SANTA
SANTA CLAUS IS GOING TO BE COMING TO TOWN HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> AND BOY, HE CAN GET AROUND A
LOT FASTER HERE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WITH THAT WIND THE
TAIL WAY JUST PUSHING HIM ALONG
WITH HIM IN THE REINDEER'S JUST
NUDGING ALONG WHAT IS GOOD ON
THE WIND JUST KEEPS ON HOWLING
HERE AND NOT AS BAD AS
YESTERDAY BUT STILL YEAH IT'S
STILL DRY OUT THERE AND WINDY
OUT THERE WERE STILL THE MIDDLE
OF THE SANTA ANA WINDS.
HERE'S THE VIEW FROM MOUNT
SOLEDAD WHERE YOU CAN SEE CLEAR
TO DOWNTOWN AND THE HILLS OF
MEXICO AT THE TOP OF YOUR
SCREEN.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE
THESE OFFSHORE WINDS, OUR SKIES
HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR.
SO WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH
THIS BURST OF STRONG WIND THIS
MORNING, WEAKEN LATER TODAY
THROUGH TOMORROW AS WELL EVEN
THOUGH WE STILL HAVE RED FLAG
CONDITIONS.
SO FIRE RISK IS STILL UP THERE.
SURF IS UP AS WELL WITH EIGHT
FOOTERS TODAY AND THEN THE
OFFSHORE WINDS RETURN THIS
COMING MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
SO WE GET A SLIGHT BREAK BEFORE
THE NEXT ROUND COMES BACK.
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND
HAPPY FRIDAY.
>> SO TRAFFIC WISE THINGS ARE
FAIRLY QUIET.
YOUR TRAVEL TIMES ARE FINE BUT
WE DO HAVE SOME CRASH CLEANUP
HAPPENING THIS MORNING SO WE'LL
GET TO OUR MAPS.
NINETY FOUR WESTBOUND SIDE
RIGHT NEAR BUREK LAKE SINGLE
LANE IS BLOCKED.
CREWS ARE JUST BLOCKING THAT
AREA.
THEY'RE JUST CLEANING UP THE
DEBRIS.
OTHER THAN THAT, CAREFUL ON 15
SOUTHBOUND NEAR THE FIVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A SINGLE LANE IS
BLOCKED.
CREWS ARE CLEANING AN EARLIER
CRASH.
BACK TO YOU.
>> LET'S GET YOU TO SOME
BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW.
>> CREWS ARE BATTLING A HOUSE
FIRE IN FALLBROOK THAT HAS
SPREAD TO NEARBY VEGETATION.
YEAH, AND YOU SEE IT RIGHT
THERE ON THE MAP.
IT'S HAPPENING IN THE 40
THOUSAND BLOCK OF SANDIA CREEK
DRIVE STARTED JUST AFTER 5:00
THIS MORNING.
SO LESS THAN AN HOUR THAT THIS
HAS BEEN BURNING.
THANKFULLY NO INJURIES HAVE
BEEN REPORTED AND THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT, THEY SAY THEY ARE
CLOSING ROADS ON SANDIA CREEK
LEADING IN AND OUT OF RIVERSIDE
COUNTY AND THEY ARE ASKING
PEOPLE TO AVOID THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOING A QUICK
CHECK OF THE FORECAST IN THAT
AREA.
HOLBROOK RIGHT NOW OUR WEATHER
PRODUCER TONY SAYING THAT GUSTS
ARE UP TO 16 MILES PER HOUR, 18
RECORDED EARLIER SO IT'S NOT AS
BREEZY AS WHAT WE HAD YESTERDAY
BUT IT'S STILL EXTREMELY DRY.
WE STILL HAVE THOSE SUSTAINED
WINDS THAT ARE OFFSHORE.
FIVE TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.
SO THANKFULLY AT LEAST WE'RE
NOT DEALING WITH THOSE STRONG
STRONG GUSTS BUT WE'RE NOT OUT
THE WOODS.
