Doctors March On Border Patrol, Demanding It Vaccinates Detainees And More Local News

December 11, 2019 at 2:44 AM PST

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Oh it is just great I think to be able to put it you know hometown hero spin on things or you people don't realize that maybe their next door neighbor is working in an industry that they enjoy that and more coming up right after the break a group of doctors from across the country are spending the week in San Diego demanding that they be allowed to vaccinate detained migrants against the flu. K PBS reporter Max with Leonardo was there as they protested outside a Border Patrol headquarters in Chula Vista doctors for camp closer is a grassroots organization of medical professionals. They organized a trip to San Diego this week to offer flu vaccinations to migrants being held in nearby border patrol stations over the past year. Three detained migrant children have died of the flu while in Border Patrol custody in Texas and New Mexico. Customs and Border Protection does not vaccinate as detainees saying it has no responsibility to do so and has blocked the doctors from entering its facilities. Julie Sierra is a San Diego based doctor who is a member of Doctors for camp closure and has been helping treat migrants on both sides of the border over the past year. So the conditions that they're in that's how viruses spread putting a lot of people in a small amount of space without hygiene is how you get vile illnesses to spread and the flu is is like any other virus it spreads like crazy. After marching in front of Border Patrol headquarters several activists and doctors were taken into custody after they blocked the entry to the headquarters. The group plans to offer vaccinations at another Border Patrol facility on Wednesday in Chula Vista. Maximilian Adler K PBS news. The water and power away is safe to drink this after storm water contaminated the city's water supply forcing people to turn off their taps for a week. But now there's a political battle brewing. Hey PBS reporter Matt Hoffman explains. Water Board members from the Lakeside and Otay Water districts are pointing the finger at play Mayor Steve Voss as elected officials we need to step up and hold our colleagues accountable. Frank Hellicar says Voss is ultimately responsible for the situation that forced more than 100 businesses to temporarily close Hellicar is a board member with a lakeside Water District in San Diego County Water Authority. The buck stops with the mayor power and he was slow to react. The group calls themselves The East County Water Coalition. Most of the group's members have endorsed Joel Anderson. Foster's opponent for county supervisor in the upcoming election. The group denied that the news conference was a political attack on Vos but power a city councilman Barry Leonard is not buying it. Let's go to motive. Why would water people from East County come to power away to talk about a problem that we've already solved and why would they mention the mayor. Time and time again it's politically motivated and it's just not right. A spokesman for Anderson says he did not know about the group's news conference. Matt Hoffman K PBS News San Diego City Council members Tuesday passed a measure that aims to get developers to produce more affordable housing K PBS metro reporter Andrew Boyd says. It's a big win for council president Georgette Gomez. The policy called inclusionary housing requires developers to set aside 10 percent of the homes they build for low income households or pay a fee that helps build affordable housing elsewhere. Gomez says it's just one of many tools the city has to address the housing crisis is just a solution. No it isn't. We need to do much more to really ensure that we are housing all San Diego and said That's it is a crisis that we have in front of us. An earlier version of the policy was vetoed by Mayor Kevin Faulconer. This time around thanks to a few amendments sought by the building industry it passed with a veto proof majority of seven votes. ANDREW BOE in Cape CBS News a former San Diego County sheriff's deputy who was accused of assaulting 16 women between 2015 and 2017 was sentenced to 44 months behind bars. K PBS reporter Prius reader has more. Thirty three year old Richard Fisher pleaded guilty in September to four felonies and three misdemeanors for assault under color of authority and false imprisonment based on allegations from 16 women. Fisher met the women while either arresting them or responding to 9 11 calls they made. Most accused him of groping and other sexual advances. In addition to the jail time Judge Daniel Goldstein sentenced Fisher a Marine Corps veteran to 16 months of mandatory supervision upon release. Unfortunately you disgraced your uniform you disgrace these deputies that reminded me every day and protect me. He disgraced the Marine Corps. I don't know if you get. I can't imagine what you were thinking. Fisher will not have to register as a sex offender prehistory there. Kay PBS news Californians must carry health insurance in 2020 or face a state imposed penalty on their taxes in 2021. Capital Public Radio's Sam Micaela says the fine is a replacement for a federal penalty when the Trump Administration eliminated the fine for not carrying health insurance. Some people dropped their coverage. Experts say more uninsured people means higher premiums for everyone. That's why Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed for a state mandate the California penalty starts at six hundred ninety five dollars for individuals who go more than three months without insurance in 2020 it gets assessed during the 2021 tax season. Newsom says he'll use any revenue