Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - Evening Edition

FORECLOSURE PROCESS DID DECLINE A BIT. THOSE SO CALLED DISTRESSED SALES REPRESENT
ABOUT 40 >> >>PEGGY: QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE ORGANIZATION
KEPT INFORMATION ABOUT ABUSE FROM LAW ENFORCE. >> >>PEGGY: MITCH BLOCKER JOINS US WITH NEW
DETAILS ABOUT ALLEGED MOLESTATION IN THE BOY SCOUTS HERE IN SAN DIEGO 689 THESE DOCUMENTS
ARE CONSIDERED SECRET OR CONFIDENTIAL, O HOW KM?
>> >>: THEY'RE CONSIDERED SECRET BECAUSE THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HAVE FOUGHT FOO KEEP
THEM OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE. IT SAYS CONFIDENTIAL FILES.
THEY USED THEM AS INELIGIBLE VOLUNTEER FILES TO KEEP THOSE WHO SHOULD NOT BE IN SCOUTING
OUT OF SCOUTING. >> >>PEGGY: WHAT IS IN THE FILES?
>> >>: THE FILES CONSIST OF ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE SEXUAL IN NATURE, FROM 1971 TO 1990.
THESE HAVE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM TRIALS, ALLEGATIONS FROM PARENTS, FROM YOUTH WITHIN
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, CHARGES FROM COURTS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT WOULD POINT TO SEXUAL
ABUSE ALLEGATION, THINGS THAT THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA KNEW ABOUT PEOPLE WORKING WITHIN
THE ORGANIZATION. >> >>PEGGY: A COURT ORDER IN OREGON, TELL
US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. THEY ACTUALLY FORCED THE BOY SCOUTS TO RELEASE
THEE THESE DOCUMENTS. >> >>: THE ORGAN SUPREME COURT UP HELD THE
DECISION TO RELEASED THE DOCS DOCUMENTS. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY RELEASED OUT OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON, A CASE HIRE AN ATTORNEY OUT OF SEATTLE WHO PURSUED CIVIL LITIGATION AGAINST
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, FOR HIS CLIENT MATT STEWART, AND HE WON IN PART OF THE SETTLEMENT
WAS TO RELEASE THESE FILES. THE CASE YOUR TALKING ABOUT IN OREGON, INVOLVE
UZ ANOTHER CIVIL CASE. >> >>PEGGY: OKAY, YEAH, AND I JUST WANTED
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SEE WHAT THIS WAS ON THE WEBSITE OF THE BOY SCOUTS, HERE'S WHAT THEY
HAD TO SAY ABOUT RELEASING THE DOCUMENTS. >> >>: WE TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
YOUTH FROM ABUSE AND WORK HARD TO INSURE WE MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST QUALITY LEADERSHIP.
>> >>: WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF INCORPORATING NEW, BEST PRACTICES INTO OUR PROGRAM.
>> >>: THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE THE BEST PRACTICES OF THE TIME WERE INEFFICIENT AND
FOR THAT WE ARE DEEPLY SORRY. >> >>PEGGY: DID THEY SAY ANYTHING MORE TO
YOU WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO GET THE REPORTS? >> >>: THE DOCUMENTATION BECAME PUBLIC RECORD
AFTER THIS CIVIL CASE IN SEATTLE. THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HAVE NOTED AGREED
TO ANY ON CAMERA INTERVIEWS WITH OUR ORGANIZATION, WITH ABC HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
I KNOW OF OTHER ABC AFFILIATES CROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE TRIED TO GET THEM TO TALK AS WELL, BUT
THEY HAVE REFUSED. A SPOKESMAN HAS CORRESPONDED WITH ME.
