[ ♪♪ ] >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR úTHIS LOOK AT THE BEST ORIGINAL REORTING FROM KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

COMING UP, PROTECTING SAN DIEGO'S WILDLIFE.

WITH EARTH DAY THIS WEEKEND, WE HAVE A SUCCESS STORY ON EFFORTS TO BOOST THE POPULATION OF A - WOLF SPECIES IN OUR BACK-COUNTRY.

A NEW CHAPTER FOR A LOCAL EUCATOR.

DR. CONSTANCE CARROLL GOES FROM LEADING COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO PROMOTNG THE ARTS WITH SOME A LIST CELEBRITIES.- AND RAIL COMMUTERS ARE BACK ON TRACK.

WE CHECK IN ON THE RESUMPTION OF TRAIN SERVICE BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY.

- AND FIRST, SAN DIEGO IS KNOWN TO HAVE AMONG THE FEWEST PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS IN ALIFORNIA.

KATIE H YSON TELLS US ABOUT A PLAN BY THE CITY TO BREAK THAT REPUTATION.

>> SAN DIEGOANCE PAYING THEIR RENT, ABIDING BY THEIR LEASE SHOULD NOT LIVE IN FEAR OF EVICTION.

>> Reporter: THE CITY CHANGE WOULD BRING PROTECTIONS IN LINE WITH STATE LAW AND GO A BIT FURTHER.

MOLLY KIRKLAND, A RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION SPOKESPERSON, SAYS THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THE PROPOSALS ADDED FEES AND ADMINISTRATIVE HOOPS MIGHT PUSH SMALLER LANDLORDS OUT OF THE MARKET.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL AND LARGELY OUR WORK HAS BEEN TRYING TO MITIGATE WHAT WE FORESEE AS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

>> Reporter: IF PASSED, LANDLORDS WOULD FACE NEW REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING PAYING TENANTS AT LEAST TWO MONTHS RENT IF THEY EVICT WITHOUT JUST AUSE.

PROTECTIONS WOULD BEGIN ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE LEASE.

IT WOULD BE HARDER TO EVICT IN úORDER TO RENOVATE AND HIKE THE RENT.- SOMETHING HOUSING ADVOCATES SAY DRIVES HOMELESSNESS.

BUT KIRKLAND SAYS MOST OF THE CITY'S HOUSING IS MORE THAN 30 YEARS OLD AND IN NEED OF UPGRADES.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, MEAN OLDER HOUSING STOCK CAN'T BE BROUGHT UP TO MORE MODERN STANDARDS, IF YOU WILL.

>> Reporter: HOUSING ATTORNEY GAIL REDA SAYS SAN DIEGO CURRENTLY HAS THE WEAKEST RENTER PROTECTIONS IN THE STATE AND REMODEL EVICTIONS SOARED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

HE SAYS THE PROPOSAL WON'T PUT AN END TO THAT, JUST GIVE TENANTS A BIT MORE NOTICE AND FINANCIAL HELP.

AND EVICTIONS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A COST.

THE QUESTION IS: WHO SHOULD PAY?

>> A LANDLORD WHO HAS A RENTAL PROPERTY WHO HAS EQUITY, WHO HAS CASH FLOW FROM THESE OR A TENANT WHO MAY BE RENT BURDENED AND PAYING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME, WHO'S IN A BETTER POSITION TO BEAR COSTS?

>> Rerter: THIS PERSON SAYS TWO MONTHS RENT IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COSTS OF DISPLACEMENT.

SH'S DISABLED AND SAYS SHE SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT A REMODEL EVICTION DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> I HAVE A CPAP MACHINE, I HAVE MEDICATION THAT REQUIRES TO BE REFRIGERATED.

úI CAN'T JUST SAY, ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO MOVE AND THEN I GOT NOWHERE TO GO AND BE ON THE STREET BECAUSE MOST LIKELY I WOULD HAVE DIED.- >> Reporter: MAYOR TODD GLORIA AND THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO PUT FORWARD THE PROPOSAL SAY LANDLORDS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND IT'S MEANT TO STRIKE A BALANCE.

UNDER THE NEW GUIDELINES, LANDLORDS COULD STILL EVICT TENANTS WITHOUT PENALTY FOR REASONS LIKE NOT PAYING RENT OR VIOLATING A CONDITION OF THE LEASE.

