NEWS
NEWS EIGHT. >> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO DECEMBER EVERYONE.
YES, A LOT OF NEWS TO GET YOU
HERE TODAY INCLUDING WHAT YOU
SHOULD DO IF YOU JUST RETURNED
FROM A THANKSGIVING TRIP AND AS
WE'RE HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAYS
HERE, GOING TO TALK LIVE WITH A
LOCAL DOCTOR.
YEAH.
RIGHT NOW THOUGH, LET'S GO
AHEAD CHECK IN WITH NETTA NOW
FOR A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST AS
ERIC SAID.
WELCOME TO DECEMBER.
NOT BAD LOOKING AT ALL.
NOT BAD AT ALL.
I KNOW THIS IS WHAT THE START
OF DECEMBER IS LIKE IN SAN
DIEGO.
GORGEOUS CONDITIONS.
CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING.
IN FACT, OUR VIEW FROM MOUNT
SOLEDAD.
LOOK AT THAT YOU COULDN'T SEE
THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
YOU COULD SEE CAUGHT ON A
BRIDGE AND YES, THE HILLS OF
MEXICO AS WELL.
SO VISIBILITY NOT AN ISSUE.
WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY CLOUDS
IN SIGHT.
IT IS A CHILLY START TO THE DAY
WITH THOSE CLEAR CONDITIONS.
BUT THE SUN WILL BE QUICK TO
WARM YOU UP.
WE'RE LOOKING AT UPPER 70S BACK
TO LOW 80S FOR SOME OF YOU.
AND THE SANTA ANA WINDS THERE
ARE GOING TO START TO HOWLYN
HERE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK INTO THIS COMING WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES STAYING ABOVE
AVERAGE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
JENNY?
>> WELL, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
IT IS SICK.
SO ONE ON THE NOSE HERE FAIRLY
QUIET.
TRAFFIC WISE JUST GO AHEAD AND
PULL UP THOSE MAPS.
YOUR FREE RIDE TIMES LOOK FINE.
THERE IS ONE CRASH CLEANUP
HAPPENING OVER IN THE BUNZEL
AREA.
THIS IS ONLI LIKE ROAD SO WEST
FUNTIME YOUR CAMINO DEL CELLO.
IT'S A CRASH THAT HAPPENED
EARLIER THIS MORNING SO CREWS
ARE JUST DOING SOME RECOVERY
WORK WHICH MEANS CLEAN UP THE
MESS THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND
EVERYTHING ELSE UP TO THE NORTH
LIKE SKID EVERYTHING DOWN AND
THIS UP GARNEY LOOKS GREAT AS
WELL.
BACK TO YOU WITH CORONA VIRUS
HOSPITALIZATIONS ON THE RISE,
CALIFORNIA COULD SOON SEE NEW
RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING A STAY
AT HOME ORDER.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS
MORNING.
CHRIS CROWE IS GIVING US A LOOK
AT HOW LOCAL HOSPITALS ARE
PREPARING FOR A SURGE IN CASES.
BUT WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH EVAN
IRANI.
HE'S LIVE WITH WHAT THE
GOVERNOR IS SAYING ABOUT WHERE
THE STATE IS HEADED.
EVAN.
GOOD MORNING, STELLA AND ERIC.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HEALTH EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED
THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
THE POTENTIAL MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS THAT CHOSE TO GATHER
AND TRAVEL OVER THE
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY THAT WE
COULD SEE A HUGE UPTICK IN
CASES OF CORONA VIRUS POSITIVE
CORONA VIRUS CASES ACROSS SAN
DIEGO COUNTY AND ACROSS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
FIFTY ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S 58
COUNTIES ARE IN THE MOST
RESTRICTIVE PURPLE TIER.
THAT INCLUDES US HERE IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY AND THAT IS THE
REASON WHY GOV.
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS THAT
HE IS FLOATING THE IDEA ALONG
WITH HEALTH LEADERS OF THE
STATE OF A MORE RESTRICTIVE
STAY AT HOME THAT COULD LIMIT
HOUSEHOLD GATHERINGS, PRIVATE
HOUSEHOLD GATHERINGS AND OF
COURSE FURTHER LIMIT
RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES THAT
HAVE THAT OPEN AND HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS.