>> >>PEGGY: NO DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS MAKING A STATEMENT
ABOUT HOW THEY HANDLED THESE CASES HOW MANY CASES IN SAN DIEGO RIGHT NOW INVOLVE THE BOY
SCOUTS AND POSSIBLE MOLESTATION CHARGES? >> >>: WHAT WE DID IS WE SORTED ABOUT 5,000
CASES TO FIND HOW MANY INVOLVED SAN DIEGO AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND AT LEAST 35 SPECIFIC
CASES INVOLVED SEXUAL ABUSE IN A 20 YEAR TIME FRAME.
>> >>PEGGY: HAS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RUN OUT?
>> >>: THERE ARE LAWSUITS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, CIVIL LAWSUITS, BUT AS FAR AS THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATION THEY'VE RUN OUT ON A LOT OF THESE CASES BECAUSE IN SOME CASES THEY'RE
20, 30 YEARS OLD. >> >>PEGGY: IN YOUR INVESTIGATION, HAVE THEY
SAID THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR PRACTICES? >> >>: THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
TO BE REAL CLEAR, WE'RE GETTING A GLIMPSE AT A 20 YEAR TIME PERIOD FROM '71 TO '91 ABOUT
HOW THEY HANDLED THESE ALLEGATIONS IN THE SCOUTS.
THERE'S A CURRENT EFFORT TO GET THE 92 TO PRESENT DAY FILES IN SANTA BARBARA RELEASED
BUT THE SCOUTS ARE FIGHTING THAT. AS FAR AS THEY HANDLE SITUATIONS LIKE THAT,
THEY SAY SINCE 1994 THEY BACKGROUND CHECK EVERY ADULT IN THE SCOUTS, AND THIS IS A GLIMPSE
INTO THE PAST. >> >>PEGGY: THEY SAY THAT BUT THEY'RE STILL
WITHHOLDING THE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW. WHY DON'T THEY WANT THE DOCUMENTS TO BE RELEASED?
>> >>: I'D LOVE TO FIND OUT WHY. THE LAWYER HANDLING THIS IS REPRESENTING A
CHILD MOLESTED BY A GUY IN SANTA BARBARA IN 2007.
HE WON THE CIVIL CASE. THE FILES ARE TO BE RELEASED, BUT THE SCOUT APPEALED THE DECISION
AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE SUPREME COURT. >> >>PEGGY: ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US, WE CAN WATCH YOUR FULL REPORT TONIGHT.
>> >>DWANE: SEA WORLD HAS LOST ANOTHER LEGAL ROUND TO GET TRAINERS BACK INTO THE WATER
AT ITS SHAMU SHOWS. THEY'VE BEEN KEPT OUT SINCE A TRAINER WAS
KILLED IN ORLANDO TWO YEARS AGO. SEA WORLD HAD ASKED A FEDERAL COMMISSION TO
KEEP TRAINERS OUT OF THE TANKS. THE REQUEST WAS TURNED DOWN.
THE COMPANY CAN STILL GO TO AN APPEALS COURT. A NEW BOOK RANKS UC SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CENTER
AS THE BEST HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTY, AND THE FIFTH BEST IN THE STATE.
U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT REVIEWS 5,000 HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THESE ARE THE TOP 5 IN CALIFORNIA. RONALD REGAN UCLA MEDICAL CENTER WAS RATED
AS THE FIFTH BEST HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. THE MURDERS OF TWO NORTH COUNTY TEENAGERS
IN 2010 IS MAKING HEAD LINES AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME IT'S A NEW BOOK.
PEGGY HAS MORE AT THE ROUND TABLE. >> >>PEGGY: THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION
OF THE PUBLISHING OF A NEW BOOK THAT FOCUSES ON THE TROUBLED BACKGROUND OFFED MURDERER
JOHN GARDNER, THE MAN CONVICT OFFED KILLING CHELSEA KING AND AMBER DUE BU WAW.