THE PROPOSAL FOLLOWS THE CITY'S RECENT DECLARATION OF HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT.

ATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> SAN DIEGO WILL SPEND MORE THAN $5 BILLION ON CITY SERVICES IN THE YEAR AHEAD.

BEFORE A PENNY CAN BE SPENT, KIY ALVARAD TALKS ABOUT THE WORK HAPPENING NOW TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT MONEY WILL GO.

>> Reporter: WHEN MAYOR TODD GLORIA RELEASED HIS $5.12 BILLION BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, THE SO-CALLED GETTING IT DONE PLAN, HE SAID IT REFLECTS THE CITY'S TOP PRIORITIES.

SLVING HOMELESSNESS, UPGRADING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVING SERVICES, AND KEEPING THE CITY SAFE.

HE ALSO SAID IT WOULD BALANCE -- >> IT RECOGNIZES POTENTIAL FOR AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS SO IT IS CONSERVATIVE IN ITS SPENDING.

>> Reporter: BUT IS THE MONEY GOING TO THE RIGHT THINGS?

>> PART OF THE WORK OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS BY MY OFFICE ANALYZING THE BUDGET WILL BE DETERMINING WHEER OR NOT IT DOES STRIKE THE RIGHT TONE.

>> Repoter: THAT'S CHARLES MONICA, THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYST.

HIS JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THE BUDGET ALLOCATES ENOUGH MONEY TOWARDS THE RIGHT THINGS, LIKE HOMELESSNESS.

SOME HAVE ALREADY SAID IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

>> WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE UDGET AND TALKING WITH FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE SERVICES IN THE CITY AND OUT OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMOUNTS ADDED ARE REASONABLE AND ARE SUFFICIENT TO KIND OF TACKLE THOS PROGRAMS.

>> Reporter: MONICA SAYS AT FIRST GLANCE, IT DOES LOOK BALANCED BUT OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THEY WILL BE GOING OVER IT WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB AND WRITING AN INDEPTH REPORT BUT HE ALREADY SEES AN AREA OF CONCERN.

>> RGHT NOW, WHILE THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE IS BALANCED, IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE STRUCTURALLY BALANCED, SO NEXT YEAR WILL NEED TO BE EITHER A GROWING CITY REVENUES OR POTENTIALLY CUTTING ON-GOING COSTS.

>> Reporter: THAT'S BECAUSE SOME OF THE MONEY IT RELIES ON TO PAY FOR SOME OF THE SERVICES ARE ONE-TIME SOURCES OF INCOME LIKE THE $56 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLA >> THIS IS THE LAST O THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED THAT IS PLANNED TO BE USED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE RELYING ON A LITTLE OVER ú$60 MILLION IN BUDGETARY SAVINGS FROM THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: HE ALSO SAYS ABOUT HALF OF THE SPENDING WILL GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT'S TYPICAL.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ECONOMICS PROFESSOR ALLAN GIN SAYS THERE'S SEEMS TO BE RIGHT EMPHASIS ON HOUSING AND HOMELESS- SERVICES BUT THERE ARE SOME TRADE-OFFS WHEN A BUDGET IS PROPOSED.

AND WHILE IDEALLY MORE MONEY SHOULD GO TO HOMELESSNESS, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY ALLOCATED TOWARDS OVERTIME BECAUSE THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHERS.

ú >> YES, MONEY DOES GO TO THE POLICE BUT EVEN SO, WE'RE BELOW THE TYPICAL STANDARDS IN TERMS OF THE POLICE OFFICERS PER RESIDENT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 1.43 POLICE OFICERS PER 1,000 RESIDENTS.

THE TYPICAL STANDARD OR THE GOAL THAT TYPICALLY IS LOOKED FOR IS ABOUT 2.

>> Reporter BUT HE DOES WARN THE CITY SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS IN CASE OF A RECESSION THAT COULD BE LOOMING.

BUT OVERALL - >> I THINK IT'S BALANCED IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THE NEED THAT WE'RE FACING AND I úTHINK IT'S REALISTIC GIVEN THE UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK THAT WE'RE FACING.

>> Reporter: KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>> TRAVLING BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY IS NOW A LOT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THOSE WHO RELY ON TRAIN SERVICE.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANIA THORNE UPDATES US ON REPAIRWORK DONE TO STABILIZE THE TRACKS.

