JUST
JUST YET.
JUST YET. MORE ROUNDS OF RAIN ON THE WAY. NEWS 8 STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US. I'M MARCELLA LEE.
I'M CARLO RICARDO. THE COUNTY
IS GETTING READY TO STEP UP
EFFORTS TO HELP THE HOMELESS
COMMUNITY TOMORROW DEALING WITH
THE KOBE 19 OUTBREAK. HE WAS A
MAN OF SHOTS. HE HAS MORE ON
WHAT'S BEING DONE AND
THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM
THE COUNTY. TOMORROW WILL BE
THE FINAL PHASE OF TURNING
THE SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER
INTO A MASSIVE HOMELESS SHELTER
TO HELP PROTECT THEM FROM KOBE
19 AND HELP WITH THAT SOCIAL
DISTANCING. THIS AS THE COUNTY
RELEASED ITS LATEST NUMBERS
TODAY WITH 1000 404 CASES
POSITIVE FOR CALVERT 19
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. NOW THAT
IS UP BY 78 JUST FROM
YESTERDAY. BUT THERE ARE NO NEW
DEATHS TO REPORT. BUT
THE COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY WE'RE
NOT OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET.
IT'S A CRITICAL MONTH FOR ALL
OF US IN SAN DIEGO AS WE WORK
TOGETHER TO HELP FLATTEN
THE CURVE IN THE ONGOING FIGHT
AGAINST CORONA VIRUS. SAN DIEGO
MAYOR KEVIN FAULCONER NOW
CALLING ON LOCAL MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS TO STEP UP. ALL
SAN DIEGO S WHO ARE MEDICAL
RESIDENTS, NURSING STUDENTS,
RETIRED MEDICAL WORKERS OR
HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO CHANGE
PROFESSIONS TO SIGN UP TODAY TO
BE READY TO HELP. ON MONDAY
THE COUNTY REPORTED 78 NEW
CASES OF KOBE 19 BUT NO NEW
DEATHS. OFFICIALS POINTING TO A
LAG IN DATA INFORMATION RATHER
THAN A DROP IN CASES. AND WHEN
WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE FEEL
LIKE WE HAVE DATA THAT IS HAS A
SUFFICIENT BASIS IN SOMETHING
THAT IS ACCURATE, THEN WE WILL
SHARE THAT AND PRESENT THAT. IN
THE MEANTIME, WHAT WE ALL HAVE
TO DO IS WHAT WE KNOW WORKS.
THE COUNTY IS CONTINUING TO
PREPARE FOR THE WORST. LOCAL
HOSPITALS CURRENTLY HAVE 537
VENTILATORS ON HAND BUT HAVE
REQUESTED 600 MORE FROM
THE STATE ANTICIPATING A SPIKE
IN HOSPITALIZATIONS. A STAY AT
HOME ORDER REMAINS IN PLACE FOR
NON-ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES AS WELL
AS A CDC RECOMMENDATION TO WEAR
NONMEDICAL FACE. IF YOU HAVE TO
BE IN PUBLIC ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY HOMELESS VETERANS HAVE
NOW BEEN MOVED INTO THE SAN
DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER SERVING
AS A MAKESHIFT SHELTER TO HELP
WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING. AMONG
THE HOMELESS POPULATION ON
TUESDAY, 200 PEOPLE FROM FATHER
JOE'S VILLAGES WILL ALSO BE
MOVED TO THE SITE ACROSS
THE STATE. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR
GAVIN NEWSOM TOWARD SLEEP TRAIN
ARENA WANTS THE HOME TO
THE SACRAMENTO KINGS WILL NOW
SERVE AS A 400 BED MEDICAL
FACILITY TO TREAT KOBE 19
PATIENTS WHILE SOME ARE
POINTING TO A NEW MODEL FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
THAT PREDICTS FEWER LIVES LOST
DURING THE OUTBREAK. GOVERNOR
NEWSOME SAYS NOW IS NOT
THE TIME TO GET COMPLACENT.