>> >>: IT IS THE JUDGMENT AND THE SENTENCE OF THE COURT THAT FOR THE CRIME OF MURDER
IN THE FIRST DEGREE CHELSEA KING UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE. FOR THE CRIME OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DAY OF AMBER DUBOIS UNDER SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES, LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
>> >>PEGGY: JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT HER CONTROVERSIAL BOOK, AUTHOR AND FORMER JOURNALIST CAITLIN
ROTHER. TAKE US BACK AND REFRESH OUR MEMORIES TO THIS
CASE WHAT HAPPENED? >> >>: AMBER WENT MISSING AS SHE WAS WALKING
TO SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY TEN 2009, AND TWO WEEK UZ LATER CHELSEA KING WENT FOR A RUN IN RANCHOÊ
PARK. TWO DAZE LATER, THEY FOUND HER PANTIES AND
THEY WERE ABLE TO MATCH DNA WITH SEXUAL PREDATOR JOHN GARDNER, AND THEN ABOUT FOUR DAYS AFTER
THAT, SIX DAYS AFTER THAT THEY FOUND AMBER DUBOIS'S REMAINS AND IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY ON
A TIP. WE KNOW JOHN GARDNER LEAD AUTHORITIES TO AMBER'S
BODY. >> >>PEGGY: THIS BOOK, THOUGH, THAT YOU'VE
WRITTEN IS NOT REALLY ABOUT THE TWO GIRLS AND ABOUT THE MURDER.
IT'S MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF JOHN. TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S IN YOUR BOOK.
>> >>: WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO WITH THE TRUE CRIME BOOK IS GO INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE CASE.
I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE SEXUAL PREDATOR IS ALL ABOUT.
IN THIS CASE, JOHN GARDNER BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT SEXUAL PREDATORS.
IT'S A REPULSIVE IDEA. I FELT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO
AN ISSUE LIKE THIS THAT REALLY COULD G DO SOME GOOD TO PREVENT THINGS LIKE THAT FRAME
HAPPENING AGAIN. IT GOES THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION, HIS FAMILY
BACKGROUND AND SOME A LITTLE BITS ABOUT THE GIRLS BECAUSE I LIKE TO PAY A TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS.
>> >>PEGGY: UNFORTUNATELYÊ BOTH FAMILIES STRONGLY OPPOSE YOUR BOOK. I WANT TO PUT A
STATEMENT THEY PUT ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS: WITH THE PUBLICATION
OF AN UNAUTHORIZED NEW BOOK, OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING DRIVEN BACKWARDS AT A TIME WHEN
WE WERE ALL WORKING SO HARD TO MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE MOST DEVASTATING
STORM OF OUR LIFE LIVES SO WHILE WEATHERING THIS NEW ONE PAILS, WE ARE DEEM DEEPLY HURT.
>> >>: I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, AND I'M VERY SEAR FOR THIS LOSS, AND SEAR THEY'RE HURT
BY THIS BOOK, BECAUSE THAT WAS CERTAINLY NOT MY INTENTION.
I WAS TRYING TO PREVENT OTHER VICTIMS FROM FALLING TO THE SAME FATE.
I UNDERSTAND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO READ THE BOOK, BUT I DO FEEL THERE REALLY IS A PURPOSE
TO REVEALING THE FLAWS IN THE SI SYSTEM THAT WE CAN FIX, I HOPE, AND TO SORT OF TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE EMOTION THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS SO THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WILL BE ANGRY ENOUGH OF
WHAT THEY READ IN THIS BOOK, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOBILIZE AND GET SOME CHANGE.
>> >>PEGGY: YOU HAD A 5 HOUR INTERVIEW WITH JOHN GARDNER, AND YOU POINT OUT IN YOUR BOOK,
SOME VERY CLEAR MARKERS, HE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE AT AGE 9.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THESE KEY MARKERSÊ WHAT DO WE NEED TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE KEY MARKERS
YOU THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
>> >>: HE WAS BORN INTO A VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY, THERE WAS MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTION,
INCEST AND MOLESTATION, GEOGRAPHICAL INSTABILITY, FINANCIAL INSTABILITY.
