF THE ENGAGEMENT I WOULD SAY WITH THE VIEWER
IS GOING TO KIND OF SPEAKS TO NEW AND EXPRESSIVE CONCERNS.
WE WANTED TO SORT OF MAKE THIS PRESENTATION OF EXPRESSIONISTS HERE IN CALIFORNIA RELATE
TO ANOTHER ASPECT OF CALIFORNIA CULTURE, PARTICULARLY OF THE 1930S AND 40S AND THAT IS THE CULTURE
OF HOLLYWOOD. WE THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION OF THESE FILMS
FROM THE WEIMAR ERA COMPLIMENTED THE WORK IN THE SHOW, BUT INVITED US TO THINK ABOUT
THE INFLUENCE THAT GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM BOTH AS AN ART AND AS AN ART OF THE SCREEN WOULD
HAVE UPON ART AND IL FM MAKING IN THIS COUNTRY. LOOKING HERE AT A PAINTING OF BROADWAY IN
NEW YORK, BY GEORGE GROSS IN 1934. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION
SUGGESTS, THIS IDEA OF THE HUMAN BEAST, IS A RELATIONSHIP TO THE SO CALLED ARTISTS IN
FRANCE WHO WERE LABELED AS CRITICS IN 1905 AS WILD BEASTS.
IT WAS PARTICULAR FOR THEIR VERY RADICAL AND EXPRESSIVE USE OF COLOR THAT THEY WERE SINGLED
OUT AS SORT OF MAD OR DERANGED AS THE CRITICS LIKE TO TERM THEM.
I THINK THAT THIS TASTE FOR VERY BOLD AND STRIKING COLOR IS NOWHERE MORE EVIDENT THAN
IN THIS WORK BY GROSS, WHICH I SHOULD MENTION IS A LARGE WATER COLOR.
A SORT OF TOUR DE FORCE. IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THE WORKS OF THESE
WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION BEING WORKS ON PAPER, AS IS THE CASE OF GROSS' VIEW OF BROADWAY
MAKES THE EXHIBITION ALL THE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED.
THESE ARE WORKS THAT ARE FRAGILE, LIGHT SENSITIVE, THAT WILL HAVE TO RETURN TO OUR VAULT WHEN
THE EXHIBITION CLOSES. >> >>: THIS IS A DRAWING BY HIMÊ
>> >>DWANE: THE HUMAN BEAST EXHIBIT RUNS THROUGH NOVEMBERÊ11 AT THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
IN BALBOA PARK. YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON WERE WEBSITE
KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
YOU HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.