IT COULD LOOK SIMILAR WHAT LOS
ANGELES HAS DONE, BUT THEY'RE
REALLY RIGHT NOW JUST KIND OF
FLOATING THIS IDEA AND CHECKING
IN WITH HOSPITALS ON A DAILY
RATE AND SAY THAT THIS COULD BE
A HUGE CAUSE FOR CONCERN AS WE
HEAD TOWARD THE CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAY.
RED FLAGS ARE FLYING IN TERMS
OF THE TRAJECTORY AND OUR
PROJECTIONS OF GROWTH IF THESE
TRENDS CONTINUE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE
MUCH MORE DRAMATIC ARGUABLY
DRASTIC ACTION INCLUDING TAKING
A LOOK AT THOSE PURPLE TIERED
COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
>> THERE'S BEEN AN EIGHTY NINE
PERCENT INCREASE IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS OVER THE LAST
TWO WEEKS.
STATE HEALTH LEADERS SAY THAT
IF WE CONTINUE IN THE SAME
DIRECTION THAT COULD MEAN AREA
HOSPITALS APPROACHING THEIR MAX
CAPACITY BY CHRISTMAS.
IN RESPONSE, GOVERNOR NEWSOME
SAYS THAT HIS TEAM IS LOOKING
DAILY AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A
RENEWED STRICTER STAY AT HOME
ORDER FOR COUNTIES THAT ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE PURPLE TIER.
IT WOULD LOOK SIMILAR OR AT
LEAST COULD LOOK SIMILAR TO THE
SELF-IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS SET
ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
THAT EVEN LIMITS PRIVATE
HOUSEHOLD GATHERINGS WITH
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE
SAME HOUSEHOLD.
GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS THAT HIS
TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO GET MORE
INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE
RESTRICTIONS IN REAL TIME.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THE
STATE'S PROJECTIONS OF GROWTH
ARE ESPECIALLY HIGH AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS USUALLY RISE
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER CONFIRMED
CASES DO.
THAT PUTS THE STATE ON A
TIMELINE POTENTIALLY RUNNING
OUT OF ICU AND HOSPITAL BEDS BY
THE TIME WE REACH CHRISTMAS.
SO THIS IS THEIR REMINDER THAT
THEY'VE BEEN REALLY ISSUING FOR
THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS NOW THAT
IF YOU ARE GOING TO CHEAT OR IF
YOU DID CHOOSE TO TRAVEL
AGAINST CDC GUIDELINES OR
GATHER AGAINST THOSE CDC
GUIDELINES THAT YOU SHOULD
ASSUME THAT YOU WILL TEST
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
THEY SAY YOU NEED TO TAKE A 14
DAY QUARANTINE AND YOU SHOULD
GET TESTED EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT
SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS.
THEY SAY THAT'S THE ONLY TRUE
WAY TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
TESTED NEGATIVE AND THAT YOU'RE
NOT SPREADING THE VIRUS.
THE GOAL OF COURSE EVENTUALLY
WOULD BE TO HAVE A VACCINE THAT
COULD KIND OF STOP THAT LINE OF
TRANSMISSION.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW UNTIL THAT
HAPPENS, PEOPLE STILL NEED TO
BE WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND STAYING ON TOP
OF THIS AS A THE GOVERNOR AND
THE WHOLE HEALTH LEADERSHIP
ACROSS THE COUNTRY REALLY SAYS
THAT THIS IS AN UNAVOIDABLE
THERE IS A WAY TO STOP THE
SPREAD AND TO AT LEAST SLOW THE
SPREAD AS WE HEAD HEAD TOWARD
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO
BE CONCERNED ABOUT TOSSING
THINGS BACK TO YOU.
EVAN, THANK YOU.
>> L.A. COUNTY, AS WE'VE
MENTIONED, HAS ISSUED A NEW
STAY AT HOME ORDER TO CONTROL
THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS.