>> Reporter: TRAINS ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY.

AIL SERVICE CAME TO A HALT AFTER SHIFTS IN THE SAN CLEMENTE TRACKS WERE DETECTED.

EMERGENCY REPAIRWORK STARTED IN OCOBER AND TRAVELERS WERE ONNECTED BY BUS BRIDGES.

>> IT WAS A LOFT JUMPING BACK AND FORTH AND GOING ON ESPECIALLY THE FIRST WEEK.

>> Reporter: THIS PERSON WASN'T FOND OF THE BUS BRIDGE.

THE STUDENT AT CSU SAN MARCOS.

HE DOESN' HAVE A CAR SO RELIED ON THE TRAIN UNTIL THE RECENT INTERRUPTION.

>> I WAS WAITING HERE FROM PRETTY MUCH LIKE 7:00 TO 12:00, LIKE 7:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M.

SO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O REALLY CONFUSING.

>> Reporter: TRANSIT OFFICIALS HAD HOPED TO HAVE SERVICE RESTORED IN FEBRUARY.

THE WINTER STORMS DELAYED THE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO REACH THIS POINT AFTER MANY MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION AND WE VERY MUCH APPECIATE THE PUBLIC'S PATIENCE IN ALL OF THIS.

>> Reporter: ERIC CARPENTER IS WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

HE SAID THE PROJECT WASN'T AN ASY ONE FOR TRANSIT OFFICIALS.

ô> SO THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL PROJECT.

OF COURSE, IT WAS AN EMERGENCY PROECT AND USUALLY OUR PROJECTS ARE ANYTHING BUT THAT.

úTHEY TAKE YEARS OF PLANNING AND YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION.

>> Reporter: THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS WERE ESTIMATED TO COST $13 MILLION.

AND CARPENTER SAID THE OCPA BOARD IS LOOKING INTO FUNDING FOR STUDIES THAT WILL LOOK INTO LONG-TERM FIXES FOR THIS PART OF THE RAIL LINE.

>>THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY FIX, AND WE KNOW THAT IT IS FOR THE SHORT-TERM AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING AT THE LONGER TERM FIXES.

>> Reporter: WHILE RAIL SERVICE IS RESTORED, SOME CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES IN SAN CLEMENTE FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS.

TANI THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>> A PAIR OF DEADLY COLLISIONS INVOLVING NAVY SHIPS IN 2017 LED TO BIG CHANGES IN HOW SAILORS ARE TRAINED.

AND THAT INCLUDES MORE ATTENDING ON STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH.

KPBS MILITAR REPORTER ANDREW DYER VISITED WITH SAILORS T SEE - HOW THOSE CHANGES ARE BEING PUT INTO PRACTICE.

>> Reporter: THE WATERFRONT AT NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO IS BUSY AS SAILORS NAVIGATE BETWEEN HULKING GRAY WARSHIPS, AMPHIBIOUS BIG DECKS, COMBAT SHIPS AND DETROYERS MOORED ONE AFTER THE THEIR MASTS FORM THEIR OWN KIND OF SKYLINE JUXTAPOSED TO THE HIGH-RISES OF NEARBY DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

LAST OCTOBER, THE NAVY OPENED ITS EMBEDDED MENTAL HEALTH LINIC JUST STEPS AWAY FROM TESE VERY WARSHIPS.

THE CLINIC IS RUN BY NAVAL úSURFACE FORCE PACIFIC AND SERVES THE SAILORS STATIONED ABOARD THE 51 SURFACE FORCE VESSELS THAT ARE BASED IN SAN DIEGO.

>> SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20 PROVIDERS, PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, NURSE ETITIONERS, SOCIAL WORKERS BOTH ACTIVE DUTY AND CIVILIAN AS WELL AS A LIST OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIANS THAT DIRECTLY SERVES THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THE SURFACE NAVY HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: NAVY CAPTAIN TARA SMITH IS THE MENTAL HEALTH FFICER FOR THE SURFACE FORCE IN SAN DIEGO.

- SHE SAYS LIFE ABOARD NAVY SHIPS CREATES UNIQUE STRESSES FOR SAILORS SUCH AS LONG WORKING HOURS AND THE NEED TO CONSTANTLY NAVIGATE TIGHT SPACES.

>> IT'S NOISY.

