RIGHT
RIGHT AT
RIGHT AT SPORTS ARENA BOULEVARD AS YOU SEE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HALFWAY
THROUGH THE WEEK HERE. THANKS
FOR KEEPING IT RIGHT HERE ON
NEWS 8. ERICA, STELLA WITH YOU.
JUST A BEAUTIFUL START TO
THE MORNING. YOU CAN SEE JUST
THE STARS OUT THIS DAY. PICTURE
PERFECT CLEAR SKY OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO
START FALL RIGHT NOW. IT IS
TRACKING OUR FORECAST BUT DON'T
GET TOO USED TO IT BECAUSE
WE'VE GOT A WARM UP ON THE WAY
AS YOU JUST SAID. BUT WE BEGIN
WITH THIS A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR
SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY. YEAH, A
LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS THINKING
THEY'RE LUCKY STARS. RIGHT. WE
DODGED A BULLET AT LEAST FOR
NOW. THIS MORNING OUR COUNTY
BARELY AVOIDED THE STATE'S MOST
RESTRICTIVE TIER BUT WE STILL
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN
ORDER TO AVOID THESE TIGHTER
RESTRICTIONS. IT WAS 87 RAINY
LIVE ALONG HARBOR ISLAND WITH
HOW BUSINESSES ARE REACTING TO
ALL OF THIS. GOOD MORNING,
NEVIN. GOOD MORNING. THAT'S
RIGHT. ONE TENTH OF A POINT WAS
THE SEPARATING FACTOR BETWEEN
OUR CASE RATE THAT WAS
DETERMINED BY THE STATE
YESTERDAY AND WHAT WOULD HAVE
PUSHED US INTO THE MORE
RESTRICTION MORE RESTRICTIVE
TIER TIER 1. SO OUR CASE RATE
CAME IN AT SIX POINT NINE CASES
PER 100000 PEOPLE. THAT GIVES
US BELOW THE THRESHOLD.
THE THRESHOLD IS SEVEN CASES
PER 100000 PEOPLE. SO WE
SQUEEZED BY JUST BARELY WE'RE
ABLE TO STAY NOW IN TIER 2. NOW
WE DO HAVE TWO WEEKS WE'LL BE
ABLE TO STAY IN THIS TIER
BEFORE WE SEE THE POSSIBILITY
OF MOVING BACKWARD INTO THAT
MORE RESTRICTED TIER AGAIN TIER
1 AND THE STATE DID WEIGH IN
YESTERDAY ON SOME OF THOSE
COUNTIES INCLUDING SAN DIEGO
COUNTY WHICH NOW KIND OF LIVES
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OR THAT
THRESHOLD. WE CERTAINLY SEE OUR
COUNTY THAT IS HOVERING AROUND
THAT THRESHOLD BETWEEN RED AND
PURPLE. NOW NEWS 8 SPOKE WITH
MANY BUSINESSES AFTER THAT
DECISION WAS MADE YESTERDAY AND
WHILE MOST WERE RELIEVED, MANY
ECHOED THE SENTIMENT THAT
THE CONSTANT BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN OPENING AND CLOSING AND
EVEN POSSIBLY OPENING AND
CLOSING IS WHAT'S HARDEST ON
THEM. THE COUNTY HAS BEEN
WAITING FOR THESE LATEST
NUMBERS TO BREATHE A SIGH OF
RELIEF OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS. A LARGE CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR WAS STUDENTS AT SAN
DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY. NOW
THEY WERE GETTING TESTED AS
THEY ENTERED THE FALL SEMESTER
.BUT EVEN WITH THOSE CASES
SLOWING DOWN NOW COUNTY
SUPERVISORS ARE STILL
ADVOCATING FOR MORE LOCAL
CONTROL OVER THE PANDEMIC.
THEY'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH
WITH THE STATE EVEN THREATENING
A LAWSUIT AT TIMES. THEY DID
VOTE YESTERDAY 4 TO 1 TO
SUPPORT THE HEALTH OFFICER DR
WILMA WOOTEN IN GETTING MORE
LOCAL CONTROL. THE ONLY PERSON
WHO DID NOT VOTE FOR THAT WAS
SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER
OVERLOOKING DOWNTOWN. I'M EVAN
OR ANY NEWS AT EVAN. THANK YOU.
COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING
A DROP IN CORONA VIRUS CASES
SINCE THE LAST REPORT. SO A
LITTLE GOOD NEWS THERE, RIGHT?
