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DAY TO THE UNSUNG HEROES. NEWS 85 STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M
CARLOS KATO. AND I'M BARBARA
LEE EDWARDS. NEW NUMBERS FROM
COUNTY LEADERS SHOW THAT THERE
ARE NOW NEARLY 17 HUNDRED
CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONA
VIRUS. THEY HELD A NEWS
CONFERENCE JUST A SHORT WHILE
AGO AND THEY REPORTED 65 NEW
CASES MAKING THE TOTAL SIXTEEN
HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE. BUT
THEY SAY THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS
BELIEVED TO BE MUCH HIGHER.
THEY ADDED FOUR DEATHS TO
THE TOTAL MAKING IT 44 RELATED
TO THE VIRUS. WE ALSO WANT TO
REMIND PEOPLE THAT EVEN THOUGH
IT'S PASSOVER, GOOD FRIDAY AND
THAT EASTER IS THIS WEEKEND, IT
IS IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF EVERYONE THAT THOSE
WHO CELEBRATE CELEBRATE IN
THEIR OWN HOMES TO REITERATE
THAT CALL THAT THE WE WITHIN
YOUR HOUSEHOLD UNIT YOU SHOULD
ENJOY THE WEEKEND AND IF YOU
CELEBRATE EASTER IN WHATEVER
WAY YOU MAY DO IT, IT IS
APPROPRIATE OF COURSE TO DO BUT
IT IS ONLY WITHIN YOUR
HOUSEHOLD WITHIN YOUR FAMILY
UNIT WHO YOU LIVE WITH.
OFFICIALS SAY THAT STAY AT
HOME. ORDERS ARE WORKING TO
SLOW THE SPREAD BUT THEY DO
STRESS THAT NOW IS NOT THE TIME
TO EASE UP. WITH MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE NATIONWIDE NOW FILING
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, THE NEED FOR
FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS
IS GREATER THAN EVER LOCALLY
TODAY. WE SAW SEVERAL GIVEAWAYS
INCLUDING CARE BOXES, MASKS AND
MEALS FOR CAREGIVERS NEWS'S
SHANNON HANDY HAS MORE ON
THE COMMUNITY'S GENEROSITY.
THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF
DONATIONS POURING IN RIGHT NOW
FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WORK CARE
PACKAGES THAT INCLUDE
EVERYTHING FROM WINE TO BOOKS
AND EVERYONE WE SPOKE WITH SAYS
NO ONE HAS HESITATED TO HELP
OUT AT SWEET AND SAVORY GOURMET
IN CLAREMONT FRIDAY. CHEF
MICHAEL CAREY GENIA
METICULOUSLY PACK NEARLY 200
MEALS TO PUT INTO CARE PACKAGES
PREPARED BY THE SAN DIEGO
CHAPTER OF ENTREPRENEURS
ORGANIZATION. IT'S A SIGN OF
LIFE EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US LIKE WE'RE
THINKING ABOUT YOU, RIGHT? ADAM
DALY IS AMONG SEVERAL
VOLUNTEERS DELIVERING BOXES
CEOS MEMBERS A MAJORITY OF WHOM
WORK IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. A
LOT OF THEM HAVE TO SHOW TO
THEIR DOORS. A LOT OF THEM HAVE
ACTUALLY CLOSED THEIR DOORS
PERMANENTLY. THE PACKAGES
INCLUDE A VARIETY OF LOCALLY
MADE PRODUCTS JUST ONE OF MANY
WAYS A COMMUNITY IS COMING
TOGETHER DURING THIS PANDEMIC
AND ENCOUNTER. THE PEOPLE'S
ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE HANDED OUT
HUNDREDS MASK, GLOVES AND FOOD
BAGS. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC THAT IN THE MIDST OF
SOCIAL DISTANCING THAT WILL NOT
STOP US FROM SERVICE. ALSO
FRIDAY, MCDONALD'S PROVIDED
BREAKFAST TO THE STAFF AT ST.