YOU DON'T SEE THE SUNLIGHT ALL DAY UNLESS YOU'RE WORKING OUTSIDE ON FLIGHT DECK.

YOU HAVE ARTIFICIL LIGHTING ALL DAY.

THERE AREN'T WINDOWS.

>> Rerter: LAST YEAR, A NAVY% INVESTIGATION INTO A CLUSTER OF SUICIDES FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GEORGE WASHINGTON BASED I NORFOLK, VIRGINIA FOUND THE úNAVY'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES LACKNG AMID A SHORTAGE OF PROVIDERS NATION-WIDE.

ALTHOUGH THE PROBE FOUND THE SUICIDES WERE NOT CONNECTED, IT DID FIND THAT WORKING CONDITIONS ON THE SHIP PLAYED A ROLE IN ONE F THREE DEATHS THAT OCCURRED WITHIN A WEEK OF ONE ANOTHER.

THE SHIP IS IN THE MIDST OF AN EXTENDED MID-LIFE REFUELING OF ITS NUCLEAR REACTORS.

>> I THINK THE GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS UNFORTUNATE BUT IT CERTAINLY WASN'T THE FIRST TIME IN OUR MILITARY OR OUR COUNTRY WHERE WE'VE HAD CONTAGION.

>> Reporter: CONTAGION AS SMITH EXPLAINS IS WHEN ONE PERSON'S SUICIDE MAY LEAD TO OTHER ATTEMPTS.

> BUT IT'S NOT A UNIQUELY-MILITARY ISSUE THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW FAILING AT THE PROBLEM OF SUICIDE.

THERE IS A NATION-WIDE CHALLENGE WITH SUICIDE RIGHT NOW.

>> Rerter: IT TAKES SAILORS FROM AROUND THE PLANET, IT DOESN'T TAKE PEOPLE FROM OUR AREA TO JOIN.% >> Reporter: FORCE MASTER CHIEF GREG CARLSON THE SENIOR ENLISTED SAILOR FOR THE ENTIRE SURFACE FLEET.- SMITH SAYS THE MOST COMMON MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS FOR SAILORS IS ADJUSTMENT DISORDER CAUSED BY ALL THE STRESSORS OF THEIR COMPLETELY-DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES.

>> THE NAVY IS A TOUGH ADJUSTMENT.

IT'S A RUDE AWAKENING WHEN MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER HELD ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE WHERE SOMEONE SAYS YOU'RE LATE TO WORK AND HERE ARE THE CONSEQUENCES.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER WAY THE SURFAE NAVY SAYS IT'S HELPING TO WORK SAILORS IS A NEW INITIATIVE TO PUT CHAPLAINS ON-BOARD THE SHIPS.

CHAPLAINS ALSO PROVIDE CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING TO SAILORS, ACCORDING TO FORCE CPLAIN RICHARD RYAN.

>> WE'RE ON TO SEE THEM AS OFTEN AS THEY WANT TO BE SEEN AND HELP THEM THROUGH ISSUES.

>> Reporter LAST YEAR, CHAPLAINS VISITING DESTROYERS WITHOUT FULL-TIME CHAPLAINS SAW FEWER THAN THREE SAILORS A MONTH FOR COUNSELLING.

RYAN SAYS THAT ON DESTROYERS WITH FULL-TIME CHAPLAINS, THEY SAW AN AVERAGE OF 31 A MONTH.

ON THE WATERFRONT, SAILORS SAY NEWS ABOUT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE HAS REACHED THEM ON THE DECK PLATES.

THIS PETTY OFFICER IS A BOSA'S MEAT MATE ON THE SOMERSET.

SH'S BEEN IN THE INSTEAD OF THREE YEARS AND SAYS THE SERVICE ATTITUDE TOWARD MENTAL HEALTH HAS CHANGED.

>> THEY COMMUNICATE MORE NOW, THEY MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE CAN GO TO THEM OR OTHER PEOPLE IF THEY NEED TO.

>> Reporter: RYAN SAYS 29 STROYERS NOW HAVE FULL-TIME CHAPLAINS ON-BOARD WITH THE REST GETTING THEM OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW MAY BE CONSIDERING SUICIDE, CALL OR TEXT 988 OR CHAT ONLINE AT 988LIFELINE.ORG.

