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>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

WE BEGIN WITH CONCERNS SURROUNDING TACTICS USED BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS.

MANY CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT AGENTS CONCEALING THEIR IDENTITIES AND DRIVING UNMARKED VEHICLES.

MARIBEL GONZALEZ SPOKE TO LEGAL EXPERTS WHO EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR RIGHTS ARE DURING AN I.C.E.

ENCOUNTER AS AN IMMIGRANT OR A BYSTANDER.

>> WE NEED CONSTRUCTION TO CEASE IMMEDIATELY.

>> Reporter: 475 WORKERS WERE DETAINED IN AN IMMIGRATION RAID AT HYUNDAI'S BATTERY PLANT IN GEORGIA THIS MONTH, MARKING THE LARGEST OPERATION OF ITS KIND IN RECENT YEARS.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION VOWS THERE WILL BE MORE.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BEEN CLEAR, WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY, ADDRESSING NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS.

>> Reporter: BUT MANY ADVOCATES AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS ARE CRITICAL OF THE TACTICS USED IN IMMIGRATION RAID, INCLUDING MASKED OFFICERS.

>> IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING YOUR NAME, BADGE NUMBER, THE AGENCY YOU'RE WITH.

>> Reporter: I.C.E.

SAYS ITS OFFICERS WEAR MASKS TO PROTECT THEIR SAFETY AND WILL IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR LEGAL NECESSITY.

>> THERE'S FRUSTRATION OVER PEOPLE WEARING MASKS AND THROWING PEOPLE INTO VANS IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT SEEM AMERICAN TO ME.

IT DOES NOT SEEM CONSTITUTIONAL TO ME.

>> Reporter: LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THAT NO MATTER THEIR LEGAL STATUS, EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO PROTECTION FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE AND EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE UNDER THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION'S FOURTH AMENDMENT.

I.C.E.

SAYS EVERYONE ARRESTED RECEIVES DUE PROCESS AND IF YOU WITNESS ANY OF THESE RAIDS -- >> YOU DON'T WANT TO GET IN THEIR WAY BECAUSE YOU MAY BE ACCUSED OF OBSTRUCTING THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT TAFT.

BUT REGARDING FROM A SAFE DISTANCE IS ABSOLUTELY LAWFUL AND PROTECTED ACTIVITY.

>> Reporter: I'M MARIBEL GONZALEZ REPORTING.

>>> AING SOFY SEPTEMBER SETUP FOR US.

IN THE MOUNTAINS YOU PROBABLY PICKED UP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

BORREGO SPRINGS TAKING ONE OF THE TOP SPOTS WITH 2.24 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

SAN DIEGO NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF AN INCH.

MOST OF US, A THIRD TO A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS WHAT WE SAW.

NOW, THE QUESTION IS, DO WE KEEP THE RAIN COMING?

I'LL HAVE THAT FULL FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION'S VACCINE PANEL HAS BEEN MEETING FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS TO VOTE ON NEW RECOMMENDATIONS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DEMARCOS SAYS LOCAL PHYSICIANS ARE RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT NEW GUIDANCE FOR MEASLES VACCINES.

>> Reporter: THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATION PRACTICES VOTED THURSDAY TO STOP RECOMMENDING A COMBINED SHOT FOR MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA, AND CHICKEN POX FOR CHILDREN UNDER 4.

THEY ARE NOW ADVISED TO GET TWO VACCINES INSTEAD.

THE PANEL CITED A SMALL RISK OF SEIZURES IN TODDLERS WHO GET THE COMBINATION SHOT.

PEDIATRICIAN MAYA KUMAR SAYS ABOUT 8 IN 10,000 CHILDREN ARE AT RISK.

>> IF YOU COMPARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE VACCINE TO THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE DISEASE, IT IS IMMENSELY DWARFED BY THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE DISEASE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE CHANGE ISN'T BASED ON ANY NEW SCIENCE.

>> IT'S SIMPLY REINTERPRETING OLD DATA IN THE WAY THAT FITS YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S DANGEROUS.