OF COURSE VEGETATION'S DRY, THE
AIR'S DRY AND WE STILL HAVE
SANTA IS UPON US.
SO ANY SMALL GUST COULD REALLY
SEND THAT OUT THERE AND THE
VEGETATION.
WE SAW THAT IN ORANGE COUNTY.
THAT SAME THING HAPPENED
ELSEWHERE TURNING INTO
THOUSANDS OF ACRES BURNING.
SO WE WILL KEEP YOU ON TOP OF
THAT AS WE'VE BEEN MENTIONING
THOSE POWERFUL SANTA ANA WINDS.
BOY, AND JUST TOUCH THE DRY
CONDITIONS IS ALL CAUSING
SERIOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW.
CREWS AGAIN IN ORANGE COUNTY,
THEY'RE BATTLING THAT OUT OF
CONTROL BOND FIRE.
THAT'S THE ONE I JUST MENTIONED
THAT BURNED AT LEAST SEVENTY
TWO HUNDRED ACRES AND FORCED
THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT STARTED THE
HOUSE FIRE AND THEN GOT INTO
THE BRUSH.
A SMALL BRUSHFIRE ALSO BROKE
OUT IN SAN MARCOS YESTERDAY BUT
THAT ONE WAS DOUSED QUICKLY AND
THEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THE WALLOW FIRE THAT DESTROYED
ONE HOME AND DAMAGED SIX OTHERS
IN RANCHO SAN DIEGO.
THAT ONE.
NOW ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
CONTAINED.
>> AND EVEN AT THIS HOUR
THOUSANDS OF SAN DIEGO KIDS ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER BECAUSE OF
THESE WINDS.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY POWER
SHUTOFFS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMUNITY
RESOURCE CENTERS OPEN TO HELP
ANYONE WHO'S BEEN IMPACTED.
THOSE DO INCLUDE THE SCAN.
SO DOES LAURA FALLBROOK JULIE
IN LAKE MORINA PINE VALLEY
POTRERO, RAMONA VALLEY CENTER
AND WORNER SPRINGS AND SEVERAL
SAN DIEGO COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL
REMAIN CLOSED TODAY DUE TO
THESE POWER OUTAGES FOR
DISTRICTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT
HERE THAT ARE GOING TO REMAIN
CLOSED.
>> ALPINE UNION HISA VALLEY
CENTER PARMAR UNIFIED AND
WORNER UNIFIED AND THREE OTHER
SCHOOLS AS WELL HAMSHARI
ELEMENTARY EUCALYPTUS HILLS AND
LAKESIDE FARMS IN THE POWER
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SIX
SCHOOLS THAT WERE CLOSED HAVE
THEIR POWER BACK ON AND WILL
REOPEN TODAY.
>> TURNING NOW TO THE LATEST IN
THE CORONA VIRUS FIGHT OUR
COUNTY MAY BE JUST DAYS AWAY
FROM A NEW CORONA VIRUS.
STAY AT HOME ORDER.
THIS COMES AS CAUVIN NUMBERS
HAVE SKYROCKETED STATEWIDE.
SO WE'RE GOING FROM THE COUNTY
WIDE RULES NOW TO REGIONAL
RULES.
EVAN HOURANI LIVE ALONG HARBOR
ISLAND WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE IMPACT ON EVERYTHING FROM
BUSINESSES TO TRAVEL HERE.
>> EVAN?
YEAH.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
ERIC AND NETTA, IT IS GOING TO
BE QUITE A DIFFERENT SCENE IF
WE SEE THOSE HOSPITAL ICU
CAPACITY'S DROP SIGNIFICANTLY
AS A NEW STAY AT HOME ORDER
WILL THEN TAKE EFFECT.
THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS STAY
AT HOME ORDER VERSUS STAY AT
HOME ORDERS WE'VE SEEN IN THE
PAST IS THAT THIS NEW ONE TAKES
A REGION WIDE APPROACH.
SO IN TERMS OF THE REGION THAT
WOULD BE AFFECTED, WE'RE UNDER
THE SAND IN THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA REGION AS OPPOSED TO
JUST SAN DIEGO COUNTY NUMBERS
OR ORANGE COUNTY NUMBERS, L.A.
COUNTY NUMBERS THE ENTIRE
SOUTHERN COUNTY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA REGION IS
ENCOMPASSED AS ONE WHOLE
REGION.
AND THAT MEANS THAT IF THE
REGION'S HOSPITAL CAPACITY ICU
CAPACITY DROPS BELOW 15
PERCENT, THEN WE WILL ENTER
INTO THAT NEW STAY AT HOME
ORDER FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE
WEEKS.
AND AS FAR AS THOSE HOSPITALS
GO, THEY SAY THAT THAT COULD
HAPPEN IN A MATTER OF DAYS.
THIS IS THE MOST CHALLENGING
MOMENT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
THIS PANDEMIC IF WE DON'T ACT
NOW.
>> OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM WILL BE
OVERWHELMED IF WE DON'T ACT
NOW.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE A DEATH
RATE CLIMB.
MORE LIVES LOST UNDER THE NEW
STAY AT HOME ORDER.
>> BUSINESSES LIKE SALONS,
BARBERS AND WINERIES WOULD BE
FORCED TO CLOSE.
RESTAURANTS COULD REMAIN OPEN
FOR TAKEOUT ONLY AND GROCERY
STORES WOULD BE LIMITED TO 20
PERCENT CAPACITY.
BEYOND THAT, ANY NONESSENTIAL
TRAVEL AND GATHERINGS WITH
PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF YOUR
HOUSEHOLD WOULD BE IN VIOLATION
OF THE STAY AT HOME ORDER IF
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION
SEES A 15 SEASON CAPACITY DROP
BELOW 15 PERCENT IN THOSE ICE
USE.
SAN DIEGO WOULD THEN BE PLACED
UNDER THE NEW STAY AT HOME
ORDER FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE
WEEKS.
AFTER THAT THE STATE WOULD
PROJECTED NEW CAPACITY NUMBERS
FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE.
IF THOSE PROJECTIONS SHOW AN
INCREASE IN HOSPITAL CAPACITY
HIGHER THAN 15 PERCENT THEN THE
REGION WOULD BE ALLOWED TO
REOPEN ONCE AGAIN.
NOW GOVERNOR NEWSOM EMPHASIZED
THAT PARKS AND BEACHES, FOR
EXAMPLE, WILL STAY OPEN
ENCOURAGING CALIFORNIANS TO
STILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
ACTIVITIES THAT THEY ARE ABLE
TO GET OUTSIDE, GET SOME FRESH
AIR EXERCISE BUT BE SURE TO DO
IT SAFELY AND ONLY WITH PEOPLE
FROM YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
WELL, AGAIN, THE EMPHASIS ON
THIS IS THIS IS MUCH DIFFERENT
THAN THAT PREVIOUS TIERED
SYSTEM WITH PURPLE TEARS AND
RED TEARS.
THIS INSTEAD ENCOMPASSES THE
REGION AS A WHOLE.
AND ANOTHER THING TO EMPHASIZE
IS THAT WE GET OUR HOSPITAL
RATE NUMBERS AS ICU BED NUMBERS
FROM THE COUNTY AND EACH COUNTY
CALCULATES THEIR OWN.
SO WE RIGHT NOW DON'T HAVE A
FULLY ACCURATE NUMBER OF WHAT
OUR REGION WHAT THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA REGION NUMBER IS.
BUT AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR THE
STATE WILL CALCULATE THOSE
NUMBERS.