>>> AND WE HAVE MORE ON THIS TOPIC, REPORTERS FROM THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE JOIN KPBS ROUND TABLE THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THEIR SPECIAL SERIES ON ENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO KPBS ROUND TABLE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS >>> HOW OFTEN DO YOU KNOW THE BACK-TORY OF HOW A BUILDING GOT IS NAME?

THERE IS ONE THAT WE THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ON THE SCSU CAMPUS.

THOMAS FUDGE TELLS US WHY A FORMER PROFESSOR IS GETTING LONG OVERDUE RECOGNITION AS A TRAILBLAZER IN ACADEMICS.

>> Reporter ON MARCH 27th, SAN DIEGO STATE'S EAST COMMONS- BECAME THE CHARLES B.

BELL PAVILLION.

CHARLES BELL DIED IN 2010 BUT HIS WIDOW AND THREE OF HIS KIDS WERE THERE TO CUT THE RIBBON.

TONICA GREEN WAS ALSO THERE, SHE WAS THE UNIVERSITY'S FIRST CHARLES BELL SCHOLAR AND IS NOW AN ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT AT SDSU.

>> HE WAS A PIONEER, A TRAILBLAZER.

HE WAS SOMEONE WHO CONTRIBUTED O MATHEMATICS IN STRONG AND CREATIVE WAYS.

PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER WHO HE IS BUT NOW THAT IT'S INSTITUTINALIZED AND ON A BUILDING, IT GIVES PEOPLE THE úPOWER NOW TO FIND OUT WHO HE WAS AND THE IMPACT HE MADE ON AMPUS.

>> Reportr: CHARLES BELL WAS BORN IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1928, AND- HE QUICKLY GOT STARTED LEARNING AND LOVING MATHEMATICS.

HOW QUICKLY?

HE ENROLLED IN XAVIER UNIVERSITY AN HISTORICALLY-BLACK COLLEGE, AT AGE 14.

HE EARNED HIS MASTERS DEGREE FROM NOTRE DAME BY AGE 19.

HE DIDN'T GET HIS DOCTORAE UNTIL HE WAS 24 BUT BELL'S DAUGHTER, KAREN BELL SHIRLEY, ID HIS DOCTORATE WAS DELAYED BY TWO YEARS DUE TO AN UNEXPECTED CONFLICT.

ú >> A MAN IN I BELIEVE IT WAS GERMANY HAD WRITTEN HIS THESIS- ON THE EXACT SAME TOPIC AND BECAUSE THE TOPICS HAD TO BE UNIQUE AND BECAUSE THIS MAN PRECEDED HIM BY A COUPLE OF - MONTHS, THEY COULDN'T GIVE MY FATHER HIS Ph.D.

SO HE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE STARTING BOARD AND HE HAD TO FIND ANOTHER TOPIC THAT WAS UNIQUE.

>> Reporter: CHARLES BELL WAS AUTHR OF 40 ACADEMIC PAPERS, MANY OF THEM FOCUSED ON TATISTICS.

HIS SON, C.B.

BELL, ALONG WITH HIS SISTER, SAID THEIR DAD WAS DEMANDIG OF THEM AS KIDS.

>> WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE ENROLLED ME IN A SUMMER CLASS IN GEOLOGY AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THAT WAS FROM 9 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 3 IN THE AFTERNOON FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

AD THEN MY SISTER AND I AND MY BEST FRIEND TOOK CALCULUS ROM HIM FROM 5 TO 8, SIX NIGHTS A WEEK, ALL SUMMER.

>> Reporter: BELL'S CAREER WAS CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE.

HE LEFT SDSU AFTER SIX YEARS TO TEACH AT TULANE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, JUST TO NAME TWO.

HE TAUGHT MATH OVERSEAS AT MANY INSTITUTION INCLUDING THE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE IVERSITY IN GERMANY.

HE INSISTED HIS FOUR KIDS LEARN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE WHEREVER THEY LIVED AND AS C.B.

PUT IT, HE% THREW THEM INTO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND EXPECTED THEM TO COPE.

BELL RETURN TO SAN DIEGO STATE IN 1981 AND RETIRED THERE 11 YEARS LATER.

C.B.

ADDS THAT ONE EVER-PRESENT HOME FURNISHING NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVED WAS A CHALKBOARD.