SO WE ASKED YOU IF YOU THINK
SAN DIEGO SHOULD CONSIDER DOING
THE SAME THING.
AND REACTION IS MIXED.
PERLE COMMENTED YES, IF IT
MEANS ONCE AND FOR ALL FINALLY
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL AND
NEVER HAVING TO HIDE OUT AT
HOME OR WEAR A MASK WORTH
EVERYONE'S LIVES BECAUSE THIS
CONTINUING KOGOD COUNT IS
KILLING OUR DOCTORS AND NURSES.
THEY ARE TIRED AND GETTING SICK
TO JUST CLOSE.
AND LET'S GET BACK TO NORMAL
FOR 20 21 NOW.
ANTHONY SAYS THE FIRST STAY AT
HOME ORDERS SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
LIFTED SO FAST AND CARELESSLY.
IF THERE'S ANOTHER STAY AT HOME
ORDER, MAKE SURE KOVEN IS DONE
OR A REALLY WELL TESTED VACCINE
IS AVAILABLE.
MEANWHILE THOUGH ROBERT
COMMENTED STAYED HOME.
ORDERS DIDN'T HELP THE FIRST
TIME.
AND DANNY HE SAID NO BECAUSE
THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T WORK LIKE
THE LAST ONE.
THE ONLY ROON LIVES AND
BUSINESSES YOU CAN STAY AWAY
AND JUST HAD TO SEE THE CBS
FACEBOOK PAGE.
YEAH, WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM
YOU SO PLEASE CHIME IN.
MEANWHILE THOUGH FOR THE VERY
LATEST CORONA VIRUS NUMBER
NUMBERS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS
REPORTING NINE HUNDRED FIFTY
NINE NEW CASES SIX PERCENT
POSITIVE.
OUT OF MORE THAN 15000 TESTS,
THE 14 DAY ROLLING AVERAGE IS
NOW JUST OVER SIX PERCENT.
SEVENTY NINE COMMUNITY
OUTBREAKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
OVER THE LAST WEEK.
NO NEW DEATHS KEEPS THE TOTAL
AT NINE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN
PEOPLE AND THIS MORNING WE ARE
GETTING A NEW LOOK AT HOW LOCAL
HOSPITALS ARE BRACING FOR A
SURGE CORONA VIRUS CASES THOSE
AGE GROUPS GROW IS LIVE AT
PALOMAR MEDICAL CENTER
ESCONDIDO WITH HOW THEY'RE
PREPARING TO TREAT PATIENTS
THERE.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING, ERIC AND FELLOW
LOOK HERE AT PALOMAR MEDICAL
CENTER.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE SPACE
WHEREVER IT CAN BE MADE EVEN
THOUGH THEY HAVE NOT REACHED
ANY TYPE OF THOSE CAPACITY
NUMBERS THAT WE'RE HEARING
ABOUT.
BUT STATEWIDE THAT CONCERN IS
GROWING ESPECIALLY FOR
HOSPITALS IN OTHER AREAS
STATEWIDE.
WE SEE THAT THE SECOND HALF OF
DECEMBER COULD BE PUSHING THE
LIMITS IN SOME AREAS THAT WE
WANT TO ACT SOONER THAN THAT SO
THAT WE CAN GET TRANSMISSION
DOWN AND WE CAN HANDLE THOSE
POTENTIAL HIGH ICU SURGEONS.
>> LISTEN TO THIS STAT HERE.
>> IT'S IT'S REALLY STARTLING.
THERE ARE TRIPLE THAT PATIENTS
IN HOSPITALS HERE IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY COMPARED TO JUST TWO
MONTHS AGO IN IN THE COUNTY.
THEY'VE SET ASIDE ABOUT 20
PERCENT OF BEDS FOR KOVIL
PATIENTS.
NOW WE HAVEN'T REACHED THAT
LIMIT BUT STILL THERE IS A
GROWING CONCERN THAT WE COULD
SEE THAT SURGE UPON SURGE
STATEWIDE.
HOSPITALS ARE MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT THEIR ICU SPACE AS YOU
JUST HEARD IT PROJECTS WE COULD
EXCEED CAPACITY BY THE END OF
DECEMBER WITHOUT INTERVENTION.