THEY WOULD THEN PLACE US INTO
THAT STAY AT HOME WATER AND
THOSE HOSPITALS SAY THAT THAT
COULD REALLY HAPPEN VERY SOON.
SO WE'RE STILL AWAITING THOSE
OFFICIAL NUMBERS AND HOW THOSE
NUMBERS ARE OFFICIALLY
CALCULATED.
BUT WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS
THAT WE ARE NEARING THAT 15
PERCENT THRESHOLD AND THAT WE
COULD BE IN THAT STAY AT HOME
ORDER AS EARLY AS THE WEEKEND
OR INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT
WEEK.
SOME THINGS BACK TO YOU, IVAN.
>> THANK YOU.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE
LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE COUNTY
RIGHT NOW.
THEY DID SHOW ONE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED FOUR NEW COVERED 19
CASES.
THAT'S OUT OF THE MORE THAN
26000 TESTS REPORTED.
TWENTY SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE
TESTED FOR A POSITIVE RATE OF
ABOUT SIX PERCENT.
HOSPITALIZATIONS DID INCREASED
BY 43 PATIENTS AND ICU PATIENTS
WERE UP BY 14.
THE COUNTY ALSO REPORTED FIVE
NEW DEATHS BRINGING THE TOTAL
NOW TO 1000 THOUSAND FORTY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FROM
COVERED AND THERE WERE 12
ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY OUTBREAKS.
THAT'S EIGHTY NINE OUTBREAKS IN
THE LAST WEEK AND THIS JUST IN
TWO HUNDRED FORTY FIVE THOUSAND
JOBS ADDED TO THE ECONOMY IN
THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
THAT'S THE FEWEST SINCE APRIL
AND THE FIFTH STRAIGHT MONTHLY
SLOWDOWN.
THE NATION'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
DID TICK DOWN TO SIX POINT
SEVEN PERCENT.
>> TODAY MARKS THE START OF A
BELOVED ANNUAL HOLIDAY
TRADITION.
AND JUST LIKE A LOT OF THINGS
AROUND TOWN, IT'S GOING TO LOOK
A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
NEWSAT CHRIS GROWE JOINING US
LIVE IN BALBO PARK SHOWING US
HOW WE CAN ALL STILL KEEP THE
SPIRIT ALIVE.
AND CHRISTOPHER CANNON ON YOU
TO KEEP OUR SPIRITS UP.
>> WE NEED THAT THIS YEAR.
AGAIN.
NO.
AGAIN. NO. NO.
NO. NO.
NO. NO. NO PRESSURE AT ALL THIS MORNING
.
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S
HAVING A GOOD TIME.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S WARMING
UP THEIR SPIRITS THIS MORNING.
ALL RIGHT.
CHECK AND CHECK BECAUSE HERE AT
THE TASTE OF HOLIDAY NIGHTS WE
ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
SHOW OFF EVERYTHING THAT IS
GOING ON BY DECEMBER NIGHTS.
I'M SUCH A HUGE PART OF SAN
DIEGO.
AND SO WHEN THINGS COULDN'T
HAPPEN THE WAY THAT WE ALL
WANTED TO.
WELL, CITY SAN DIEGO HAD TO GET
CREATIVE.
SO THIS IS ALL DRIVE THROUGH
WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT IS
TASTE OF DECEMBER.
NICE IF YOU COME OVER HERE YOU
SEE THIS FIRST FOOD TRUCK HERE
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE THEME.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF
VENDORS HERE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A WALK, A
FLAWLESS CUISINE.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO HER
COMING UP AT SIX 30.
BUT AS YOU GO DOWN THE ROW
YOU'LL SEE IT IS DRIVE THROUGH
STYLE.
YOU WILL DRIVE THROUGH.
GO AHEAD AND PICK OUT ANY OF
THE VENDORS THAT YOU WANT TO
TASTE FROM AND THEN YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO ENJOY A TASTE OF
DECEMBER NIGHTS AND ESSENTIALLY
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE THEME
HERE.