>> SO EVERYWHERE WE LIVED, I THINK MY MOM WAS THE ONE THAT TOOK CARE OF THE CHALK BOARDS AND GET USUALLY TWO OF THEM, JUST LIKE IN A CLASSROOM, AND HE WOULD HAVE THOSE AT HOME AND SOMETIMES HE'D BE TEACHING US STUFF AND SOMETIMES HE'D BE IN THERE JUST RATTLING OFF WHAT LOOKS LIKE SOME SORT OF MAD GENIUS FORMULAS.

>> Reporter: CHARLES BELL'S CAREER WAS REMARKABLE, ESPECIALLY DUE TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.

HE WENT TO NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY BECUSE THEY WOULDN'T ADMIT A BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT AT LSU IN THE LATE FOR HIS.

EVE THOUGH NOTRE DAME ADMITTED, C.B.

SAYS HIS FATHER COULD NOT LIVE IN THE DORMS BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK.

C.B.

SAYS HIS FATHER'S MATHEMTICAL THINKING ALLOWED IM TO DISREGARD RACISM IN A WAY BECAUSE IT MADE NO SENSE.

HE SAYS IT HELPED THAT CHARLES BELL WAS ALWAYS THE SMARTEST T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T >> FOR HIM, IT WAS JUST YOU DO THE STUFF AND THEN YOU GET THE REWARD.

YOU DO THE PROOF, AND YOU HAVE THE PROOF.

AND YOU HAVE IT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T DEFY, WELL, WE DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE BLACK.

THAT'S NOT EVEN PART OF A THING.

I THINK THAT NEVER ENTERED HIS MIND.

>> Reporter: BUT KAREN BELL SAID DESPITE THIS, HER FATHER WAS AWARE OF RACE AND TAUGHT HIS úCHILDREN BLACK HISTORY LESSONS USING HIS OWN BOOKS THAT TOLD THE STORY OF BLACK LUMINARIES.

>> HE ALWAYS TOLD ME, HE GOES, NO ONE WILL EVER TEACH YOU THIS, SO I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU.

YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WE CAME FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE A BIG, HUGE CONTRIBUTION TO THIS COUNTRY, TO THE WORLD, AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT.

Reporter: THE CHARLES B.

BELL PAVILLION ON A WEEKDAY IS A PLAZA FILLED WITH STUDENTS TALKING ON THEIR PHONES, ROLLING BY ON SKATEBOARDS, AND WALKIN TO THE FOOD COURT.

BRANDON GAMBLE, DIRECTOR OF THE BLACK RESOURCE CENTER AT SAN PART OF A TRADITION.

>> PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY COME TO THE CAMPUS HERE AT SAN DIEGO STATE AND TAKE A BLACK EXCELLENCE TOUR AND LEARN ABOUT HAROLD BROWN WHO WAS AN OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYER BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK ADMINISTRATOR HERE ON CAMPUS, RIGHT, OR HEAR ABOUT SHIRLEY WEBBER, OUR CURRENT SECRETAY OF STATE BUT SHE WAS ALSO PROFESSOR IN THE AFRICANA STUDIES DEPARTMENT.

>> Reporter: AND HE SAYS CHARLES BELL IS A BIG PART OF THAT STORY.

THOMS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.- >> AND THAT STORY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FEATURE REPORTING DONE BY HE KPBS NEWSROOM.

YOU CAN FIND MORE AT THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE, THAT'S WHERE WE LIVE STREAM KPBS EVENING EDITION WEEK NIGHTS AT FIVE.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN APPOINTED NEW MEMBERS TO HIS COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AND AMONGST SOME HIGH-POWERED CELEBRITIES AND SCHOLARS IS A SAN DIEGAN WELL-KNOWN TO THE DISTRICT.

úKPBS EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PERE HAS THE STORY.

[ ♪ Singing ♪ ] >> Reporter: OPENING NIGHT IS JUST 48 HOURS AWAY.

THIS PRODUCTION OF THE MUSICAL "CABARET" ON STAGE AT SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE IS ENTERTAINING, EDUCATIONAL AND POLITICAL.

DIRECTOR AND THEATRE PROFESSOR KATIE ROTTER CHOSE IT FOR STUDENT PERFORMERS, INSPIRED BY TH EVENTS OF JANUARY 6th.

>> IN CABARET, IT'S RIGHT AS THE NAZI PARTY IS COMING TO POWER AND I SAW THE SAME SITUATION OF A SMALL GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WIELDING ENORMOUS POWER WITH - DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES.