THE MODELS MEAN NOTHING. IF WE
BEGIN TO STEP BACK AND CHANGE
OUR BEHAVIOR BY GETTING CABIN
FEVER AND NO LONGER PRACTICING
PHYSICAL DECENCY, PHYSICAL
DISTANCING IS WORKING. AND AS
WE MENTIONED THIS FINAL PHASE
OF TURNING THIS CONVENTION
CENTER INTO A HOMELESS SHELTER
WILL BE TOMORROW. THERE WILL BE
TWO HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS FROM
FATHER JOE'S VILLAGE IS MOVING
IN HERE BRINGING THE TOTAL
PEOPLE LIVING HERE TO EIGHT
HUNDRED. BACK TO YOU. ALL
RIGHT, AMANDA, THANKS. LOGGING
ON. STUDENTS MAY BE OUT OF
THE CLASSROOM UNTIL FALL AS WE
GET THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. BUT
SCHOOLS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY
RULED OUT DISTANCE LEARNING
PROGRAMS TODAY PROMISING TO
KEEP KIDS LEARNING. BUT HOW IS
IT REALLY GOING? NEWS MAKES
THEM MORE. ABRAMS FOUND OUT
IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS BUT SO
FAR TEACHERS TELL ME ONLINE
EDUCATION IS FAR FROM LEARNING
IN A CLASSROOM. I NEVER THOUGHT
THAT I'D HAVE TO TEACH TO A
SCREEN. THE GOOGLE SCREEN IS
LARA DICKENS NEW SCIENCE CLASS.
I KNOW I CAN. I CAN GET ACROSS
THE MATH. I MEAN EVEN ON MY
BOARD THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING.
BUT TEACHING A VIRTUAL TO HIGH
SCHOOLERS WILL BE AN EXPERIMENT
ON ITS OWN. BUT IT WOULD BE
LIKE TRYING TO TEACH BAND CLASS
WITHOUT INSTRUMENTS.
THE DAUNTING CHALLENGE OF
DISTANCE LEARNING IS NOW UNDER
WAY FOR ALL SAN DIEGO UNIFIED
SCHOOLS. GRADING WILL BEGIN FOR
THREE MORE WEEKS, DICKENS SAYS
MONDAY SO-CALLED SOFT LAUNCH
PRESENTED AN OBVIOUS SCENARIO.
WE'RE NOT JUST SHIFTING TO
ONLINE. WE'RE SHIFTING TO
ONLINE DURING A PANDEMIC. SHE
SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HER TO
BE SENSITIVE TO THE BIG PICTURE
OF LIFE IN A PANDEMIC. I KNOW
THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE
ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES AT GROCERY
STORES AND RESTAURANTS AND
THEY'VE BEEN PICKING UP EXTRA
HOURS. THAT'S WHY TIME
MANAGEMENT WILL BE KEY
ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE EMAILED,
LONG PAPERS TURN INTO VIDEO
REPORTS ONLINE SESSIONS LASTING
HALF AN HOUR AT A TIME. IT
ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS
OVER TOO MUCH SCREEN TIME AND
SHORT ATTENTION SPANS
PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNGER
STUDENTS. AS BROOKE WINKLE LIKE
EXPERIENCED OH IT'S DEFINITELY
A LEARNING CURVE FOR EVERYBODY.
AND YOU KNOW, MYSELF INCLUDED
AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TEACHER SAYS SHE IS SO PROUD OF
HER STUDENTS. MANY OF THEM
SPECIAL. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT WAYS TO MAKE IT MEANINGFUL.
FINDING MEANING AND COMFORT
KNOWING THEY'RE ALL
RECONNECTING TOGETHER. I THINK
THAT SENDS THIS IS SUCH A
UNIVERSE FULL HOOK UP. I THINK
THAT EVERYONE'S GONNA BE ON
THE SAME PAGE AND WE'LL BE ABLE
TO BACK UP AND TAKE IT OVER
TAKE OVER FROM WHERE EVERYONE
LEFT OFF. PANETTA SAYS IT'S
FOCUSING ON DISTRIBUTING
LAPTOPS TO STUDENTS IN NEED.
THANKS. LEMOORE CORONA VIRUS
CASES ARE SURGING IN THE UNITED
STATES AND DOCTORS WARN THIS
COULD BE THE WORST WEEK YET
MORE THAN 10000 AMERICANS HAVE
DIED WITH MORE THAN 368
THOUSAND CASES CONFIRMED. THIS
COMES AS A MAJOR WORLD LEADER
TAKES A TURN FOR THE WORSE IN
HIS FIGHT AGAINST COPING 19 AT
LEAST. PRESTON REPORTS FROM NEW
YORK CITY, OUR NATION'S
PANDEMIC EPICENTER. BRITISH
PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON IS
NOW IN INTENSIVE CARE AT A
LONDON HOSPITAL. THE 55 YEAR
OLD WAS DIAGNOSED WITH KOBE 19
NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO. HE WAS
FIRST HOSPITALIZED SUNDAY
NIGHT. A SPOKESWOMAN DESCRIBED
THE MOVE AS A QUOTE PRECAUTION
SHOULD HE REQUIRE VENTILATION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE HOPES
HIS TRANS-ATLANTIC ALLY MAKES A
SPEEDY RECOVERY. HE'S A GREAT
GENTLEMAN AND SO I JUST HOPE
HE'S OKAY. SAMANTHA HAWLEY
THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS
DEATHS IN THE U.S. HAS NOW
SOARED PAST 10000. NEARLY HALF
IN NEW YORK. IN NEW YORK CITY,
OFFICIALS ARE WEIGHING THE IDEA
OF BURYING SOME VICTIMS ON
PUBLIC LAND. WE MAY WELL BE
DEALING WITH TEMPORARY BURIALS
SO WE CAN THEN DEAL WITH EACH
FAMILY LATER. NEW YORK GOV.