IT IS ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE
BUT THEY ARE PREACHING SAFETY.
THEY WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
AND EVEN WITH SOME OF THOSE NEW
RULES POTENTIALLY GOING IN
PLACE WHILE THIS IS GOING ON,
THEY ALL ABIDE BY THEM HERE AT
TASTE OF DECEMBER NIGHT.
SO IT'S AN AMAZING WAY TO
CELEBRATE THIS HOLIDAY COMING
UP AGAIN STARTING TODAY ALL THE
WAY THROUGH SUNDAY AT 10:00
P.M..
SO MAKE SURE IF YOU WANT TO BE
ABLE TO GET OUT, GET THE FAMILY
OUT, GET THE KIDS OUT.
HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY TIME.
IT TAKES THE DECEMBER NIGHTS
HERE ABOUT BALL PARK A PERFECT
WAY TO DO THAT.
>> ERIC ALL RIGHT, CHRIS,
THANKS.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NETTA AND
COME HUNGRY IF YOU ARE GOING
THERE.
RIGHT.
THERE. RIGHT. THAT FEELS GOOD.
HERE'S A LOOK RIGHT NOW HERE
AND LOOK OUT CALM THE BAY IS
THAT IS NOT THE CASE AT THE
OCEAN.
YEAH.
OCEAN. YEAH. THE OCEAN WAVES ARE BIG THIS
MORNING.
IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE
COASTAL COMMUNITIES YOU'RE
PROBABLY HEARING THE SOUND OF
THOSE LOUD WAVES CRASHING.
ALSO THERE'S WIND IN OUR
MOUNTAINS.
SO WE'RE GETTING A MIX OF A LOT
OF THINGS GOING ON THIS
MORNING.
NOW SOLEDAD'S VIEW HOW GORGEOUS
IS THIS?
LOOK HOW CRISP AND CLEAR THIS
SHOT IS.
YOU LOOK TOWARDS DOWNTOWN, YOU
SEE THE CORNARO BRIDGE AND
THAT'S MEXICO RIGHT THERE THOSE
LIGHTS IN THOSE HILLS UP AT THE
TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.
SO OVERALL ANOTHER CLEAR START
TO YOUR DAY.
WE DO HAVE STRONG WINDS STILL
UPON THESE GUSTS.
NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW
YESTERDAY BUT STILL 37 IN
ALPINE 22 STILL HILL 32 JULIE
AND OF COURSE YESTERDAY STILL
HILL YOU GOT ALL THE WAY UP TO
94.
SO THINGS ARE SETTLING DOWN A
LITTLE BIT BUT WANT TO
EMPHASIZE WE STILL HAVE THESE
OFFSHORE WINDS AND THEY'RE
GOING TO STAY FAIRLY STRONG IN
THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH THAT
BURST OF STRONGER WIND THIS
MORNING.
IT WILL WEAKEN LATER TONIGHT
TOMORROW AS WELL.
BUT STILL OVERALL OFF SHORE
COMING AT US.
THOSE DRY THINGS OUT PRETTY
SIGNIFICANTLY.
LOOK AT OUR DEW POINTS.
NOT SURE IF YOU EVEN SEE IT
BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO BRIGHT TO
SHOW HOW DRY IT IS NEGATIVE FOR
JULIAN NEGATIVE MOUNT LAGUNA.
THESE NUMBERS ARE EXTREMELY LOW
EVEN AT OUR COASTLINE.
SO ALL THAT VEGETATION IS DRY.
OUR AIR IS DRY AND THAT'S WHY
OUR FIRE RISK IS STILL OUT
THERE.
YOU SEE THAT HERE IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS
MAINLY THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
SO UNTIL ABOUT NOONTIME WE'LL
STILL SEE THAT ELEVATED WIND
COMING THROUGH THAT ELEVATED
RISK OF A FIRE TO SPREAD.