>> Reporter: KUMAR WORRIES IT WILL LEAD TO FEWER KIDS FINISHING THEIR VACCINES.

>> IT WILL BE LESS CONVENIENT, AND IT'S GOING TO RAISE MORE QUESTIONS.

AND THIS ALONE IS GOING TO REDUCE ADHERENCE.

>> Reporter: KUMAR SAYS SINCE THE COMBINED SHOT IS NO LONGER RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 4, IT MAY NOT BE COVERED BY GOVERNMENT INSURANCE.

THIS COULD LEAD TO OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.

HEIDI DE MARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LAST FLU SEASON WAS ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE IN MORE THAN A DECADE, ACCORDING TO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS.

NOW THEY'RE CONCERNED FALLING VACCINATION RATES COULD MAKE THIS YEAR'S FLU SEASON JUST AS BAD.

OVERALL, THERE WERE 40,000 FLU CASES IN 2024 WHICH CAUSED THE DEATHS OF SEVEN CHILDREN.

THAT'S THE MOST SINCE 2010.

SOME VACCINES LIKE POLIO, TETANUS, AND MEASLES ARE REQUIRED BEFORE KIDS CAN ENROLL IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUT THE FLU, HPV, AND COVID-19 ARE NOT.

HEALTH OFFICIALS AT SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SAY THE BEST WAY TO AVOID ILLNESS IS TO GET VACCINATED.

>>> A SORORITY AT CAL STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO RECRUIT ON CAMPUS OR USE UNIVERSITY RESOURCES.

THE NATIONAL SORORITY ALPHA KAPPA DELTA GUY REVOKED THE CHARTER ON SEPTEMBER 11th.

THE ORGANIZATION SAID IN A STATEMENT IT MADE THE DECISION AFTER AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THE CHAPTER VIOLATED STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, INCLUDING ENGAGING IN HAZING.

ANA RUIZ IS PRESIDENT OF THE MULTICULTURAL GREEK COUNCIL AT THE SCHOOL SAYING BEING IN A SORORITY HAS BEEN A HIGHLIGHT OF HER TIME IN COLLEGE.

>> THE SISTERHOOD HAS BEEN AMAZING.

THEY'VE OPENED DOORS FOR ME.

I FEEL I'M MORE ABLE TO TAKE HUGE STEPS.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY HAVE HERE.

>> UNIVERSITY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS JERRY McCORMACK SAID IN A STATEMENT, THE UNIVERSITY REMAINS COMMITTED TO A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE FRATERNITY AND SORORITY COMMUNITY AND PROHIBITS HAZING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA LAW AND CSU POLICY.

>>> LAST NIGHT, OUR REPORT ABOUT A PROFANITY-LACED VOICE MESSAGE SENT BY A TOP OFFICIAL AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES WAS INTERRUPTED BY AN EMERGENCY WEATHER ALERT.

HERE IS KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SCOTT RODD'S STORY IN FULL.

>> Reporter: RACHEL BOURELLY WAS NAMED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES.

SHE OVERSEAS OPERATIONS AT THE COUNTY'S TWO ANIMAL SHELTERS AND REGULARLY APPROVES EUTHANASIAS.

IN A TEXT MESSAGE THREAT SHE DISCUSSED EUTHANIZING A SPECIFIC DOG AND THE DEPARTMENT'S EUTHANASIA POLICY IN GENERAL.

BOURELLY FELT THE CARLSBAD SHELTER WASN'T PUTTING DOWN ENOUGH DOGS.

SHE SENT THIS AUDIO MESSAGE IN THE TEXT THREAD.

>> YEAH, BUT IN CARLSBAD, THEY DON'T EUTHANIZE ANYTHING, EVEN IF IT DOG [ BLEEP ] BIT A KID.

SO THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, EUTHANIZE THE DOG LIKE, I'M SO SICK OF US KEEPING [ BLEEP ] DOGS THAT AREN'T GOING TO GET ADOPTED.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE OVERCROWDED.

CALL ME HEARTLESS, BUT I'M ALSO REALISTIC.