ANDREW CUOMO EXTENDED THE STATE
STAY AT HOME GUIDELINES THROUGH
APRIL 29. CUOMO ALSO INCREASED
THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR VIOLATORS
TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS. NONE OF
US HAS THE RIGHT TO BE RECKLESS
IN OUR OWN BEHAVIOR WHICH
COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM WE'RE
DEALING WITH NOW WAS NOT
THE TIME TO BE PLAYING FRISBEE
WITH YOUR FRIENDS IN THE PARK.
THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO
RESIST CALLS FOR A NATIONAL
STAY HOME ORDER CORONA VIRUS.
TASK FORCE MEMBER DR. ANTHONY
FOUND SHE SAYS. THAT MAY NOT
ACTUALLY BE NECESSARY. I WANT
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE A VERY STRICT STAY AT HOME
WATER THEY HAVE IN PLACE A LOT
OF THINGS THAT ARE TOTALLY
COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT EVERYONE
ELSE IS DOING. THE GOREN HOT
ZONES INCLUDE DETROIT WHERE
CASES HAVE TRIPLED IN THE LAST
NINE DAYS TO MORE THAN 5000.
CHICAGO HAS A SIMILAR NUMBER OF
PATIENTS. EXPERTS SAY THE NEXT
HOT SPOTS WILL LIKELY INCLUDE
MIAMI AND PHILADELPHIA. ELISE
PRESTON NEW YORK. BREAKING NEWS
RIGHT NOW. CREWS ARE WORKING TO
PUT OUT A THREE ALARM FIRE AT A
KEARNY MESA BUSINESS. THIS IS A
LIVE LOOK. THE FIRE BROKE OUT
AT A SHOPPING CENTER IN
THE 4000 BLOCK OF CONVOY'S
STREET AROUND 930 TONIGHT.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHICH BUSINESSES
EXACTLY HAVE BEEN HIT AT THIS
POINT. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
THAT OUT BUT HEAVY SMOKE AND
FLAMES WERE SEEN POURING OUT OF
THE BUILDING. SEVERAL
FIREFIGHTERS YOU SEE ON
THE SCENE RIGHT NOW WORKING ON
THE LADDER TRYING TO CONTAIN
THAT FIRE. THEY'RE PUTTING IT
OUT FROM THE ROOF. AT THIS
POINT IT LOOKS LIKE GOVERNOR
GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS THE STATE
WILL LEND FIVE HUNDRED
VENTILATORS TO THE NATIONAL
STOCKPILE. THE VENTILATORS WILL
BE USED BY NEW YORK AND OTHER
STATES FACING AN OVERWHELMING
NUMBER OF KOBE 19 CASES.
EXPERTS SAY EARLY AND
AGGRESSIVE SHELTER IN PLACE
ORDERS MAY HAVE SPARED
CALIFORNIA'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
FROM RUNNING OUT OF HOSPITAL
BEDS. BUT THE SYSTEM WILL STILL
FACE ENORMOUS STRAIN. THEY WARN
WE COULD STILL FACE A LATER
SHORTAGE OF VENTILATORS AND
OTHER ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT.
THE MARINE CORPS IS TAKING
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CORONA
VIRUS AT ITS SAN DIEGO
INSTALLATIONS. LAST WEEK
THE CORPS HAD TO SUSPEND
SHIPPING NEW RECRUITS TO ITS
EAST COAST DEPOT IN SOUTH
CAROLINA AFTER 38 POSITIVE
CASES WERE REPORTED THERE. SO
FAR NO ONE AT THE WEST COAST
DEPOT IN SAN DIEGO HAS TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONA VIRUS. HERE
RECRUITS ARE SEPARATED SIX FEET
WHENEVER POSSIBLE. THEY'RE ALSO
KEPT ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF
THE BASE FOR TWO WEEKS. THEY'RE
RESTRICTED TO TO ONLY
THE CLASSROOM SPACES THAT ARE
EXCLUSIVE TO THEM, ONLY
THE TRAINING AREAS THAT ARE
EXCLUSIVE TO THEM AT MCI YES.