THAT'S WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF
RESTRICTIONS OR OTHER TYPE OF
MEASURES BEING TAKEN NOW.
WE'RE STILL UNDER THAT NUMBER
TODAY AND HOSPITALS CAN DEFER
CARE IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
BUT THERE ARE MORE PATIENTS.
THERE ARE MORE PATIENTS IN THE
HOSPITAL NOW THAN COMPARED TO
THE PREVIOUS PEAK OF THE OTHER
FLIP SIDE OF THAT THOUGH.
DOCTORS ARE SAYING THEY'RE MORE
TRAINED TO HANDLE CORONA VIRUS
AND THE PATIENTS THAT COME IN
WITH IT IN TERMS OF TREATING
THEM WITH STEROIDS AND REM
DEATH SEVERE.
>> SO WE DO HAVE SOME
TREATMENTS.
BUT ALSO THERE IS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT ABOUT THE DISEASE
THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING THE
NUMBER IN THE ICU IN ACUITY HAS
NOT BEEN AS HIGH.
BUT I DO JUST WANT TO CAUTION
THAT IS BEING SAID.
BUT IT IS THERE IS STILL A
DEADLY DISEASE.
WE ARE STILL SEEING AN 11
PERCENT MORTALITY RATE IN OUR
FACILITY.
>> AND AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY ON
HERE ON NEWS EIGHT IS THAT
REMEMBER ALL OF THESE NUMBERS
ARE PEOPLE SO IMAGINE THIS
ABOUT 700 PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN
THE HOSPITAL WITH COVAY, 19
HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, ABOUT
ONE HUNDRED AND 80 OF THEM IN
THE ICU.
ERIC AND STELLA, HE HAS SOME
STAGGERING NUMBERS THERE HAS
FOR SURE.
THANKS, CHRIS, FOR THAT TODAY A
CDC PANEL WILL HOLD AN
EMERGENCY MEETING ABOUT WHO
SHOULD GET A CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE FIRST ONCE ONE IS
APPROVED.
THIS COMES A DAY AFTER MADONA
APPLY FOR EMERGENCY USE THIS
VACCINE.
PFIZER ALREADY REQUESTED
EMERGENCY USE FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
THE VACCINE IS EXPECTED TO GO
TO FRONTLINE WORKERS IN HIGH
RISK PATIENTS FIRST.
GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS CALIFORNIA
SET TO RECEIVE 300 7000 DOSES
OF THE VACCINE LATER THIS MONTH
ONCE IT IS APPROVED.
>> MORE HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR
SAN DIEGO AND STRUGGLING TO PAY
RENT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BEGINNING TODAY, THE COUNTY'S
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM WILL BE ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS OF UP
TO THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
COVER UP TO TWO MONTHS RENT
APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED
ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE
BASIS AND MONEY WILL BE PAID
DIRECTLY TO YOUR LANDLORD.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS
CLICK ON THE HELP BUTTON AT CBS
EIGHT DOT COM.
>> AND WE DO WANT TO GET TO
SOME BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW.
CREWS ARE RESPONDING TO A
STRUCTURE FIRE IN MISSION
VALLEY.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW.
CHOPPER EIGHT IS OVER THE
SCENE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS AN
ACTIVE SCENE RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS.
FIRE ENGINES ON THE SCENE LOOKS
LIKE A RESIDENTIAL AREA
OBVIOUSLY WITH APARTMENT
BUILDINGS THERE LOOMS.
IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT FOUR
ENGINES ARE ON THE SCENE RIGHT
HERE.
THIS IS HAPPENING ON REFLECTION
DRIVE NEAR FRYER'S ROAD AND
INTERSTATE FIFTEEN.
WE CAN TELL YOU THIS FIRE WAS
FIRST REPORTED AROUND 530 THIS
MORNING JUST ABOUT 40 MINUTES
AGO.