>> Reporter: THE SOURCE WHO SHARED THE VOICE MESSAGE ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, FEARING PROFESSIONAL CONSEQUENCES.

I PERSONALLY REVIEWED THE TEXT THREAD AND VERIFIED THE VOICE MESSAGE'S AUTHENTICITY.

BOURELLY DECLINED TO COMMENT.

FORMER COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER EMPLOYEES TOLD ME THE VOICE MESSAGE REFLECTS BOURELLY'S GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS DOGS AND EUTHANASIA.

>> IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT IT CAME FROM HER.

>> Reporter: CHRISTINA SMITH WORKED IN THE SHELTER SYSTEM LAST YEAR.

SHE GREW VISIBLY UPSET AFTER HEARING THE VOICE MESSAGE.

>> ANY DOG IS GOING TO COME IN WITH A MINOR ISSUE, IS SHE JUST GOING TO RIGHT OFF THE BAT SAY, YEAH, EUTHANIZE THIS ONE, I DON'T CARE, EUTHANIZE THEM ALL?

THAT'S THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO MY HEAD.

IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY HOPE FOR THESE DOGS?

>> Reporter: A FORMER CARLSBAD SHELTER EMPLOYEE NAMED VENUS HAD A SIMILAR REACTION.

>> THAT SOUNDS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR RACHEL TO SAY.

WHEN I HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT IS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE WORKING IN ANIMAL SERVICES.

>> Reporter: BOTH FORMER EMPLOYEES SAY THIS ATTITUDE FROM SOMEONE IN LEADERSHIP COULD HAVE REAL AND DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR DOGS.

IN JULY, A KPBS INVESTIGATION FOUND THE DOG EUTHANASIA RATE HAS SKYROCKETED SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

SOME FORMER EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS CLAIM DOGS WITH MILD, TREATABLE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS ARE ROUTINELY PUT DOWN.

A COUNTY SPOKESPERSON HAS PUSHED BACK ON THESE CLAIMS AND SAID EUTHANASIA DECISIONS ARE NEVER MADE LIGHTLY, AND ASSESSMENTS ARE DONE BY TRAINED STAFF.

KPBS PREVIOUSLY HIGHLIGHTED THE STORY OF A 4-YEAR-OLD GREAT PYRENEES NAMED FRANKLIN.

>> THERE HE WAS, A PYRENEES.

I'M GOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

NOT BARKING.

JUST KIND OF VERY CALM.

HE TOOK A TREAT FROM US.

YOU COULD TELL HE HAD A GOOD DISPOSITION.

>> Reporter: CARLSBAD RESIDENT JEANNIE MILLER ADOPTED FRANKLIN FROM THE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER LAST WINTER.

WE SPOKE TO HER IN JUNE AT HER CARLSBAD HOME.

MILLER HAD TO RETURN FRANKLIN BECAUSE HER OTHER DOG, A GREAT DANE NAMED BUTTERCUP, BARKED AND GROWLED AT HIM.

IT WAS FRANKLIN'S SECOND TIME BEING RETURNED TO THE SHELTER.

A FAMILY PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT HIM BACK FOR GROWLING AND BEING TERRITORIAL AROUND FOOD.

MILLER EMPHASIZED THAT FRANKLIN WAS A VERY GOOD DOG IN THE RETURN PAPERWORK.

>> THE LADY ASSURED ME THAT, YEAH, WITH THE REVIEW, HE WAS GOING TO BE ADOPTABLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY ADOPT HIM.

SOONER, QUICKER, BECAUSE THERE'S A GOOD REVIEW.

>> Reporter: BUT THE SHELTER PUT HIM DOWN IMMEDIATELY, LIKELY WHILE MILLER WAS STILL STANDING AT THE FRONT DESK, KPBS FOUND.

FRANKLIN'S EUTHANASIA PAPERWORK HAS INITIALS "R.B."

ON IT.

RACHEL URELLY HAD APPROVED THE EUTHANASIA.

WE SHARED BOURELLY'S VOICE MESSAGE WITH KILLER TO GET HER REACTION.

