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A SIGN
A SIGN OF
A SIGN OF THE TIMES. NEWS 8 AT FIVE STARTS NOW. SAN DIEGO BEACHES WILL STAY OPEN THIS
FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
THAT'S DESPITE A RISE IN CORONA
VIRUS CASES BOTH LOCALLY AND
ACROSS THE STATE. GOOD EVENING
AND THANKS FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT. I'M BARBARA LEE
EDWARDS SON CARLO CHICANO.
THE NEWS COMES AS LEADERS HAVE
ORDERED MANY BARS, BREWERIES
AND WINERIES CLOSED AGAIN.
TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT
IN A MOMENT. FIRST HERE'S A
LOOK AT TODAY'S NUMBERS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES
ACROSS THE COUNTY IS NOW MORE
THAN FOURTEEN THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED SEVENTEEN NEW CASES
WERE CONFIRMED TODAY OUT OF
ABOUT 70 300. TESTS THAT'S A
POSITIVE RATE OF ABOUT 4
PERCENT. FOUR NEW DEATHS BRING
THAT TOTAL TO 360 FIVE NEW
STATES. BRANDON LEWIS JOINS US
FROM PACIFIC BEACH WITH
THE LATEST BRANDON CARLO AND
BARBARA LEE. THE COUNTY HEALTH
OFFICER SAYS THE BEACHES WILL
REMAIN OPEN FOR JULY 4TH. SHE
SAYS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO
ONE OF THE DATA AND THEY'RE
FINDING THAT NONE OF
THE OUTBREAKS THAT HAVE
OCCURRED HAVE ORIGINATED ANY
OUTDOOR LOCATION LIKE THE BEACH
SAN DIEGO BEACHES WILL BE OPEN
FOR A FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND
AFTER TRACERS FOUND NONE OF
THE AREA'S OUTBREAKS ORIGINATED
FROM ANY OUTDOOR VENUE. DESPITE
CALLS FROM SOME TO CLOSE
THE BEACHES, WE DO NOT FEEL
THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DATA
SUPPORTS THAT ACTION. HOWEVER,
THE COUNTY IS URGING PEOPLE TO
TAKE PRECAUTIONS, ESPECIALLY
YOUNGER PEOPLE AS THE MEDIAN
AGE OF PEOPLE TESTING POSITIVE
WENT FROM 42 YEARS OLD DOWN
FROM FORTY SIX A MONTH AGO.
HOWEVER, THE MEDIAN AGE OF
DEATH IS STILL THE SAME AT 78.
THE NUMBER OF NEW PEOPLE GOING
TO THE HOSPITAL IS INCREASING
AS OF SUNDAY. WE HAVE
THE FOURTH HIGHEST NUMBER OF
CORONA VIRUS PATIENTS IN
THE HOSPITAL SINCE APRIL AND
THE BED COUNT IS TRENDING UP SO
FAR HOSPITALS ARE HANDLING
THE INCREASE. BUT THIS IS A
LAGGING INDICATOR SO IT DOESN'T
ACCOUNT FOR NUMBERS WE'RE
SEEING TODAY. THIS INCREASE IS
HITTING DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES
THAN WHAT WE SAW IN APRIL AS
MORE PLACES REOPEN OTAY MESA,
CHULA VISTA AND NATIONAL CITY
ARE STILL HOME TO THE MOST
CASES BUT MANY HAPPENED EARLY
ON AND THE GROWTH RATE IS
SLOWING THANKS IN PART TO
ONGOING EDUCATION AND TESTING
EFFORTS. NATIONAL CITY OPENED
ITS FIFTH TESTING SITE TUESDAY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE DEMAND IS MET AND WE WANT
EVERY SINGLE DAY TO BE FULL.
TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY AND A
HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR
APPOINTMENTS WERE FILLED FOR
TODAY. INSTEAD SUNDAY
THE SUNDAY CASES INCREASED IN
FALLBROOK SAN MARCOS AND
KWINANA AT MORE THAN DOUBLE
THE COUNTY AVERAGE. HEALTH
OFFICIALS POINT OUT THIS DATA
ONLY TRACKS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE,
NOT HOW OR WHERE THEY
CONTRACTED THE VIRUS. SO
THE COUNTY IS ASKING PEOPLE TO
DO THEIR PART. OUR AIM AND OUR
INTENTION IN ALL OF THE THINGS
WE'RE DOING IS TO SAY OH, WE
DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION
WHERE WE THROW AWAY ALL OF
THE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS THAT'S
BEEN MADE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE
IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE
HAVING TO CLOSE DOWN INDUSTRIES
OR SECTIONS OF OUR ECONOMY THAT
WE KNOW ARE IMPORTANT. COUNTY
SAYS OF COURSE COASTAL MAYORS
WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY WHEN IT
COMES TO WHETHER TO KEEP
BEACHES OPEN FOR THE JULY 4TH
WEEKEND. BUT SO FAR ALL OF THEM
HAVE SAID THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN
PROPERLY ENFORCE THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICERS GUIDELINES. WE'RE GO
AND SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
BRANDON, THANK YOU. NEW
RESTRICTIONS FOR BARS ANNOUNCED
TODAY STARTING TOMORROW. THOSE
THAT DO SERVE FOOD MUST SHUT
DOWN EACH NIGHT AT 10:00 P.M..
