ICYMI on KPBS Roundtable: KPBS reporter Matt Hoffman hosts a discussion with Union-Tribune reporter Lori Weisberg on the millions of dollars in unpaid rent charges that SeaWorld owes the city of San Diego dating back to pandemic closures. Listen ⤵️
S1: This week on Roundtable. The rent is due , but SeaWorld's not paying. That theme park fights the city over costs that have piled up during pandemic shutdowns. Also , a privately run jail scheduled to close is still open. Criminal justice advocates want to know why. And a dreamer found dead inside of a parked car. His family says San Diego police should have done more to find out what happened. I'm Matt Hoffman and this is KPBS roundtable.
S1: And once we started reopening things last year , there was a deal in place to pay that back rent , that deferred rent. S1: You mentioned during good times this rent money isn't an issue at all and we are in much better times right now with almost no pandemic restrictions. How is SeaWorld's record ? Robbery going right. Now.
S1: So part of this reprieve that keeps them open , your reporting says that Western region will get to operate for another 90 days here. S1: And I know in your story you had written that they were laying off employees as they were scaling down , preparing to close. S1: Joe Castellano is an investigative reporter for I news source , a nonprofit news partner of KPBS. And , Jill , thanks so much for your time today. Sure.S1: Now to a story about painful , unexplained loss for a family who came to San Diego dreaming for a better life. In May of last year , Luis Alberto Antonio Armenta was found dead inside of his car. It was parked on a street in Hillcrest. San Diego police quickly moved on , declaring yet another overdose death in our community.
S1: For your story , you talked with San Diego police and they wouldn't say much , only that the case is now closed. They'll reopen it if more evidence emerges or witnesses do come forward. But you also had a retired detective look at this. S1: Luis , his family , they found a receipt in the car for Jack in the Box and they went to that restaurant and they got some drive through video from them. What did that video show ? Yeah.
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