NEWS
NEWS TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ESCORTED OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ROOM TODAY AFTER
A SCARE OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE
HOUSE. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR
JOINING US. I'M BARBARA LEE
EDWARDS. I'M CARLOS SHIKATA. IT
HAPPENED AS THE PRESIDENT WAS
BEGINNING A CORONA VIRUS
BRIEFING WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE JUST
ABOUT GOING TO BE DUMPING
WRECKAGE HOPEFULLY SOON. IF
THE PRESIDENT RETURNED MINUTES
LATER SAYING THERE WAS A
SHOOTING OUTSIDE THE WHITE
HOUSE, I'D LIKE TO THINK
THE SECRET SERVICE FOR DOING
THEIR ALWAYS QUICK AND VERY
EFFECTIVE WORK. BUT THERE WAS
AN ACTUAL SHOOTING AND SOMEBODY
WHO'S BEEN TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL I DON'T KNOW
THE CONDITION OF THE PERSON.
THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO
CONTINUE THE BRIEFING WITHOUT
FURTHER INTERRUPTION WEEKS
BEFORE THE START SAN DIEGO
UNIFIED SCHOOL YEAR. NOW
OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED TODAY IT
COULD BE MONTHS BEFORE STUDENTS
CAN RETURN TO CLASS. THE SAN
DIEGO UNIFIED OFFICIALS SAY
THEY'RE REOPENING PLAN WILL BE
BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A
PANEL OF UC SAN DIEGO
RESEARCHERS. NEWS SHANON HANDY
HAS MORE ON WHAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN BEFORE KIDS WILL BE
ALLOWED BACK INSIDE CLASSROOMS.
THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
YEAR STARTS ONLINE AUGUST 30
FIRST. AT THIS POINT THERE'S NO
SPECIFIC DATE AS TO WHEN
STUDENTS CAN RETURN BACK TO
THE CLASSROOM. AS FOR WHAT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE DISTRICT
OFFICIALS HAVE SET THEIR OWN
METRICS WHICH ARE STRICTER THAN
THE STATES. IT WILL BE A MATTER
OF MONTHS NOT WEEKS, NOT DAYS
THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS
CONTINUING TO BE WORKING AT
HOME IN ONLINE LEARNING. A
SOBERING ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SAN
DIEGO UNIFIED OFFICIALS MONDAY
AS THEY DISCUSS REOPENING PLANS
ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE
IN-PERSON LEARNING CAN RESUME,
PARTICULARLY THE CHASE RATE.
AND IT'S NEARLY COMMUNITY
OUTBREAKS ON ONE SIDE AND THEN
THE OTHER SIDE HAVING TO
TESTING TRACING THE POSITIVITY
RATE WE HAVE SET ONE OF
THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR ANY
DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY. THOSE
STANDARDS ARE BASED ON RESEARCH
SHOWN BY A PANEL OF UCSD
EXPERTS THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH FOR MONTHS.
OFFICIALS SAY IT COMES DOWN TO
SCIENCE IN NUMBERS. RIGHT NOW
SAN DIEGO COUNTY AVERAGES ONE
HUNDRED AND TEN COVER 19 CASES
PER 100000 RESIDENTS. THE STATE
METRICS REOPENING SCHOOLS CALLS
FOR ONE HUNDRED CASES. BUT
MIGUEL UNIFIED OFFICIALS WON'T
CONSIDER REOPENING SCHOOLS
UNTIL THE NUMBERS ARE EVEN
LOWER THAN THAT. WE ALSO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
COMMUNITY OUTBREAKS SO CLUSTERS
OF CASES WERE UNDER 7. RIGHT
NOW WE'RE AT 24 WHEN SCHOOLS DO
REOPEN. IT WILL BE DONE IN
PHASES. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT
SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY ONCE BACK
IN THE CLASSROOM MASS WILL BE
REQUIRED AS WELL AS AN EMPHASIS
ON DISINFECTING COMMON AREAS
VENTILATION WILL PLAY A KEY
ROLE AS WELL AS MUCH AS THIS
COULD BE DONE OUTSIDE WILL BE
