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 boyscouts here in san diego 689 these documents are considered secret or confidential, o howkm? >> >>: they're considered secret because theboy scouts of america have fought foo keep them out of the public eye.it says confidential files. they used them as ineligible volunteer filesto keep those who should not be in scouting out of scouting.>> >>peggy: what is in the files?
>> >>: the files consist of allegations ofabuse 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 scoutsof 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 outof seattle who pursued civil litigation against
the boy scouts of america, for his clientmatt 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 thewebsite 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 wemaintain the highest quality leadership. >> >>: we have a long history of incorporatingnew, best practices into our program. >> >>: there have been times where the bestpractices 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 countryhave tried to get them to talk as well, but they have refused.a spokesman has corresponded with me. >> >>peggy: no direct communication with themas far as you know, as far as making a statement about how they handled these cases how manycases 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 diegoand we were able to find at least 35 specific
cases involved sexual abuse in a 20 year timeframe. >> >>peggy: has the statute of limitationsrun out? >> >>: there are lawsuits across the countryright now, civil lawsuits, but as far as the statute of limitation they've run out on alot 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 glimpseat a 20 year time period from '71 to '91 about how they handled these allegations in thescouts. there's a current effort to get the 92 topresent 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 checkevery 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 in2007. he won the civil case. the files are to bereleased, 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 reporttonight.
>> >>dwane: sea world has lost another legalround 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 requestwas 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 thefifth best in the state. u.s. news and world report reviews 5,000 hospitalsacross 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 thistime 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 focuseson the troubled background offed murderer john gardner, the man convict offed killingchelsea king and amber due bu waw. >> >>: it is the judgment and the sentenceof the court that for the crime of murder in the first degree chelsea king under specialcircumstances 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 thepossibility of parole. >> >>peggy: joining us to talk about her controversialbook, 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 weekuz later chelsea king went for a run in ranchoãš park.two daze later, they found her panties and they were able to match dna with sexual predatorjohn gardner, and then about four days after that, six days after that they found amberdubois'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 girlsand 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 truecrime book is go into all aspects of the case. i feel it's important to know what the sexualpredator is all about. in this case, john gardner because we don'treally 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 dosome good to prevent things like that frame happening again.it goes through the investigation, his family background and some a little bits about thegirls because i like to pay a tribute to victims. >> >>peggy: unfortunatelyãš both familiesstrongly oppose your book. i want to put a
statement they put on their facebook pagehere, and this is what it says: with the publication of an unauthorized new book, our familiesare 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 weatheringthis new one pails, we are deem deeply hurt. >> >>: i've said this before, and i'm verysear for this loss, and sear they're hurt by this book, because that was certainly notmy intention. i was trying to prevent other victims fromfalling to the same fate. i understand if they don't want to read thebook, but i do feel there really is a purpose to revealing the flaws in the si system thatwe can fix, i hope, and to sort of take advantage
of the emotion that the community feels sothat maybe people will be angry enough of what they read in this book, we will be ableto mobilize and get some change. >> >>peggy: you had a 5 hour interview withjohn gardner, and you point out in your book, some very clear markers, he tried to commitsuicide at age 9. what do you think these key markersãš whatdo we need to take away from the key markers you think we need to understand to preventthis from happening again. >> >>: he was born into a very dysfunctionalfamily, there was mental illness, addiction, incest and molestation, geographical instability,financial instability. by the time he was six years old, he hatedhimself.
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 peoplecould look at if a similar case came up. >> >>: if somebody like this starts datingyour daughter t might be good to notice these things and look out.>> >>peggy: are thereãš you say this is really kind of exclusive case in san diego, thatthere'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 andthought this must be a really special. i've never seen a flyer for a missing teenagerbefore.
there was something about chelsea thing king,i don't know if it was the blue eyes, the more we learned about her, everybody wantedher 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 dadi'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 schoolerslearning through the long hot summer. >> >>: summer is supposed to be a gloriousstretch of downtime for kids. after summer a few students at clairemont'smarston 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 lowerthan when school went out for summer. >> >>: it's the first couple weeks or so ofthe kids not in the summer program or the summer school, and we see that and we kindof build that around it for the first couple weeks, a quick orientation and basic skillsjust to catch them up. >> >>: some students never catch up.one study followed students over five years and found that they made similar test scoregames during math and reading over the school
year, but during the summer, low income studentsback 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 studentsbeing held back. 150 rising sixth, seventh and eighth gradersare taking part in the summer ad verchs program as a at marston. the program tries to preventthe summer time gap. students spending the morning, in math, andafternoons rotating between club activities like art, fashion, cooking and science. thestructures are not relying on the kinds of work sheets kid might see in the norm schoolyear.
>> >>: a lot the activities we do is handson. it's interactive, some may call it disguisedlearning 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 fanfun. >> >>: we're reading a book, and we did anactivity where everyone acts like they're a character in the book and we get to knowmore about the character. >> >>: that girl from what was her nameãš>> >>: her classmate says even subjects she usually thinks are boring have been fun thissummer. >> >>: i didn't like science because you justsit there and watch videos about animals,
but this year right now it's been more funbecause 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 lastsummer rose a whole grade level in math. offering on the first come first come basisis key at a school like marston, where more than 70% of students come from low incomehouse holds. >> >>: some kids parents can't afford forthe kids to go off and do their own thing, and with this program, it's so important becauseit 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 asummer 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 leadershipprogram. it's a bucket list for the community, a chalkboard display outside a bar in hillcrest where neighbors and visitors have been filling inthe blank to an age old question. >> >>: a compilation of everyone's beforei 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 inclinedto answer the question myself. >> >>: i think i need to reflect a littlebit before i just dig in. >> >>dwane: kevin says he saw the public reactionwhen 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 theboard 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 monthsago and has seen quite a bit of graffiti. i was told most of the folk whose have signedthe wall in hill crest have never set foot inside the alibi, that bar put the displayup.
>> >>peggy: tonight i'd like to let you knowabout 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. customsprotection and border agents. >> >>peggy: tomorrow you'll meet the man whowas 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 battledover pension reform today. over claims mayor jerry sanders improperlyused his office while campaigning for proposition b.home sales jumped by more than 9ãšpercent in the county, while southern california'shit 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.
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