from people paying the penalty to help low and middle income patients afford health insurance. Roughly 3 million Californians remain uninsured in Sacramento. I'm Sam Micaela. Robert Scott owner of the two kamikaze bookstores in San Diego died last Tuesday from a health related issues at the age of 57. KAYE PBS Arts reporter Beth like model looks to his impact on San Diego's Comic Book and pop culture during Robert Scott's kamikaze store in Claremont was always an adventure you had to navigate through an obstacle course of boxes spilling over with books that had tempting titles and even more tantalizing artwork on their covers. I always felt that if I picked the right box or dug deep enough I would unearth a treasure to rival that of the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Scott was like Indiana Jones collecting these artifacts in the hopes of sharing them with a wider audience. Alonzo Nunez a little fish comic book studio remembers how Scott would light up when you'd ask for something obscure and you could see like a twinkle in his eye. He was like Woo hoo. I've got the stuff you know and it you know it was it was a comic store it was a library but it felt like he went over like blue dust off like some old tomes and was like This is what you need right. Scott firmly believed in the neighborhood comic book store and decided to make liberty station the location for his second kamikaze which had a slightly different look and personality from the Claremont store. Scott explained why in a 2015 interview this is the first time I've actually had a chance to design a store beforehand and usually it's okay our lease is up we need to find a place and not miss any days of sales in between the liberty station store was in an arts district across the courtyard from IWC comic art gallery. It was less cluttered and more neatly organized but it boasted an equally eclectic selection of books. But both stores were dedicated to spreading and appreciation of comics as an art form says Muniz. He would go above and beyond most retailers in terms of putting his money where his mouth was and buying buying stock from local creators to help support them and so I really went out of my way to make sure that you know I was connecting with him because he was such a invaluable resource bringing together fans and creators was especially important to Scott. I think it's really important one for the creators to be able to meet the public and see who is reading their work. It's also I think important for the fans to be able to put a face to the names on their credit pages. A lot of people still think that comics are made automatically by computer or something like that so that it's nice for them to actually see the people that are doing all the hard work. And Scott was one of those doing the hard work says his younger brother Brock. Gosh I want to say he was in his early 20s probably wind when he opened his first store and he never turned back. It was his love. It was his life's passion and and he started like I said at an early age and it just kept going and kept going with it and building buildings empire that empire reached beyond his store to bring comics to schools and libraries and to educate people about the art of comics says Nunez. Robert did such a great job of not only curating his stores you know having a huge amount of not just the standard amazing you know superhero stuff that you might find but kind of weird funky European stuff independent stuff local stuff and he was he had a really strong interest in the education of comics and so it was always really great to talk to him in the future of Scott's two stores is uncertain says his brother. He put 25 hours a day into both of those stores. It was his life's passions where he spent all of his time doing. I don't know that there's something that can fill those shoes and I don't know if there's two people that can fill those shoes. Robert Scott's death is a huge loss to San Diego's pop culture community and Brock is just now realizing what his brother's impact was. I knew he had the comic book store I knew he would host little events there I've been to some signings and things there but just didn't really understand the depth until I started reading a lot of the messages of support and condolence after his passing. It's a testament to his fortitude and good nature that he kept in the business for so long and that he you know and and it's also testament again to the community. I guess that's really the most important thing that I want to get out there is that his love for the community his love for the people that he talked to and he appreciated all of them probably as much as they appreciated him. Scott's family is hoping to keep the stores open so his legacy and passion for comics can live on. Like Armando keep CBS News for now. The Claremont Mesa and Liberty station kamikazes stores remain open. That's it for San Diego News matters today. Consider supporting this podcast by becoming a K PBS member today. Just go to K PBS dot org slash membership.

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A group of doctors from across the country are spending the week in San Diego demanding they be allowed to vaccinate detained migrants against flu. As they protested outside of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection regional headquarters in Chula Vista, several were arrested. Plus, a former sheriff’s deputy who pleaded guilty to assaulting 16 women while on duty learned his fate in court Tuesday. And, the water in Poway is again safe to drink. This after storm water contaminated the city's water supply forcing people to turn off their taps for a week. But now there's a political battle boiling.