THERE WERE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY
TWO NEW CASES REPORTED OUT OUT
OF MORE THAN 80 ONE HUNDRED
TESTS. SO THAT'S A POSITIVE
RATE OF ABOUT 3 PERCENT. THIRTY
FOUR OF THOSE CASES CONNECTED
TO SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
INCLUDING A FOURTH FACULTY
MEMBER WHO HAS NOW TESTED
POSITIVE. WE DO HAVE FIVE NEW
DEATHS TO REPORT ACROSS
THE COUNTY BRINGING THAT TOTAL
NOW TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY
FIVE. AND JUST IN THIS MORNING,
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON ANNOUNCING
THEY ARE BEGINNING THE FINAL
STAGES OF THEIR CORONA VIRUS
VACCINE TRIAL WILL BE ONE OF
THE WORLD'S LARGEST CORONA
VIRUS VACCINE STUDIES SO FAR
TESTING IN 60 THOUSAND
VOLUNTEERS IN THE U.S. SOUTH
AFRICA, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL,
CHILE, COLOMBIA, MEXICO AND
PERU. THEY ARE NOW THE FOURTH
COMPANY TO BEGIN LARGE SCALE
CLINICAL TRIALS HAVE RECOVERED
19 VACCINE IN THE UNITED STATES
BEHIND MYRNA. PFIZER AND
ASTRAZENECA. AND TIME FOR
SCHOOLS TO REOPEN. THAT'S
THE MESSAGE FOR SOME PARENTS IN
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED IN THEIR
DEMANDING SPECIFIC TIMELINE
NEWS AIDS CHRIS GROW LIVE IN
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WITH HOW
THE DISTRICT IS NOW RESPONDING
TO THIS LATEST CALL FROM
PARENTS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED.
GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. GOOD
MORNING. FRUSTRATED IS JUST
THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG HERE.
THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA.
AND THE PARENTS WE HEARD FROM
YESTERDAY ARE HOLDING THAT
AGAINST THEM SAYING THERE IS NO
REASON THEY SHOULD NOT BE OPEN.
NOW WHAT'S THE HOLDUP? THAT'S
WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. WHAT'S
THE PLAN? AND IT'S EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT AND WE'RE PASSIONATE
THAT WE HAVE OPTIONS FOR
THE KIDS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS GROUP
COMES IN REOPEN SD USD WAS
STARTED LAST WEEK BY THESE
DISAPPOINTED PARENTS WAITING
FOR A PLAN TO COME FORWARD FROM
THE DISTRICT ABOUT WHEN
IN-PERSON LEARNING WILL BEGIN
AGAIN. NOW THEY'VE STARTED A
PETITION WHICH RIGHT NOW HAS
MORE THAN 13 HUNDRED SIGNATURES
AND IT'S GROWING FAST. SAN
DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
DOES SAY THOUGH THAT THEY NEED
TO DO A HOST OF THINGS BEFORE
MOVING BEYOND VIRTUAL LEARNING.
ONE OF THEIR TOP PRIORITY ITEMS
IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE
OVER TESTING AND TRACING
AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS AND
STAFF. THAT IS A DAUNTING TASK
WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW MUCH THEY
WOULD NEED TO HAVE, HOW MANY
RESOURCES THEY WOULD NEED TO
HAVE BEING THAT THEY ARE
THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA. BUT
THEN THAT'S WHERE PARENTS SAY
HEY LOOK, SMALLER SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ARE ABLE TO PUT THIS
TOGETHER. WHY CAN'T YOU? NOW
DURING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, SAN
DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
HAS SAID THEY WILL FOLLOW
THE SCIENCE. THEY WILL DO WHAT
THE DATA TELLS THEM THAT THEY
SHOULD DO AND THAT THEY WILL
NOT RUSH THIS PROCESS AT ALL.
ERIC, IT IS BACK TO
THE CLASSROOM THIS WEEK FOR
ALPINE UNIFIED STUDENTS. THE K
THROUGH 8 DISTRICT IS ONE OF
ONLY FOUR DISTRICTS IN
THE COUNTRY TO GET A WAIVER FOR
IN-PERSON LEARNING.