MIRAMAR PRECAUTIONS INCLUDES
SOCIAL DISTANCING WEARING CLOTH
MASKS AND ASSIGNING PERSONNEL
TO WORK AT HOME WHERE POSSIBLE
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY
THE TIME FOR WARNINGS IS OVER.
OVER THE WEEKEND SAN DIEGO
POLICE TICKETED A TOTAL OF 16
PEOPLE IN OCEAN BEACH AND AT
BALBOA PARK FOR VIOLATING
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS. OFFICERS
ALSO CITED FIVE SMOKE SHOPS
THAT WERE STILL OPEN IN
CARLSBAD. TWO PEOPLE WERE GIVEN
CITATIONS AFTER REFUSING TO
LEAVE A PUBLIC PARK. MEANWHILE,
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES TICKETED 25
PEOPLE FOR NOT FOLLOWING
THE STAY AT HOME WATER AND
BREAKING SOCIAL DISTANCING
RULES. A NORTH COUNTY COUPLE
AMONG THOSE TICKETED SHARING
THEIR FRUSTRATIONS TONIGHT
ACCORDING TO THE WOMAN FROM
ENCINITAS WHO WANTS TO REMAIN
ANONYMOUS. THE DIRT LOT NEAR
CORNISH DRIVE WHERE SHE WAS
TICKETED WAS NOT MARKED OFF AS
BEING CLOSED ON FRIDAY. SHE
SAYS SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE CITED
BY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND THAT
LAW ENFORCEMENT TURNED
THE INCIDENT INTO A PSA POSTED
TO THEIR TWITTER PAGE. WE FELT
LIKE THEY WERE MAKING A
SPECTACLE OF US. AND I
UNDERSTAND THEY WERE DOING A
SCARE TACTIC. BUT EVEN IN THAT
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
VIDEO IT SHOWED NO DEPICTIONS
OF DIFFERENT SIGNAGE IS TAPE
TAPED OFF SECTION BUT WHERE WE
WERE THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO
SIGNS OF PUBLIC PARKING. IT'S
RIGHT BELOW A RESIDENT. IT'S A
RESIDENTIAL STREET. IT LEAVES
THE HOME UNDER CALIFORNIA STAY
AT HOME WATER. EVERYONE IS
ASKED TO REMAIN HOME UNLESS
IT'S FOR FOOD, ESSENTIAL WORK,
HEALTH CARE AND EXERCISE. I CAN
HEAR IT HITTING THE ROOF.
THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN OUTSIDE
RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING. CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST KARLENE SHAVERS
JOINS US NOW WITH THE FIRST
LOOK AT YOUR WET MICROCLIMATE
FORECAST. KARLENE, YOU'RE
RIGHT. HARLOW IT IS JUST
THE BEGINNING AS WE HAVE ALL
WHO WORK WEEK LONG OF THIS. SO
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE RADAR
RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE SEEING A LOT
OF ACTIVITY. SO ALL THE WAY
FROM THE COAST TOWARDS
THE INLAND VALLEYS WE ARE
SEEING THAT POP UP EVEN SOME
MORE OF THOSE HEAVIER POCKETS
NEAR OCEANSIDE AND THAT IS
CONTINUING TO JUST MOVE THROUGH
FROM THE SOUTH ALL THE WAY
TOWARDS THE NORTH SOUTHWEST
THE NORTHEAST. WE ARE LOOKING
AT MORE ROUNDS OF RAIN IN
THE FORECAST, EVEN HEAVIER RAIN
BY TOMORROW. SO THAT'S
PROMPTING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
THAT'S IN PLACE FOR THE ENTIRE
COUNTY THAT STARTS TOMORROW
MORNING AND CONTINUE UNTIL 7:00
P.M. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO WE
ARE LOOKING AT RELENTLESS RAIN
ROUNDS OF RAIN, EVEN
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NOW ALL
THE WAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. ALSO TALKING ABOUT
THE LOCAL MOUNTAINS THEY WILL
GET SOME SNOW AND THAT'S
BECAUSE WITH SNOWY SETUP WE
DIDN'T HAVE THAT SNOW LEVEL
COMING DOWN ABOUT FORTY FIVE
HUNDRED FEET ADVISORY NOT IN
PLAY RIGHT NOW BUT IT MIGHT BE
NECESSARY ESPECIALLY WITH UP