>> AND THEY'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF REHOMING ANIMALS SO THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER LIFE, SO THAT THEY HAVE A LIFE.

THAT'S PRETTY COLD MATTERED.

>> Reporter: I SENT A COPY OF THE VOICE MESSAGE TO THE COUNTY IN A REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

COUNTY SPOKESPERSON TAMMY GLENN WROTE IN AN EMAIL, WHILE WE CAN'T COMMENT ON PERSONNEL MATTERS, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED DOES NOT REFLECT THE VALUES OR MISSION OF THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, AND IT IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CARING AND DEDICATED WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES STAFF.

GLENN ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO IMPROVE ITS POLICIES AND TRAINING TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES AND REDUCE THE DEPARTMENT'S EUTHANASIA RATE.

JENNY WISENT IS AN ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.

SHE'S STUDIED THE TREMENDOUS STRESS ANIMAL SHELTER WORKERS FACE.

HER REACTION BOURELLY'S PROFANE VOICE MESSAGE IS ONE OF UNDERSTANDING.

>> WHEN PEOPLE ARE PUT INTO SITUATIONS THAT -- WHERE THEY CAN'T FIND THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES, THERE'S FRUSTRATION AND ANGER.

>> Reporter: AT THE SAME TIME, SHE ADDS -- >> IS IT AWFUL RHETORIC?

YES, AND IT'S HARD TO HEAR.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMEBODY IN CHARGE WHO'S NOT ABLE TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THEIR EMOTIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS RATIONALLY.

>> Reporter: SCOTT RODD, KPBS NEWS.

>> IF YOU HAVE A TIP FOR KPBS' INVESTIGATIONS TEAM, YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO INVESTIGATIONS@KPBS.ORG.

OR MESSAGE THEM ON OUR SECURE NATURAL SIGNAL LINE AT 619-594-8177.

>>> TICKETMASTER AND ITS PARENT COMPANY LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT ARE NOW BEING SUED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR ENGAGING IN ILLEGAL TICKET RESALE TACTICS.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTS.

>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL TRAIT COMMISSION LEVELING A LITANY OF ACCUSATIONS AGAINST LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, SUING THE PARENT COMPANY OF TICKETMASTER FOR ALLEGEDLY FAILING TO CRACK DOWN ON TICKET RESALERS AND THUS FORCING CUSTOMERS TO, QUOTE, PAY SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN FACE VALUE FOR TICKETS OF POPULAR CONCERTS AND EVENTS.

>> AMERICANS ARE SICK OF HAVING TO FORK OVER AN ARM AND A LEG TO TAKE THEIR FAMILY TO A BASEBALL GAME OR SEE THEIR FAVORITE SHOW, THEIR FAVORITE MUSICIAN.

>> Reporter: THE LAWSUIT ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE DISHONEST PRICING WITH FEES OFTEN HIDDEN AND ADDED AT THE END OF PURCHASES, WHICH THE FTC SAYS CAN BE AS MUCH AS 44% OF THE FINAL COST, MISREPRESENTING HOW MANY TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE, AND COMPANY CLAIMS OF IMPOSING STRICT LIMITS ON TICKET PURCHASES ARE FALSE.

>> TICKETMASTER KNEW IT WAS HAPPENING AND LET IT HAPPEN BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE SALES WERE GOING TO TICKETMASTER'S SECONDARY TICKETING PLATFORM.

THAT MEANS THAT TICKETMASTER AND THESE BROKERS GOT TO POCKET PROFITS.

>> Reporter: TAYLOR SWIFT'S "ERAS" TOUR BROUGHT ATTENTION TO PRICE GOUGING WHEN RESALE PRICES HIT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

BACKLASH LED TO LIVE NATION'S CEO TESTIFYING ON CAPITOL HILL.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON THE ISSUE.

LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO CNN'S REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON THE LAWSUIT.

IN WASHINGTON, MICHAEL YOSHIDA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CREATOR CON HAD ITS INAUGURAL CONVENTION LAST YEAR.