HOWEVER, ANY BAR THAT DOES NOT
SERVE ANY FOOD MUST SHUT DOWN
ALTOGETHER AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER
MONTH. OFFICIALS SAY THESE
RESTRICTIONS ARE NECESSARY
CITING THE RECENT SURGE IN
CASES ACROSS THE COUNTY MUSES
KELLY HAS IT ALL HAS REACTION
FROM LOCAL BAR OWNERS? WELL,
THE OWNERS HERE AT CARRIAGE
HOUSE DID NOT HOLD BACK TODAY.
THEIR FRUSTRATED. THEY'RE ALSO
WORRIED. IT'S JUST TOUGH TO SAY
I CAN'T DO IT. WE CAN'T DO THIS
AGAIN. EVERYTHING I'VE WORKED
FOR MIGHT GO DOWN THE DRAIN. I
MEAN WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GET
ANY RELIEF FROM OUR LANDLORD.
SO WHEN WE DID OPEN UP WE'RE
THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND AND
THE WHOLE ANDREW HAINES AND
RACHEL DIAMOND ARE THE OWNERS
OF KAREN'S HOUSE COCKTAILS
KEARNY MESA. THEY RECENTLY
REOPENED FOR BUSINESS. NOW THEY
MUST SHUT DOWN AGAIN. THERE'S
THAT OLD SAYING IT IS YEARS.
STUPIDITY IS DOING THE SAME
THING OVER AND OVER AND
EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.
DID WE NOT LEARN ANYTHING IN
THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS
THAT WE DEALT WITH THIS COUNTY
LEADERS CITING A SURGE IN
CULVERT 19 CASES ANNOUNCED THAT
AS OF MIDNIGHT JULY 1ST BARS
WITHOUT FOOD LICENSES MUST
CLOSE BARS THAT SERVE FOOD WILL
BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN OPEN BUT
MUST CLOSE BY 10:00 P.M. EACH
NIGHT. DIAMOND SAYS BUSINESS IS
ALREADY DOWN AT THEIR BAR 50
PERCENT SINCE THEY'RE NO LONGER
ALLOWED TO DO KARAOKE. SHE SAYS
THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL
THE RULES. I REALLY THINK THAT
THEY NEED TO LOOK AT
THE BUSINESSES BY THEMSELVES. I
MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST A
LOCAL BAR WITH A LOT OF
REGULARS. MEANWHILE, WHISTLE
STOP IN SOUTH PARK OWNER SAM
CHALMERS HAD PREPARED TO REOPEN
JULY 6 BUT WILL NOW HAVE TO
WAIT. HE POSTED A SIGN OUTSIDE
THE DOOR BUT TO BE HONEST A BIT
OF RELIEF BECAUSE WE WEREN'T
QUITE READY TO OPEN LOOK AROUND
OR DO A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION. HE
SAYS SOME OF HIS EMPLOYEES WERE
NERVOUS TO COME BACK NOW ANY
WAY FINANCIALLY. HE SAYS HE'S
OK AND CAN WAIT IT OUT A WHILE
LONGER. I JUST GOT AWAY AND I
DO KNOW THIS WELL AND BARS WILL
BE BUSY AGAIN. YOU KNOW WE WE
WANT THAT. WE WE MEAN THAT BACK
AT CARRIAGE HOUSE. THE OWNERS
WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE. YES. IF
WE CAN'T STAY OPEN AND IF THIS
CONTINUES I MEAN WHAT WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO DO? YOU KNOW, WE
CAN'T BE OPEN AND WE CAN'T GET
BACK TO OUR REGULAR FUNCTIONING
STORE. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
IT'S SCARY THINKING WE CAN ALL
GO AWAY. YOU KNOW, YOU WORK FOR
SOMETHING YOUR ENTIRE LIFE AND
YOU FINALLY GET IT AND THROUGH
NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN. YEAH,
WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE THAT
AWAY. AND SO INSTEAD OF
SHUTTING DOWN AT 2:00 A.M. LIKE
THEY NORMALLY DO HERE AT
CARRIAGE HOUSE, THEY'LL BE
SHUTTING DOWN AT MIDNIGHT.