BY THE TIME HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD, HE HATED HIMSELF.
HE NEEDED COUNSELING. HE TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF SEVERAL TIMES AT
9 AND 10, AND ADDICTION LATER ON. >> >>PEGGY: YOU'RE NOT DEFENDING HIM, YOU'RE
SAYING THESE COULD BE MARKERS OTHER PEOPLE COULD LOOK AT IF A SIMILAR CASE CAME UP.
>> >>: IF SOMEBODY LIKE THIS STARTS DATING YOUR DAUGHTER T MIGHT BE GOOD TO NOTICE THESE
THINGS AND LOOK OUT. >> >>PEGGY: ARE THEREÊ YOU SAY THIS IS REALLY
KIND OF EXCLUSIVE CASE IN SAN DIEGO, THAT THERE'S REALLY NONE OTHER LIKE HIM.
HOW KM? >> >>: I FELT WITH THIS CASE WAS BREAKING
Y SAW A FLYER IN MY GYM FOR CHELSEA KING AND THOUGHT THIS MUST BE A REALLY SPECIAL. I'VE
NEVER SEEN A FLYER FOR A MISSING TEENAGER BEFORE.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT CHELSEA THING KING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE BLUE EYES, THE
MORE WE LEARNED ABOUT HER, EVERYBODY WANTED HER TO BE FOUND ALIVE.
>> >>PEGGY: CAITLIN ROTH, AUTHOR OF LOST GIRLS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> >>: THANK YOU. >> >>DWANE: MOST SAN DIEGO STUDENTS HAVE HIT
SUMMER'S MIDWAY POINT TELLING MOM AND DAD I'M BORED, DRIVING PARENTS CRAZY ISN'T THE
ONLY HAZARD OF AN IDOL SUMMER. KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KYLA CALVERT TELLS
U US ABOUT A PROGRAM TO HELP MIDDLE SCHOOLERS LEARNING THROUGH THE LONG HOT SUMMER.
>> >>: SUMMER IS SUPPOSED TO BE A GLORIOUS STRETCH OF DOWNTIME FOR KIDS.
AFTER SUMMER A FEW STUDENTS AT CLAIREMONT'S MARSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ESSAY WOULD BE ABOUT
THEY PAINT A LESS IDEALIC PICTURE. >> >>: I JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH TV.
>> >>: NOTHING, I JUST STAYED HOME. >> >>: THAT TV WATCHING AND INTERNET SUFFERING
LEAD TO SOMETHING CALLED SUMMER SLIDE. TEACHERS PLAN FOR STUDENT WHOSE RETURN IN
THE FALL WITH MATH AND READING LEVELS LOWER THAN WHEN SCHOOL WENT OUT FOR SUMMER.
>> >>: IT'S THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OR SO OF THE KIDS NOT IN THE SUMMER PROGRAM OR THE
SUMMER SCHOOL, AND WE SEE THAT AND WE KIND OF BUILD THAT AROUND IT FOR THE FIRST COUPLE
WEEKS, A QUICK ORIENTATION AND BASIC SKILLS JUST TO CATCH THEM UP.
>> >>: SOME STUDENTS NEVER CATCH UP. ONE STUDY FOLLOWED STUDENTS OVER FIVE YEARS
AND FOUND THAT THEY MADE SIMILAR TEST SCORE GAMES DURING MATH AND READING OVER THE SCHOOL
YEAR, BUT DURING THE SUMMER, LOW INCOME STUDENTS BACK TRACKED, WHILE HIGH INCOME STUDENTS CONTINUED
TO ADVANCE. THE DIFFERENCE MAY BE ACCESS TO SUMMER CAMPS
OR ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY. STATE FUNDING CUTS HAVE MEANT FEWER SUMMER
SCHOOL SEATS EVEN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED STUDENTS BEING HELD BACK.