S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. THEATRE PROGRAM IS AN STABLISHED EXAMPLE OF SAN DIEGO'S ARTS AND HUMANITIES CULTURE WHICH IS PREPARING FOR A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT.

>> THIS SHOW DESERVES TO BE SEEN.

OUR ARTISTS DESERVE TO BE SEEN IS SO IT MEANS A LOT THAT SOMEBODY'S STEPPING UP TO EXPOSE SUCH A GREAT ART FORM.

>> AND OF COURSE I WILL BRAG úABOUT SAN DIEGO, WHICH IS A- MULTICULTURAL CITY AND REGION.

>> Reporter: DR. CONSTANCE CARROLL HAS JUST BEEN NAMED TO PRESDENT BIDEN'S COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES.

SHE SERVED AS CHANCELLOR OF THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR 17 YEARS.

RETIRING IN 2021.

BUT SHE'S CONTINUED HER WORK IN EDUCATION AND THE ARTS WHICH SHE SAYS HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE.

>> WHO WE ARE CULTURALLY, WHO WE ARE MORALLY, WHO WE ARE IN HISTORICALLY AND WITH RESPECT TO OUR AMBITIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

[ ♪♪ ] ♪ OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE ♪ >> Reporter: LADY GAGA, GEORGE CLOONEY, SHON RIMES AND 20 OTHER PROMINENT ARTISTS, SCHOLARS AND PRODUCERS WILL ALSO SERVE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE.

WICH, IN THE PAST, HAS PROVIDED THE PRESIDENT WITH PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE ARTS EDUCATION, HELP IN NTERNATIONAL ARTS EXCHANG PROGRAMS, AND MADE CONTRIBUTIONS T THE CREATIVE ECONOMY.

THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES IS INTENTIONALLY MADE UP OF A DIVRSE GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT THEIR EXPERTISE IS COMBINED TO BENEFIT THE ARTS ACROSS AMERICA.

FROM THE STAGE TO THE SCREEN AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.

AND THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.

>> AND A PASSION FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES TO AMERICAN LIFE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THE GLUE THAT WILL HOLD THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: SHE'S A FAN OF LADY GAG'S MUSIC TOO.

ú >> I LIKE BAD ROMANCE, THAT'S PROBABLY MY FAVORITE.

> Reporter: ANY CHANCE WE'LL EE A DUET WITH YOU?

[ Laughter ] >> YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK HER.

>> Reporter: SOMETHING ELSE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND OUR FINAL STORY FITS IN úWELL WITH THIS WEEKEND'S SPIRIT OF EARTH DAY.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WENT T THE MOUNTAINS NEAR JULIAN FOR A SUCCESS STORY IN WILDLIFE CONSERVAION AT THE CALIFORNIA - WOLF CENTER.

>> Reporter: IT IS SOMETHING OF A MIRACLE THAT THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLF IS STILL AROUND.

BY 1977, THE GOVERNMENT COULD ONLY FIND 13 OF THEM IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZON THAT'S WHEN THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE INITIATED A BI-NATINAL EFFORT WITH MEXICO TO SAVE THEM.

IT'S ALSO THE YEAR A UC SAN DIEGO BIOLOGIST AND HIS WIFE BOUGHT 50 ACRES OF LAND HERE, A FEW MILES OUTSIDE OF JULIAN.

THEY ALSO BOUGHT A COUPLE OF WOLF PUPPIES, THE PACK GREW AND THI LAND WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFORMED INTO THE CALIFORNIA WOLF CENTER.

IN 1997, THE WOLF CENTER JOINED THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLF SPECIES SURVIVAL PLAN AND NOW, A LITTLE MORE THAN 25 YEARS LATER, A REMARKABLE MILESTONE HAS BEEN REACHED.

THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE SAYS IN 2022, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE NUMBER OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES COUNTED IN THE WORLD SURPASSED 200, 241 TO BE EXACT.

AND THERE MAY BE MORE THAT WERE MISSED IN THE COUNT.

THE CALIFORNIA WOLF CENTER CAN TAKE SOME CREDIT FOR BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT POPULATION REBOUND.

IT'S BEEN EXPANDING ITS CONSERVATION EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS.

THERESA KOSEN IS THE CENTER'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

>> A HUGE MILESTONE, 23% INCREASE FROM A YEAR BEFORE.