FIREFIGHTERS BELIEVE IT STARTED
IN THE ATTIC OF A SECOND FLOOR
OF ONE OF THESE TWO STOREY
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
NO WORD ON ANY INJURIES RIGHT
NOW BUT WE CAN TELL YOU THAT
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ON THE
SCENE THERE.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ON THE ROOF
OF ONE OF THE APARTMENT UNITS
OUT THERE AS WELL.
>> YEAH, WE DON'T SEE ANY SMOKE
THERE.
SO THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS .
THE FIREFIGHTERS ON THE SCENE
AND VERY ACTIVE SCENE THERE
RIGHT NOW A STRUCTURE FIRE IN
MISSION VALLEY.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE
ON THIS ONE AND BRING YOU THE
VERY LATEST AS SOON AS WE GET
IT.
SOME CHILLY TEMPS OUT THERE FOR
PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE HAD TO
HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.
YEAH, OF COURSE THAT'S A HIGHLY
POPULATED AREA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY BE
WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON AND
IF YOU STEP OUTSIDE YOU WANT TO
GRAB A JACKET BECAUSE IT IS
CHILLY OUT THERE.
IT'S CHILLY RIGHT NOW.
THINGS ARE GOING TO WARM UP
THOUGH.
WE HAVE BIG SWINGS IN OUR
TEMPERATURES BECAUSE OF HOW DRY
IT IS.
HERE'S THE VIEW OVER BY
DELMARVA BY DOG BEACH AND
REALLY GORGEOUS GLOW GOING ON
RIGHT NOW AS THAT SUN IS STILL
GOING TO COME ON UP IN ABOUT 20
MINUTES FROM NOW.
WE HAVE THE MOON THAT'S OUT
THERE.
YESTERDAY IT WAS THE FULL MOON.
NOW IT'S STILL BIG BRIGHT OUT
THERE.
HERE'S OUR WEST FACING CAMERA
OVER SAN MIGUEL LOOKING OUT
TOWARDS THE SOUTH BAY AND THEN
MT. WOODSON LOOKING OUT EAST.
THERE'S THAT GLOW AS WE WAIT
FOR THE SUN TO COME UP.
BUT RIGHT NOW IS THE COLDEST
TIME OF THE DAY.
IT'S 30 DEGREES DOWN IN RAMONA.
SO JUST BEFORE SUNRISE WE REACH
OUR MORNING LOW THE LOWEST OF
THE LOW AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THESE BIG SWINGS
IN TEMPERATURE.
SO 30 RIGHT NOW IN RAMONA
YOU'RE ABOUT TO HIT.
TEMPERATURES LIKE 70S.
SEVENTY FIVE DEGREES.
SO DOC, ABOUT 30 TO 40 DEGREE
CHANGE HERE BY YOUR AFTERNOON
HIGHS 40 IN POWER.
FIFTY THREE IN DEL MAR COMPARED
TO 24 HOURS AGO.
MOST OF YOU ARE COOLER BY A FEW
DEGREES AND THEN IT IS SO BONE
DRY OUT THERE.
THESE ARE THE DEW POINTS.
THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TO
MOISTURE OUT THERE AT ALL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
SEE THAT DRYING.
IN FACT, THOSE OFFSHORE WINDS
WILL PICK UP LATE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH AS
WELL.
WE'LL GET INTO MORE OF THOSE
DETAILS COMING UP.
JENNY?
>> WELL, TRAFFIC WISE WE ARE
DEALING WITH A COUPLE OF
CRASHES THIS MORNING SO WE'LL
GET RIGHT TO THE MAPS.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO WALK YOU
THROUGH THEM.
THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO MENTION
IS OVER IN THE BONZO AREA.
LILAC ROAD CREWS ARE CLEANING
UP RIGHT ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE
NEAR CAMINO CHELO.
BRAND NEW CRASH ON A 15
NORTHBOUND AFTER MIRA MESA AND
IT LOOKS LIKE JUST WHILE MATT
NETTA WAS DOING HER WEATHER,
ANOTHER CRASH POPPED IN.
I'LL HAVE MORE INFO ON MY NEXT
REPORT FINALLY HERE.
SOUTH ON THE 15 SHOULDERS
BLOCKED AT THE EXIT RAMP