150 RISING SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS ARE TAKING PART IN THE SUMMER AD VERCHS PROGRAM
AS A AT MARSTON. THE PROGRAM TRIES TO PREVENT THE SUMMER TIME GAP.
STUDENTS SPENDING THE MORNING, IN MATH, AND AFTERNOONS ROTATING BETWEEN CLUB ACTIVITIES
LIKE ART, FASHION, COOKING AND SCIENCE. THE STRUCTURES ARE NOT RELYING ON THE KINDS OF
WORK SHEETS KID MIGHT SEE IN THE NORM SCHOOL YEAR.
>> >>: A LOT THE ACTIVITIES WE DO IS HANDS ON.
IT'S INTERACTIVE, SOME MAY CALL IT DISGUISED LEARNING BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUDENTS MIGHT
NOT KNOW THEY'RE LEARNING WHEN THEY ARE. >> >>: THE LEARNING ISN'T THAT DISGUISED.
SHE THINKS THE ACTIVITIES MAKE IT MORE FAN FUN.
>> >>: WE'RE READING A BOOK, AND WE DID AN ACTIVITY WHERE EVERYONE ACTS LIKE THEY'RE
A CHARACTER IN THE BOOK AND WE GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CHARACTER.
>> >>: THAT GIRL FROM WHAT WAS HER NAMEÊ >> >>: HER CLASSMATE SAYS EVEN SUBJECTS SHE
USUALLY THINKS ARE BORING HAVE BEEN FUN THIS SUMMER.
>> >>: I DIDN'T LIKE SCIENCE BECAUSE YOU JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH VIDEOS ABOUT ANIMALS,
BUT THIS YEAR RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN MORE FUN BECAUSE YOU MORE ON HAND PROJECTS.
>> >>: ALL OF THE FUN HAS A SERIOUS PAY OUT. THINK TOGETHER SAYS ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF
THE STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THE PROGRAMS LAST SUMMER ROSE A WHOLE GRADE LEVEL IN MATH.
OFFERING ON THE FIRST COME FIRST COME BASIS IS KEY AT A SCHOOL LIKE MARSTON, WHERE MORE
THAN 70% OF STUDENTS COME FROM LOW INCOME HOUSE HOLDS.
>> >>: SOME KIDS PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD FOR THE KIDS TO GO OFF AND DO THEIR OWN THING,
AND WITH THIS PROGRAM, IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT OFFERS MATH, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE
ACADEMIC PART TOO COME IS MATH AND ENGLISH. >> >>: ABOUT 1300 SAN DIEGO UNIFIED STUDENTS
ARE ENROLLED THIS YEAR. IT'S THE SECOND TIME THINK TOGETHER HAS RUN
THE PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT. BUT WITH MORE THAN 80,000 LOW INCOME STUDENTS,
SAN DIEGO IS PROBABLY A LONG WAY OFF FOR A SUMMER VACATION WITHOUT ACADEMIC CONSEQUENCES.
>> >>DWANE: KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KYLA CALVERT. THINK TOGETHER SUMMER ADVENTURES WRAPS UP
AT EIGHT CITY SCHOOLS THIS WEEK. THE DALAI LAMA'S VISIT WILL HELP THE MONARCH
SCHOOL. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE 51,000 DOLLAR DONATION
WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT A STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
IT'S A BUCKET LIST FOR THE COMMUNITY, A CHALK BOARD DISPLAY OUTSIDE A BAR IN HILLCREST WHERE
NEIGHBORS AND VISITORS HAVE BEEN FILLING IN THE BLANK TO AN AGE OLD QUESTION.
>> >>: A COMPILATION OF EVERYONE'S BEFORE I DIE.