IT'S A POPULATION THAT WE WERE THRILLED TO KNOW THAT THERE'S THAT MUCH OF A POPULATION INCREASE.

>> Reporr: THE POPULATION INREASE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YEARS OF HARD WORK.

p>> FOR A LONG TIME, IT WAS IN QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS GOING TO WORK.

>> Reporter: SIERRA McISAAC IS THE WOLF CENTER'S WOLF CARE COORDNATOR.

PART OF HER JOB ENTAILS LEADING TOURS OF THIS SPECIAL PLACE.

GETTING PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLF AND WOLVES IN GENERAL FIRST MEANS HELPING THEM.

WE ARE IN OUR AMBASSADOR MEXICAN GRAY WOLF HABITAT.

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WOLVES FOR GUESTS TO VIEW.

>> Reporter: NONE OF THE WOLVES HERE ARE SOCIALIZED.

THESE AMBASSADOR WOLVES SEE HUMANS ON A REGULAR BASIS BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE KEPT AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC.

THEY ONLY SEE CARETAKERS LIKE McISAAC THAT'S BECAUSE THE GOAL FOR THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES HERE IS TO BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD.

WITH ONE CAVEAT.

>> IN THE UNITED STATES WE CAN'T DO ADULT RELEASES.

WE CAN ONLY DO A CROSS CLUSTERING OF PUPPIES BUT IN MEXICO THEY DO ADULT RELEASES SO OUR GUYS STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GO OUT INTO MEXICO AND HELP THE MEXICAN WOLF POPULATION IN MEXICO.

>> Repoer: BUT FOR ALL THE WOLVES HERE, WHAT McISAAC CALLED ENRICHMENT IS IMPORTANT FOR BOTH THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

>> AND SO THAT COULD BE A FOOD ITEM, A SCENT ITEM, SOMETHING NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG WITH SO WE'LL SEE IF THEY ENJOY SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT ALSO, YEAH, LEMON AND GINGER TEA, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MINT LEAVES.

I HAVE SOME FOOD ENRICHMENT, IF WE DECIDE THAT WE DON'T WANT ANY SCENT ENRICHMENTS.

>> Reporter: A PASSING INTEREST IS ALL THE WOLVES SHOWED TO THE SCENT ENRICHMENT BUT THE FISH-INFUSED ICE CUBES,% THEY WERE A HIT.

>> WE LOVE A GOOD FISHESICLE.

>> Reporter: McISAAC TAKES US TO ANOTHER ENCLOSURE, THIS THE HOME OF A COUPLE OF PERMANENT RESIDENTS.

THEY'RE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES AS WELL BUT FURTHER ALONG IN THEIR RECOVERY THAN THEIR MEXICAN GRAY COUSINS.

>> SO POPPY AND GIANNA ARE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.

>> Reporter: PAPI AND GIANNA'S FOOD ENRICHMENT WAS RAW CHICKEN% WINGS, A FAVORIT OF THIS MOTHER/DAUGHTER PAIR.

ALONG WITH CARING FOR AND BREEDING WOLVES HERE, THERESA KOSEN SAYS AN IMPORTANT PART OF RESTORING WILD WOLF POPULATIONS ENTAILS NOT ONLY WORKING WITH OTHER WOLF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS BUT ALSO WITH RANCHERS.

>> RANCHERS HAVE A STAKE HERE, TO.

THEY HAVE LAND, AND THE WANT úTHE BEST FOR THEIR CATTLE, SO IT'S GOT TO BE A WIN/WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: KOSEN ADMITS IT'S A TOUGH CHALLENGE, BUT SHE SAYS PROGRESS IS BEING MADE BETWEEN THE WOLF CONSERVATION COMMUNITY ND CALIFORNIA RANCHERS.

BUT FOR NOW, PEOPLE LIKE HER, SIERRA McISAAC AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKS TOWARDS THE CONSERVATION OF WOLVES, IS HAPPY TO CELEBRATE A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.

THE REBOUND OF THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLF, WON NEARLY EXTINCT, BUT NOW ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.

>> AND THE CALIFORNIA WOLF CENTER OFFERS SCHEDULED TOURS AND THEY ALSO HAVE PRIVAT TOURS, PLUS THEY HAVE A STORE IN DOWNTOWN JULIAN THAT SUPPORTS THEIR EFFORTS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU HAVE A LINK ON THE STORY ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.

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