THE COUNTY SAYS THE EARLIEST
BARS CAN REOPEN IS AUGUST 1ST.
BACK TO YOU. TODAY SAN DIEGO
CITY COUNCIL GAVE THE FINAL
APPROVAL TO THE 88 MILLION
DOLLAR SALE OF THE MISSION
VALLEY STADIUM SITE TO OUST
ESU. THE UNIVERSITY PLANS TO
TRANSFORM THE AREA INTO A WEST
CAMPUS HUB STUDENT HOUSING A
RIVER PARK AND A NEW FOOTBALL
AND SOCCER STADIUM. MAYOR KEVIN
FAULCONER WILL SIGN OFF ON
THE DEAL AFTER A MANDATORY 30
DAY WAITING PERIOD.
GROUNDBREAKING IS EXPECTED BY
MID-AUGUST. THE CITY COUNCIL
TODAY VOTED TO EXTEND
THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS.
THIS COMES AFTER PROTESTS
CALLING TO CANCEL THE RENT
WHILE MANY ARE STILL OUT OF
WORK. STATES HAVE THEIR HOPE
REACTION FROM RENTERS AND A
LANDLORD ABOUT TODAY'S DECISION
MEETING UP AT CITY HALL.
TENANTS GATHERED WITH THEIR
SIGNS IN HAND CALLING TO CANCEL
THE RENT. THEIR GOAL IS TO GET
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LISTEN
TO THEM AS THEY SUPPORT
EXTENDING THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM. STANDING OUTSIDE
SAN DIEGO CITY HALL, A SMALL
GROUP OF RENTERS AND TENANTS
RIGHTS ADVOCATES ASKED FOR
PROTECTIONS DURING THIS CORONA
VIRUS PANDEMIC. PEOPLE'S BACKS
ARE AGAINST THE WALL. THEY'RE
STILL GOING TO CHOOSE FOOD OVER
RENT OR FACE EVICTION INSIDE
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GEORGETTE
GOMEZ SAID EVEN A RELIEF
PROGRAM OF 50 MILLION DOLLARS
WILL NOT BE NEARLY ENOUGH TO
HELP RENTERS AND OWNERS OUT OF
MONEY. I GET THAT THE LANDLORDS
NEED TO BE PAID BECAUSE THEY
TOO HAVE MORTGAGES. I'M VERY
MINDFUL OF THAT SO I'M VERY
SUPPORTIVE OVER THE RENT RELIEF
AND WE NEED TO DO MORE IN
THE END. THE SAN DIEGO CITY
COUNCIL VOTED YES TO EXTEND
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM FROM
JUNE 30TH TO SEPTEMBER 30TH.
ITEM ONE ON ONE PASSAGE FIVE TO
FOUR WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO
TEM BREE. COUNCIL MEMBER
KERSEY. COUNCIL MEMBER KATE AND
COUNCIL MEMBER SHERMAN VOTING
NO. SOME CALLING IT A BAND-AID
FIX ON A LARGER PROBLEM.
THERE'S MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE
NOT GONE BACK TO WORK SO THEY
DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY
THEIR BILLS. THEY DON'T HAVE
THE MONEY TO PAY THE RENT. IT'S
ASSUMED THAT THE LANDLORD IS
WEALTHY AND THAT IS NOT
THE CASE. CLAUDETTE COOPER,
OWNER OF SAN DIEGO CITY
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TOLD NEWS 8
TODAY SHE IS FURIOUS THAT
EVICTIONS ARE EXTENDED AS
LANDLORDS HAVE GONE WITHOUT FOR
MONTHS. THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR
MORTGAGE HVAD PROPERTY TAXES
AND THEY'RE GETTING NO RENT.
THEN THERE'S THE QUESTION OF
HOW TO PAY BACK SIX MONTHS OF
RENT COME THIS FALL. THIS IS A
DEBT THAT NEEDS TO BE FORGIVEN.
NOBODY SHOULD BE PENALIZED FOR
BEING AFFECTED UNDER
THE PANDEMIC. GEORGETTE GOMEZ
SAYS THE STATE AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT NEED TO STEP IN TO
HELP RENTERS AND LANDLORDS IN
NEED. THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL
STUNT WHATSOEVER. THIS IS
REALLY JUST TO BIAS A LITTLE
BIT OF MORE TIME TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS
THIS REAL ISSUE THAT IS
IMPACTING PEOPLE. SO WE HEARD
FROM SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL
ABOUT THE EVICTION MORATORIUM
BUT THAT DEADLINE CHANGES FROM
CITY TO CITY THROUGHOUT SAN
DIEGO COUNTY. NEW AT 630 WE
HEAR MORE FROM TENANT ACTIVISTS
DESCRIBE THAT CONFUSION AS
THOSE DEADLINES HAVE CHANGED.