ITS GOAL TO CELEBRATE, SUPPORT, AND EMPOWER SAN DIEGO'S FILIPINO AMERICAN CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

THIS YEAR'S EVENT WILL BE TWICE THE SIZE.

>> Reporter: AS SOON AS AARON NEBUS KICKED OFF CREATOR CON LAST YEAR, ATTENDEES TOLD HIM HE NEEDED A BIGGER SPACE.

>> WE HEARD YOU.

>> Reporter: HE WAS HANGING OUT AT THE CHULA VISTA LIBRARY, REMINISCING ABOUT HOW HE WAS INSPIRED BY KEITH AND JONES' BLACK COMICS DAY.

>> DEFINITELY INSPIRATION.

IT SHOWED ME IT WAS POSSIBLE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS COME TO FRUITION.

ONE THING WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HERE AT THE LIBRARY IS THEIR AUDITORIUM, HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SCREEN SHORT FILMS.

OUR PROGRAMMING IS GOING TO INCREASE BY DOUBLE, AS WELL.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT EIGHT PANELS.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 17 OR 18.

WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TWICE AS MANY EXHIBITORS.

SO FROM 18 LAST YEAR TO 40 THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THOSE 40 IS ARTIST ZARDA APUYA.

>> I FOUND WHAT MY NICHE IS, AND IT'S ON THE FOOD SIDE.

I DO SCULPTURES, FOOD ART INSPIRED BY THE FOOD CULTURE IN GENERAL.

IF YOU SEE ALL THE ART I'VE DONE, YOU'LL SEE FILIPINO FOOD IN ALL FORMS.

I LIKE THE NOSTALGIC PART OF IT, TOO.

I THINK FOR THIS SPECIFIC EVENT, I'M GOING TO HAVE TONS OF FILIPINO FOOD.

I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THE REACTION, "I REMEMBER EATING THAT AS A KID."

"IT REMINDS ME OF THE PHILIPPINES."

"REMINDS ME OF WHAT MOM AND GRANDMA USED TO MAKE."

I ALWAYS LIKE THAT EMOTIONAL ASPECT OF IT.

THAT'S WHY I LIKE CREATING THESE KIND OF FOOD ART AND STUFF.

>> Reporter: ARTIST ARTHUR EWWIN HAS WORKED AS AN ANIMATOR ON "THE THE SIMPSONS" BUS THE CURRENTLY CHANNELING ENERGY INTO COMICS.

>> IN THE NEAR FUTURE, CALIFORNIA BECOMES A CORPORATE COUNTRY WITH FACTIONS FIGHTING TO SHAPE A NEW NATION.

I WROTE IT IN 2017.

WE JUST FINISHED THE FINAL ISSUE, THE FOURTH ISSUE, A FEW MONTHS AGO.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE FULL SET COMPLETE.

>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO PROMOTING HIS LATEST PROJECTS, EDWIN WILL BE ON A PANEL WITH FELLOW ARTIST PATRICK BELL ADMINISTER ESTEROS.

>> IT'S TO EMPOWER THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

NOT JUST EMPOWER BUT SHOW THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENTS THAT IT'S TOTALLY PRACTICAL, AND IT'S ATTAINABLE, AND IT'S NOT A PIPE DREAM.

THEN IT COULD ONLY OPEN UP THE HORIZONS A LITTLE MORE.

IF WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH SHOWING TWO SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS ON STAGE, WE'LL BE GLAD TO DO THAT FOR SURE.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH FILIPINO AMERICAN CREATORS ARE THE FOCUS, CREATOR CON INVITES EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY.

>> IT IS OPEN TO EVERYBODY TO ATTEND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WAS HAPPY TO SEE LAST YEAR WAS JUST THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CULTURES REPRESENTED.

GENERATIONS REPRESENTED.

I THINK BY OUR ESTIMATIONS LAST YEAR, ABOUT 500 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.

WE BELIEVE WE'LL GET A SIMILAR CROWD THIS YEAR, IF NOT MORE.

IT'S FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

FAMILY FRIENDLY.

IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO CONNECT WITH A LOT OF OUR FILIPINO AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS.

>> Reporter: FILAM CREATOR CON RUNS SATURDAY 10:00 TO 5:00 AT THE CHULA VISTA LIBRARY.

ART, FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT WITH A FILIPINO FLAVOR.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

>> "THE FINEST" PODCAST EXPLORES ONE OF THE STATION'S UNFORGETTABLE CHAPTERS, THE LIVE TV AUCTIONS THAT RAN IN SAN DIEGO FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

FORMER KPBS GENERAL MANAGER TOM CARLO AND LONGTIME AUCTION HOST KEN KRAMER SHARE STORIES ABOUT JUST HOW WILD AND MEMORABLE THE EVENTS WERE.

>> WE DO HAVE A FEW SURPRISES FOR YOU THAT I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY WATCHING.

>> KPBS HAS DONE A LOT IN 65 YEARS.

THE ONE PROGRAM FROM OUR HISTORY STANDS OUT AS MAYBE THE WILDEST.

>> OUR ANNUAL KPBS "OPEN SESAME" AUCTION.

♪ >> THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GOODIES FOR YOU.

WE'VE GOT A CUSTOM-BUILT AUTOMOBILE.

WE'VE GOT TRAINS.

WE'VE GOT RESTAURANT DINNERS.

WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS.

>> THE EXCITEMENT WAS, IT WAS LIVE TV.

THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE IT.

THE ADRENALINE FLOWED EVERY NIGHT.

IT WAS JUST THIS ACTIVITY THAT NEVER STOPPED.

>> IT WAS WILD WEST.

IT WAS NOT STRUCTURED.

IT WAS ALL AD LIBBED.

>> OKAY, WELCOME BACK TO BORED ME, ALL RIGHT!

>> IN THE 1970s AND '80s, KPBS HOSTED AN "EVERYTHING GOES" AUCTION.

>> THE TELEVISION AUCTION STARTED IN 1974 AND WE DID OUR LAST ONE IN 1987.

AND IN THOSE EARLY DAYS, WE WOULD GO ON FOR SEVEN NIGHTS IN PRIMETIME.

>> Reporter: IT SOLD CUSTOM CARS NEXT TO YOU'RE ON THE APOINTS NEXT TO BOOKS AND RESTAURANT GIFT CERTIFICATES.

>> A SIX-FOOT-LONGER TO PEAD DOUGH SANDWICH IS A FANTASTIC GASTRONOMIC SURPRISE -- >> TWO NIGHTS ON A WATERBED AT THE 7-ELEVEN HOTEL.

>> IT MIGHT BE SERVICE ON YOUR CAR FOLLOWED BY PSYCHIATRIC SESSIONS FOLLOWED BY A ONE-OF-A-KIND WORK OF ART, AND HERE IT IS!

>> I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS OLD-TIME RADIO.

>> CAROL BURNETT DONATED THIS PICTURE AND CHROMATIC HARMONICA.

>> THE FIRST ITEM ON THE BOARD WAS A CERTIFICATE FOR A VASECTOMY.

>> YES.

>> AND IT HAPPENED TO BE THAT ON THAT SAME BOARD WAS A STATUE OF "DAVID."

>> UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT WE AIRED THE NAMES OF THE WINNER.

SO THE VASECTOMY -- GOES TO MR.

JOHN JONES OF ENCINITAS, YOU KNOW.

AND IT'S A GIFT FROM HIS WIFE.

>> DAN MUNNS WAS THE HIGH BIDDER FOR THE KOSHER HAM.

DO LET US KNOW HOW THAT TURNS OUT.

>> ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS DONATED WAS A PART IN A PORNO FILM.

>> I NEVER HEARD THIS.

>> YOU NEVER HEARD THIS?

WE KILLED IT.

>> YEAH, WISELY SO, I MAY SAY.

WHAT PART WAS IT?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

AND IT WAS -- IT WAS A DISCUSSION.

AND ONE OF THE MANAGERS REALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT ITEM.

>> MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, THE MONEY RAISED HELPS TO ASSURE THE CONTINUED BROADCASTING OF A WIDE VARIETY OF HIGH-QUALITY, NONCOMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMS FOR US ALL.

>> Reporter: THE LIVE AUCTIONS WERE MORE THAN AN EFFECTIVE FUND RAISING TOOL.

THEY BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER.

THEY WERE EXHILARATING AND COMMUNAL IN A WAY THAT SHOPPING ONLINE TODAY CERTAINLY ISN'T.

>> WHAT I WOULD SAY IS ONE OF THE FUNNEST THINGS WE EVER DID IN MY HISTORY, IT MADE SO MUCH OF AN IMPRESSION AND CREATED SO MUCH COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE WHO WERE A PART OF THAT KPBS AUCTION -- I'M TALKING ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS HERE -- AND THEY JUST, TO THIS DAY, SPEAK TO ME OF HOW MUCH FUN IT WAS.

>> A HOST OF HIGH-SPIRITED AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE JOINED TOGETHER TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE KPBS STATIONS.

PUBLIC TELEVISION AND RADIO IN SAN DIEGO.

>> EVERYONE WATCHED IT.

>> THEY REALLY DID.

>> AND BID.

>> THEY DID.

IT WAS AN EVENT.

>> IT WAS QUITE -- QUITE AN EVENT.

>> Reporter: TOM PULLED THE PLUG ON THE AUCTIONS IN 1987.

THEY COST MORE THAN THEY BROUGHT IN, AND WITH HOME SHOPPING CHANNELS STARTING LIVE AUCTION BROADCASTS MADE LESS SENSE.

KEN, TOM, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS AROUND FOR THE KPBS AUCTIONS FONDLY REMEMBERS A TIME WHEN SHOPPING FROM HOME WAS A LITTLE MORE FUN.

>> OUR STUDIO SUPERVISOR AND CURATOR OF ALL HAT S.

>> WE SERVED AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS PRETTY WILD OUT THERE.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING IT.

IT HAD ITS CHALLENGES.

BUT IT ALSO WAS REALLY REWARDING.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HEREBY DECLARE THE 1982 KPBS AUCTION CONCLUDED!

WE ARE DONE!

>> SO MANY THINGS TO SAY, BUT I WON'T, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE.

YOU CAN HEAR THE FULL STORY OF THE KPBS LIVE AUCTIONS ON "THE FINEST" OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

>>> IT'S SAFE TO SAY THIS WAS A VERY WET WEEK FOR US.

JUST IN A MATTER OF HOURS AS EVERYTHING CAME THROUGH, BUT WE'VE QUIETED THINGS DOWN TO CLOSE OUT THE WEEK.

AND REALLY, IT'S A DRIER SATURDAY SETUP FOR US.

HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING TO BE KEEPING TEMPERATURES DOWN, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE CLOUD COVER, MORE MOISTURE RETURN AS WE GO THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY, WHICH MEANS THERE IS A BIT OF A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN SOME LOCATIONS.

PRETTY LOW ON THE SCALE.

BUT AT LEAST THAT THREAT.

AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH TONIGHT, WE GO DOWN TO 68 IN THE CITY AND AROUND THE AREA, PRETTY QUIET HERE.

RAMONA 59 DEGREES.

BORREGO SPRINGS 68 FOR YOUR LOW.

AS WE TRANSITION INTO TOMORROW, YOU CAN ALREADY TELL HERE THE NUMBERS NOT TOO HIGH.

THE CITY 78 FOR YOUR DAY.

CHULA VISTA 79.

MOUNT LAGUNA UPPER 60s.

AND YEAH, WE'RE TALKING MID-90s FOR SOME OF THE DESERTS.

SO OUR STORY CONTINUES HERE AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE COAST.

STILL A LITTLE BIT OF HUMIDITY AND SOME OF OUR IMMEDIATE INLAND LOCATIONS.

BUT BEYOND THAT, MORE CLOUDS SET UP FOR SUNDAY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ONSHORE FLOW THAT KICKS IN, ALLOWING FOR SOME EXTRA CLOUDS HERE.