YOU KNOW, LAST THINGS I WANT TO DO. >> >>DWANE: ROBERT HAD A FEW THOUGHT UZ ABOUT
THE WRITING ON THE WALL. >> >>: I WILL NEVER DIE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS
ONE IS A YOUNG PURSE WHO FEELS IMMORTAL. YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL THE AGE GROUP YOU'RE LOOKING
AT "BEFORE I DIE I WANT TO RIDE MY BIKE." THAT'S A TEN YEAR OLD.
>> >>DWANE: VAN DYKE WAS FAR LESS INCLINED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION MYSELF.
>> >>: I THINK I NEED TO REFLECT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I JUST DIG IN.
>> >>DWANE: KEVIN SAYS HE SAW THE PUBLIC REACTION WHEN IT WENT UP ON THE CORNER OF UNIVERSITY
AND RICHMOND OUTSIDE THE ALIBI BAR. AT FIRST HE THOUGHT IT WAS CRAZY.
>> >>: MY GOSH, LOOK AT THE BOARD, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. PROBABLY A HALF HOUR OF THIS BOARD BEING UP,
IT WAS HALF FULL OF JUST IDEAS. >> >>DWANE: THIS WALL HAS STRUCK A CORD AND
PEOPLE WANT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, EVEN IF IT'S TEMPORARY. HUNDREDS OF DREAMS, HOPES AND JOKES HAVE BEEN
SCRIBBLED, ERASED AND ALL REPLACED SINCE THE BOARD WENT UP ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
SHE TOOK A PICTURE OF IT WITH HER CELL PHONE. SIX MONTHS PREGNANT, HER WISH WAS ALL ABOUT
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. >> >>: I PUT MAKE SURE MY FAMILY IS HAPPY.
>> >>DWANE: NEIGHBORS DON'T SEEM TO MIND. A SIMILAR WALL WENT UP OUTSIDE A BUILDING
IN NORTH PARK ON ADAMS AVENUE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND HAS SEEN QUITE A BIT OF GRAFFITI.
I WAS TOLD MOST OF THE FOLK WHOSE HAVE SIGNED THE WALL IN HILL CREST HAVE NEVER SET FOOT
INSIDE THE ALIBI, THAT BAR PUT THE DISPLAY UP.
>> >>PEGGY: TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR NEW REPORTER INITIATIVE, THE KPBS
INEWS SOURCE INVESTIGATION DESK. A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE KPBS NEWS
TEAM. WE'LL PRESENT OUR INVESTIGATIONS REGULARLY
HERE ON EVENING EDITION. TONIGHT WE'VE GOT A PREVIEW OF THE INVESTIGATION'S
DESK SPECIAL SERIES DEADLY PATROLS. CIVILIAN DEATHS AT THE HANDS OF U.S. BORDER
PATROL AGENTS ARE INCREASING. THIS SPECIAL REPORT ILLUMINATES SERIOUS QUESTIONS
ABOUT FOLLOW UP AND ACCOUNTABILITY. TAKE A LOOK.
>> >>: HE HAD BEEN KILLED BY U.S. CUSTOMS PROTECTION AND BORDER AGENTS.
>> >>PEGGY: TOMORROW YOU'LL MEET THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT BY A BORDER PATROL AGENT AND LIVED
TO TELL ABOUT IT. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE REPORT AND GET A BEHIND
THE SCENES
LOOK AT THE STORY WITH THE REPORTER, GO
TO KPBS.ORG/DEADLY PATROLS. >> >>DWANE: RECAPPING TONIGHT'S TOP STORIES,
SAN DIEGO AND ITS LARGEST LABOR UNION BATTLED OVER PENSION REFORM TODAY.
OVER CLAIMS MAYOR JERRY SANDERS IMPROPERLY USED HIS OFFICE WHILE CAMPAIGNING FOR PROPOSITION
B. HOME SALES JUMPED BY MORE THAN 9ÊPERCENT
IN THE COUNTY, WHILE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S HIT ITS HIGHEST POINT IN TWO YEARS.
YOU CAN
FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION. THANKS FOR JOINING US, YOU HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.