I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
THANKS, HEATHER. THE ROBBERY
SUSPECT YOU SEE HERE WAS SHOT
BY POLICE DOWNTOWN OVER
THE WEEKEND WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY
PULLED A GUN ON OFFICERS HAS
DIED. TWENTY FIVE YEAR OLD
LEONARDO IBARRA WAS PRONOUNCED
DEAD AT A HOSPITAL LATE LAST
NIGHT TWO DAYS AFTER
THE SHOOTING. POLICE RELEASED
THIS VIDEO OF THE ENCOUNTER
WHICH APPEARS TO SHOW WE BARRA
PULLING A REVOLVER WRAPPED IN A
CLOTH FROM OUT OF HIS WAISTBAND
.THAT WAS JUST MOMENTS BEFORE
HE WAS SHOT. THE BARROS
STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE THEY
FEEL LIKE POLICE COULD HAVE
HANDLED THIS SITUATION
DIFFERENTLY, ADDING THAT ABOUT
IBARRA ADDING THAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO JUDGE HIM BUT NO ONE
KNOWS HIM AS WE DO. AND HE WAS
A GOOD BROTHER, UNCLE AND
FATHER. A WARNING TONIGHT FROM
THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. FREE
PARKING IS OFFICIALLY COMING TO
AN END TOMORROW. THE CITY
SUSPENDED ENFORCEMENT OF MOST
PARKING REGULATIONS BACK IN
MARCH. BUT THERE IS A STEEP
PRICE REPORTS OFFICIALS SAY
ENDING THAT PRACTICE IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR
LOCAL BUSINESSES. TODAY HERE IN
LITTLE ITALY, ALL OF
THE PARKING METERS AND PAY
STATIONS SAY FREE PARKING. NO
PAYMENT REQUIRED BUT CONSIDER
YOURSELF WARNED. STARTING
TOMORROW. ACROSS THE CITY OF
SAN DIEGO THEY ARE GOING TO
RESTART PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
THE CITY SUSPENDED PARKING
ENFORCEMENT BACK IN MARCH
FOLLOWING THE CULVERT 19 STAY
AT HOME WATER. BUT NOW WITH
BUSINESSES REOPENING PARKING
TICKETS WILL RETURN. WITH OUR
RETAIL RESTAURANTS AND
COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OPEN
REOPEN THAT PARKING
AVAILABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THOSE BUSINESSES. ALISSA
MUTO SAYS BUSINESS DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE CITY. OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT THE MOVE TO CREATE
PARKING SPACE. TURNOVER FOR
CUSTOMERS AS RESIDENTS PARK IN
A PARKING SPACE FOR ONE, TWO,
THREE OR MORE DAYS THAT CAN
REALLY IMPACT OUR BUSINESSES
VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT. THAT'S
RESTARTING INCLUDES STREET
SWEEPING METERS, CURB TIME
LIMITS AND COMMERCIAL ZONES.
THE CITY NEVER STOPPED
TICKETING FOR ILLEGALLY PARKING
IN RED AND BLUE ZONES. BRANDING
USUALLY WITH PARKING HYDRANTS
OR TO PROVIDE OUTFIT VISIBILITY
WHEN YOU APPROACH AN
INTERSECTION AND THE BLUE IS
FOR ACA ACCESSIBILITY. NOBODY
LIKES TICKETS BUT THE CITY
ADMITS SOME PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS DIDN'T FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE TEMPORARY
SUSPENSION AND IMPROPERLY
ISSUED CITATIONS. IF YOU
RECEIVED ONE, CITY OFFICIALS
SAY GO TO THEIR WEBSITE APPEAL
YOUR CITATION AND IT WILL BE
DROPPED. AS FOR THE JULY FIRST
RESTARTING OF ENFORCEMENT,
THE CITY IS OFFERING A 14 DAY
GRACE PERIOD BEFORE TICKETS ARE
WRITTEN TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
IS AWARE OF THE CHANGE. HE WILL
BE PLACING FLYERS ON CARS THAT
ARE LOCATED ON OUR ROADWAYS
DURING STREET SWEEPING AS A
NOTIFICATION JUST TO REMIND
PEOPLE THAT THIS IS COMING UP.
THE CITY REALIZES THAT MANY
PEOPLE ARE STILL WORKING FROM
HOME SO ENFORCING TIGHT PARKING
IS SURE TO MAKE THINGS
DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS IN SOME
NEIGHBORHOODS BUT THEY HOPE
THE TWO WEEK GRACE PERIOD
BEFORE TICKETING STARTS WILL AT
LEAST GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO
COME UP WITH