SUPERINTENDENT RICH NEWMAN SAYS
IT'S BEEN A SEAMLESS TRANSITION
AND IT TOOK A COMMUNITY EFFORT
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE DIDN'T
RUSH. WE MADE SURE WE PUT IN
ALL THE PROTOCOLS AND WE WANTED
TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH AS AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE A NORMAL LEARNING
EXPERIENCE. NEWMAN SAYS EIGHTY
FIVE PERCENT OF FAMILIES OPTED
FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING USING A
HYBRID MODEL. UNDER THAT MODEL,
HALF OF STUDENTS ARE ASSIGNED
TO BECOME TO COME TO SCHOOL
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE OTHER
HALF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
COVERED PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE
INDOORS AND A LOT OF TEACHERS
ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE CHANCES TO HOLD CLASSES
OUTSIDE. SOME PARENTS AND CALLS
ABOUT WANT THEIR KIDS SCHOOLS
TO FULLY REOPEN FOR IN-PERSON
LEARNING LATER TODAY THEY PLAN
TO RALLY OUTSIDE OF CARLSBAD
UNIFIED DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
THAT'S SCHEDULED TO START AT
FIVE THIRTY P.M.. RIGHT NOW
THE DISTRICT HAS A HYBRID PLAN
IN PLACE. HALF OF THE STUDENTS
WILL LEARN ON CAMPUS ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. THE OTHER HALF
WILL GO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR
THREE HOURS A DAY. TODAY
JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG
WILL LIE IN REPOSE AT THE TOP
OF THE BUILDING STEPS AT
THE SUPREME COURT. THE PUBLIC
WILL HAVE TWO DAYS TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS. ON FRIDAY, JUSTICE
GINSBURG WILL BECOME THE FIRST
WOMAN IN HISTORY TO LIE IN
STATE IN THE US CAPITAL. AND
COMING UP AT SIX THIRTY WE ARE
GOING TO BE EXPECTING A CBS
SPECIAL REPORT ON HER LIFE AND
HER LEGACY. SO WE'RE GONNA
BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE TODAY.
THE FIGHT TO FILL HER SEAT
BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION
CONTINUES AS REPUBLICANS ARE
CONFIDENT THEY HAVE THE VOTES
TO FILL THE VACANCY. SENATE
DEMOCRATS ON THE OTHER HAND SAY
THE GOP COLLEAGUES ARE SETTING
A BAD PRECEDENT. PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAYS HE'LL ANNOUNCE HIS
NOMINEE THIS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. CONGRESS IS SET TO
PASS A CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FUNDED
THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.
HE ALSO REPRESENTATIVES PASSED
A STOPGAP BILL AFTER STRIKING A
DEAL WITH REPUBLICANS AND
THE WHITE HOUSE THAT INCLUDES
FARM AID AND NUTRITIONAL
ASSISTANCE FOR KIDS.
THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED
SENATE IS EXPECTED TO PASS
THE BILL AS WELL. AND THIS
MORNING ANOTHER BATTLEGROUND
STATE WILL BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE. WERE TALKING ABOUT NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY. DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JOE BIDEN
IS MAKING A CAMPAIGN STOP
THERE. IT WILL BE HIS FIRST
TRIP TO THE STATE SINCE
THE PRIMARY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
SCHEDULED TO VISIT CHARLOTTE
TOMORROW. IT WOULD BE HIS FIFTH
VISIT TO THE STATE IN THE PAST
MONTH. SO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
VOTER REGISTRATION AND
THE VOTING PROCESS HERE IN SAN
DIEGO, WE GOT A GREAT TOOL FOR
YOU. JUST TEXT THE WORD VOTE TO
8 5 8 5 7 1 88 88 AND WE'LL
SEND YOU A COMPLETE VOTER
GUIDE. AN EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TO
A FALLEN FIREFIGHTER AND SAN
DIEGO NATIVE WHO DIED BATTLING
THE ELDORADO FIRE. FIRE CREWS
STOOD AT ATTENTION AS THE BODY
OF THIRTY NINE OLD CHARLIE
MORTON WAS ESCORTED FROM SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY CORONER'S
OFFICE TO A MORTUARY IN ORANGE
COUNTY. THIS WAS YESTERDAY AND
HE DIED THURSDAY WHILE TRYING
TO CONTAIN THE FIRES SPARKED BY
A GENDER REVEAL PARTY. AND WE
ARE JUST GETTING WORD OF AN
EARTHQUAKE NEAR RANCHO
CUCAMONGA. THE THREE POINT
THE THREE POINT LET ME SEE
THREE POINT TWO MAGNITUDE QUAKE
HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 5:00
THIRTY THIS MORNING. WE ARE
HEARING THAT THERE WERE NO
INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO REPORT
BUT WE'RE WATCHING THIS ONE FOR
YOU. MEANWHILE, THE BOBCAT
FIRES HOLDING OUT MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND
ACRES THIS MORNING MAKING IT
THE THIRD LARGEST L.A. COUNTY
FIRE ON RECORD. CREWS SET
DEFENSIVE FIRES AROUND
THE WILSON OBSERVATORY AND
COMMUNICATION TOWERS IN THE SAN
GABRIEL MOUNTAINS YESTERDAY.
THE FIRE HAS DESTROYED NEARLY
30 STRUCTURES AT LAST CHECK.
THE FIRE IS 70 PERCENT
CONTAINED AND FIREFIGHTERS
STILL KEEPING BUSY HERE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN FACT,
ALL ACROSS OUR STATE. NADA IS
TRACKING OUR FORECAST.
THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE
HELPING AT LEAST FOR
THE MORNING HOURS. IT'S COOLER.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW
AT THE BOBCAT FIRE. AND AS WE
KNOW WHEN THE SUN COMES UP
THROUGH ALL THAT SMOKE YOU SEE
THE REDS AND ORANGES AND THAT'S
CERTAINLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS
WE WAIT FOR THAT OFFICIAL
SUNRISE. BUT THE SMOKE IS
SETTLING DOWN IN THE VALLEY.
THIS IS THE ANGELES NATIONAL
FOREST AND THAT'S WHERE
THE OBSERVATORY IS AT MOUNT
WILSON. AND AT LEAST WE'RE NOT
SEEING FLAMES COMING OUT OF
THESE VALLEYS AND RIDGES AS WE
HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST WHEN WE
WATCH THAT FIRE. HERE'S WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH A LOT OF
THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRES
THROUGHOUT THE WEST COAST. WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO START TO SEE IS
MORE OF THAT SMOKE GETTING
PUSHED TOWARDS THE NORTH AND
TOWARDS THE EAST, NOT
NECESSARILY TOWARDS THE SOUTH.
THE BOBCAT WAS A MAJOR
CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR SMOKE AND
HAZE LAST WEEK. SO IT LOOKS
LIKE AT LEAST FOR SAN DIEGO
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THOSE
EFFECTS AS MUCH AIR QUALITY.
QUICK CHECK HERE IN THE GOOD TO
MODERATE RANGE. SOME OF YOU
KNOW TIE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF TROUBLE BREATHING WITH
THE PARTICULATE MATTER THERE
THAT AQI IN THE 60S ALONG
THE COAST IN THE 20S THOUGH.
AND HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH OUR MARINE LAYER.
IT'S HANGING RIGHT HERE OVER
MIRAMAR KEARNEY MESA THAT
CARLSBAD. THAT'S WHERE
VISIBILITY IS LOW BUT CLEAR
CONDITIONS YOU CAN SEE. YES.
THE SUN AND THE STARS OUT THIS
MORNING. IN FACT, IT LOOKS LIKE
VENUS ALMOST LEAVING SHOT IN
THIS VIEW. BUT YEAH, WE ARE
WAITING FOR THE SUN TO
OFFICIALLY ARRIVE. IT WILL RISE
AT SIX THIRTY EIGHT. BUT INLAND
COOL AND CLEAR JUST START
THINGS OFF. IT'S GOING TO BE
WARM THIS AFTERNOON IN THE 90S
AND THEN COOLING DOWN A LITTLE
BIT FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
JENNY. SO RIGHT NOW MOSTLY
WE'RE FOCUSING IN ON A COUPLE
OF CRASHES THAT ARE IMPACTING
YOUR DRIVE BECAUSE YOUR TRAVEL
TIMES AREN'T BAD. THERE IS ONE
DELAY WHICH I'LL GET TO IN JUST
A SECOND. SO STAY TUNED.
CARVER'S PEDESTRIAN THIS
HAPPENED ON POINT LOMA
BOULEVARD. ITS SPORTS SPORTS
ARENA. THIS IS IN POINT LOMA
KIND OF RIGHT IN FRONT OF SWAMI
CAFE THERE. SO A PERSON WAS HIT
THERE. NO UPDATES ON INJURIES
HERE ON THE 15 YOU CAN SEE YOUR
TRAVEL TIMES ARE FINE BUT THERE
IS A CRASH. SO FOR YOU
NORTHBOUND DRIVERS YOU'RE
HEADING UP HERE TOWARDS THE 76
THAT CRASHES OFF TO THE LEFT
AND SHOULDER. YOU'LL NOTICE
SOME CREWS YOU WON'T NOTICE ANY
BACKUPS WAY OVER TO THE EAST
SUNRISE HIGHWAY RIGHT NEAR
BUNGALOW TWO LANES ARE BLOCKED
BECAUSE OF A CAR THAT ROLLED
OVER HER CRUISER THERE AND THEN
THAT DELAY I TOLD YOU ABOUT IS
RIGHT HERE ON THE CORNER OUTER
BRIDGE WHICH IS ACTUALLY
STARTING TO EASE UP. WE'RE KIND
OF IN THAT ORANGE MODERATE
ZONE. SO YOU'RE MOVING AT ABOUT
30 MILES AN HOUR. STELLA,
DANNY, THANK YOU. NEXT, A STATE
OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN
LOUISVILLE CONNECTED TO
THE BRIANNA TAYLOR CASE. PLUS
THAT'S ONE SPOT THAT IS ISN'T
WASN'T TAKEN BY SOMEONE WHO
REALLY DESERVED THAT. AND THIS
MORNING TOP CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS
NOW UNDER SCRUTINY INCLUDING
OUR VERY OWN UCSD. AND A LOOK
AT HOUSTON AFTER THE CITY IS
PRACTICALLY UNDER WATER
FOLLOWING TROPICAL STORM