PAUL'S SENIOR SERVICES. WE'RE
WORKING VERY HARD DURING THIS
GO TO DESIGN TEAM AND OUR VERY
IMPRESSIVE MCDONALD'S WAS
SUPPLYING BREAKFAST FOR OUR
STAFF KIND ACTS LIKE THESE ONES
ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON AS
CORONA VIRUS CONTINUES TO
UPROOT PEOPLE'S LIVES IN A WAY
THEY'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED
BEFORE. SO MANY PEOPLE SUDDENLY
ARE NOT GETTING A PAYCHECK. SO
WHILE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING
PAYCHECK PAYCHECK NOW THEY'RE
GOING WITHOUT A GYM. FLORA'S
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE JACOBS
AND CUSHMAN SANDIGO FOOD BANK
GAVE US SOME PERSPECTIVE ON
JUST HOW BIG THE NEED IS RIGHT
NOW SAYING WHILE THEY USED TO
FEED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND PEOPLE EVERY MONTH,
IT'S NOW CLOSER TO SIX HUNDRED
THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER
HAD TO ASK FOR HELP BEFORE.
IT'S REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
STILL, FLORA SAYS IT'S
IMPORTANT PEOPLE TO ASK FOR
HELP ESPECIALLY KNOWING IT'S
THERE IF THEY NEED IT. SAD
STORY AFTER SAD STORY. WE JUST
HOPE PEOPLE CAN JUST HANG ON.
WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS NOW IF
YOU'RE IN NEED OF HELP RIGHT
NOW YOU CAN CALL 2 1 1 AND
THAT'LL GUIDE YOU TO SEVERAL
RESOURCES. BACK TO YOU. THANKS,
SHANNON. SAN DIEGO CITY
FIREFIGHTERS ARE STEPPING UP TO
ASSIST A LOCAL NONPROFITS
HELPING SAN DIEGO DURING THEIR
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. THE SAN
DIEGO CITY FIREFIGHTERS
ASSOCIATION IS DONATING NEARLY
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO LOCAL
NONPROFITS OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL WEEKS. SOME SAN DIEGO
FIREFIGHTERS EVEN STOPPED BY
SERVING SENIORS SENIOR
RESIDENTS YESTERDAY TO DELIVER
THEIR CHECK IN PERSON. WELL,
MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE COUNTY. IT'S SO
HEAVY RIGHT NOW AND LOCATED I
CAN TELL YOU IT SOUNDS LIKE
THERE'S A FAN IN THE ROOM WITH
ME. IT'S NOT IT'S THE RAIN
OUTSIDE. THIS STORM CONTINUES
TO SIT RIGHT ON TOP OF SAN
DIEGO COUNTY. NEARLY EVERY
CORNER OF THE COUNTY IS GETTING
DRENCHED FLOODED ROADWAYS TODAY
DOZENS OF CRASHES ON OUR
FREEWAYS. NEWSDAY TERESA
CARDENAS SPENT THE DAY IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL AND HAS
THIS REPORT FROM OCEANSIDE. I
MET OCEANSIDE BOULEVARD AND
CROUCH STREET NEAR A STRETCH OF
BUSINESSES. TAKE A LOOK AT ALL
OF THIS WATER ABOVE MY ANKLES.
SO MUCH HEAVY RAIN, FLOODING
CRASHES, WATER RESCUES AND EVEN
A FATAL FLOODING THROUGHOUT SAN
DIEGO COUNTY AND HEAVY RAIN
CAUSING HAZARDOUS ROAD
CONDITIONS FRIDAY IN NORTH
COUNTY. A LOOK AT OCEAN SIDE
CREWS WERE ON SCENE OF A
MUDSLIDE AT BEACH ROBLES AT
SKYLARK DRIVE CARS STUCK IN
WATER WHILE OTHER CARS IN FRONT
OF ME WERE MAKING IT. AND I
DECIDED TO GO FOR IT. I HAD TO
GET TO WORK. I JUST STALLED OUT
CARS SHUT OFF MIDDLE OF
THE WATER HAD SOMEBODY PULLED
ME OUT. A RESCUE AT HARMONY
GROVE IN SAN MARCOS. FIVE
PEOPLE ON THEIR DOGS STUCK NEAR
THE RIVER BY RISING WATER. WE
WERE ABLE TO SAFELY REMOVE
THEM. HIGHWAY 78 AT EL CAMINO
REAL CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
DUE TO WATER RESCUES AND
FLOODING NEAR THE ANIMAL
HOSPITAL. ANIMALS WERE
RELOCATED AT CARMEL CANYON ROAD
BETWEEN DEL MAR HEIGHTS AND
CARMEL KNOWLES. A MAN DIES
AFTER LOSING CONTROL OF HIS
VEHICLE AND HITTING A TREE
SPLITTING THE VEHICLE IN HALF.
POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS DRIVING
HIS 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND 17
18 YEAR OLD SON. THEY WERE
TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY
HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM
INJURIES. THE DRIVER HAD MAJOR
HEAD INJURIES AND WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD ON SCENE. IT'S
REPORTED THE DRIVER WAS
TRAVELING HIGH SPEEDS. POLICE
SAY AVOID THE FASHION VALLEY
RIVER AREAS AS THEY ARE
FLOODING IN WELL ABOVE NORMAL
LEVELS. SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE
ON SCENE OF A WATER RESCUE NEAR
SD CCU STADIUM. A WOMAN WAS
AIRLIFTED FROM SAN DIEGO RIVER.
HER TWO DOGS RESCUED MORE
ACCIDENTS TO REPORT DUE TO
THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.
WITH ALL THIS HEAVY RAINFALL
THIS FRIDAY. PLEASE CAREFUL ON
THE ROADS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
GO OUT AND DRIVE TODAY. PLEASE
AVOID IT. THE ROADS ARE VERY
SLICK AND JUST BE CAREFUL AND
BE CAUTIOUS FOR THE DAY. I'LL
BACK TO YOU ALL GOOD ADVICE.
THANKS, TERESA. APPARENTLY
THE STORM IS MOVING OUT OF
THE COUNTY SLOWLY RIGHT NOW.
IT'S TAKING ITS TIME THOUGH.
WE'RE STILL GETTING A LOT OF
THAT RAIN HERE IN ENCINITAS. SO
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FOR
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AHEAD? FOR
THAT WE GO TO CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST CURLY AND WORKING
FROM HOME WITH A FIRST LOOK AT
YOUR MICROCLIMATE FORECAST.
ARLENE. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. WE
ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT
RAIN AT LEAST FOR TONIGHT. BUT
WE DO HAVE DRIER CONDITIONS IN
THE WORKS AND THAT WOULD START
BY TOMORROW. SO TAKING A LIVE
LOOK AT THAT RADAR OVER
THE PAST THREE HOURS WE HAVE
SEEN RELENTLESS RAINFALL. AND
WHAT WE'RE SEEING STICK IS SOME
MORE HEAVIER POCKETS. WE'RE
SEEING ALL OVER THE COUNTY. SO
FOR CANDIDO ALL THE WAY DOWN
THE CHULA VISTA, THAT WILL BE
THE CASE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN PLAY
AS WE GO INTO TONIGHT. THIS
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 TONIGHT.
THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
AS BARBARA LEE HAD MENTIONED IT
IS POURING DOWN ON HER HOUSE
LEUCADIA AND THAT IS WHERE
WE'RE SEEING THE HEAVY RAIN. SO
FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT
THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE
WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE, TURN
AROUND, DO NOT DROWN. IT TAKES
20 SECONDS FOR YOUR CAR TO GET
WASHED UP WHEN IT COMES TO
FLASH FLOODING. ALSO SEEING A
FLOOD ADVISORY IN PLAY FOR MOST
OF THE COUNTY LIKELY FLOODING
TO OCCUR AN ADDITIONAL ONE AND
A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS
EXPECTED GOING INTO TONIGHT.
TWO PROBLEM SPOTS. WE'RE ALSO
SEEING WITH A FLOOD WARNING.
WE'RE SEEING THAT FOR THE SANTA
MARGARITA RIVER ANTICIPATED IT
GETS THAT FLOOD STAGE AND
THE SAN DIEGO RIVER AT FASHION
VALLEY HAS ALREADY HIT THAT
FLOOD STAGE AND THAT'S WHY
THERE IS FLOODING IN
THE SURROUNDING ROADWAYS. WE'LL
GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT
YOUR FORECAST AS A WHOLE LOT
MORE SUNSHINE COMING UP. BACK
TO YOU. WE'RE ALL READY FOR IT.
THANKS, KARLENE. COMING OVER
THE PAST FEW WEEKS, PRODUCTS
ACROSS THE NATION HAVE BEEN
JUST FLYING OFF STORE SHELVES
EVERYTHING FROM HAND SANITIZER
TO OF COURSE TOILET PAPER. THAT
IS HAVING A BIG IMPACT ON
TRUCKERS WHO ARE WORKING HARD
TO GET ITEMS TO STORES AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE
THEIR MESSAGE. I'M NATALIE
BRAND WITH WHY THE CORONA VIRUS
TASK FORCE IS CELEBRATING
PROGRESS THIS WEEK BUT STILL
URGING