NOTICE HOW THINGS GET A BIT MORE HUMID FOR MONDAY.

DO WE SEE A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA?

I DON'T THINK SO, BUT THE TIMELINE THAT WE'LL BE WATCHING HERE IS GOING TO BE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

THOSE TWO DAYS THERE THAT WILL LOOK AT THAT THREAT.

NOTICE SATURDAY INLAND, WE'RE STILL A LITTLE HUMID.

TEMPERATURES THERE IN THE 80s.

AND WE STAY IN THE 80s THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE TIME.

WHAT I WANT TO CHECK OUT IS THE MOUNTAINS, BECAUSE WHILE WE DO HAVE A COOL SETUP FOR YOUR SATURDAY, BY SUNDAY SOME EXTRA CLOUDS.

WE'LL STAY IN THE 60s.

THEN THAT THUNDERSTORM THREAT HEADING INTO TUESDAY AS WELL.

I DO THINK WE ADD SOME OF THAT MOISTURE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SUNDAY EVENING.

EXTRA CLOUDS THERE.

MONDAY, STILL PRETTY DECENT.

BUT AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND, THERE WILL BE THAT THREAT FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS EVEN LINGERING INTO TUESDAY.

DESERT COMMUNITIES PROBABLY STAYING DRY THROUGHOUT, BUT YOU CAN TELL HERE TEMPERATURES HOLDING ON TO THE 90s.

WE'RE NOT OVERLY HOT, WHICH IS AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF A TREAT AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH LATE SEPTEMBER.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> A HUGE SURFING EVENT IS BACK IN OCEANSIDE THIS WEEKEND.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN SHOWS US THE SUPERGIRL SURF FESTIVAL IS MORE THAN A COMPETITION, IT'S A CHANCE TO MENTOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF FEMALE ATHLETES.

>> Reporter: LIKE MANY SURFERS, THESE GIRLS WERE AT THE BEACH EARLY.

EAGER TO HIT THE WAVES.

TODAY, THEY GOT A CHANCE TO MEET THEIR IDOLS AND SURF WITH THEM.

THEY ARE PART OF THE RISING TIDE'S MENTORING PROGRAM IN THE WORLD SURF LEAGUE.

IT'S WHERE YOUNG SURFERS GET TO LEARN FROM THE PROS.

IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

>> Reporter: THIS IS TATE ARCHIBALD'S FIRST TIME PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

>> THEY SAID THEY KNEW, LIKE, WE'RE JUST 11, THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP DOING THAT.

>> Reporter: DO YOU WANT TO BE A PROFESSIONAL SURFER?

>> YEAH, I DO.

>> Reporter: TODAY SHE'S BEING MENTORED BY ALYSSA SPENCER, A TWO-TIME SUPERGIRL SURF PRO WINNER.

>> SO I CAN INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS ONCE IN THEIR SHOES AS A RISING TIDE PARTICIPANT AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S GIVING BACK.

>> IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE THAT ALL COME FULL CIRCLE NOW AND BE ONE OF THE MENTORS.

IT ALMOST DOESN'T REALLY FEEL REAL, SOMETIMES.

>> Reporter: SUPERGIRL IS BILLED AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRO SURFING COMPETITION.

IT WASN'T THAT WAY WHEN THE EVENT STARTED IN 2007.

>> WE GOT LAUGHED AT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

>> Reporter: CEO RICK BRETTMAN SAYS THE EVENT HAS GROWN FROM A HANDFUL OF PARTICIPANTS TO OVER 170 COMPETITORS.

>> IT'S AMAZING TO SEE A FULL-CIRCLE MOMENT.

NOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SPOTLIGHTS THAT ARE SHINING ON WOMEN IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPORTS.

>> SUPERGIRL IS MORE THAN JUST SURFING.

THERE'S ALSO SKATING AS WELL AS BMX AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

MORE THAN 600 WOMEN ARE PARTICIPATING ACROSS TEN SPORTS.

THERE ARE ALSO CONCERTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, AND IT'S ALL FREE TO WATCH.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

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