DONE OUTSIDE DISTRICT LEADERS
IN MAY REOPENING SCHOOLS WON'T
EASY AIR WILL COME AT A MUCH
HIGHER COST. THEY WANT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STEP
IN AND OFFER MORE FINANCIAL
SUPPORT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAS FAILED TO ACT. THEY'RE ALSO
URGING THE COMMUNITY TO HELP
SAYING IF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
IGNORE SAFETY PROTOCOLS THERE'S
NO TELLING WHEN KIDS WILL BE
ALLOWED BACK IN SCHOOL. THIS
HAS TO BE EVERY SINGLE PERSON
IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WORKING
HARD SOCIAL DISTANCING, WEARING
YOUR MASK, AVOIDING LARGE
GATHERINGS TO SLOW THE SPREAD
OF THIS VIRUS OR WE CAN NOT
SAFELY OPEN SCHOOLS. IF YOU'D
LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE
METRICS SET BY THE UCSD
RESEARCHERS, JUST LOG ON TO CDC
DOT COM AND CLICK ON THE HELP
BUTTON. BEVERLY. ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, SHANNON. TWO PEOPLE ARE
DEAD TONIGHT AFTER A HOUSE FIRE
IN LA HOYA. IT STARTED JUST
BEFORE 4:00 A.M. ON CAMINITI,
LA PAZ. NEWS AIDS BRANDON LEWIS
SPOKE NEIGHBORS WHO SAY THAT A
GRANDFATHER AND HIS
GRANDDAUGHTER WERE KILLED CARLO
AND BARBARA LEE. NEIGHBORS
DESCRIBE A TRAGIC SCENE. WHEN
FIREFIGHTERS FIRST ARRIVED THEY
FOUND THE HOME COMPLETELY
ENGULFED IN FLAMES. SO MUCH SO
IT FORCED THEM TO ATTACK
THE FLAMES FROM THE OUTSIDE.
ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE
ENTRY, THEY FOUND THE BODIES OF
THE GRANDFATHER AND HIS YOUNG
GRANDDAUGHTER AND THEN I STUCK
MY HEAD OUT THE WINDOW WANTING
TO SCREAM TO BE QUIET AND
REALIZED OH GOD, THERE'S A FIRE
PIECE ON COMING INTO LA PAZ WAS
SHATTERED JUST BEFORE 4:00 A.M.
MONDAY. PAT NIXON WAS HOME
ASLEEP WHEN THE SOUNDS OF A
FIRE NEXT DOOR WOKE HER UP.
THINGS WERE BREAKING. MAYBE IT
WAS WINDOWS POPPING. BY
THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED
THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED.
TWO PEOPLE ESCAPED WITH MINOR
INJURIES AND TWO WERE OVERCOME
BY SMOKE AND FLAMES. NEIGHBORS
SAY THREE GENERATIONS LIVE HERE
FROM TIME TO TIME AND
IDENTIFIED THE DECEASED AS A
GRANDFATHER AND HIS
GRANDDAUGHTER. THERE'S GRANDPA
BOB WHO DOESN'T ALWAYS SLEEP
THERE BECAUSE HE MOSTLY SLEEP
SOMEPLACE ELSE. BUT THE SON
ROBERT'S THERE AND HIS TWO KIDS
AND SOMETIMES THERE IS A
GIRLFRIEND OR SOMETHING. THERE
WAS A LOT COMING AND GOING.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE WAITING FOR
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER TO
POSITIVELY IDENTIFY
THE REMAINS. MEANWHILE,
THE METRO ARSON STRIKE TEAM IS
TRYING TO FIGURE WHAT SPARKED
THE FAST MOVING FIRE WHEN CREWS
PULLED UP. THE FLAMES WERE SO
LARGE THEY HAD TO PULL BACK AND
FIGHT IT FROM THE OUTSIDE TO
FIND THAT BUILDING. MARILYN
GETTING MORE AND MORE
FIREFIGHTERS DID NOT SAY WHERE
THE BODIES WERE LOCATED IN
THE HOME AS FAMILY MEMBERS AND
NEIGHBORS TRY TO COME TO TERMS
WITH THE TRAGEDY. OH, I'M SURE
YOU TEST. I MEAN THE LOOK ON
ROBERT'S FACE WHEN I SAW HIM
WALK BY. I MEAN HOW COULD HE
NOT BE DEVASTATED? I MEAN
THE HOMES BURNED DOWN. HIS
FATHER'S GONE. THE OTHER
DAUGHTER'S GONE, I GUESS. I
MEAN I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE
PROCESS AS A NEIGHBOR. I DON'T
KNOW HOW TO PROCESS IT.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IS WORKING
TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINS OF
THOSE FOUND INSIDE. USUALLY
IT'S THE PROCESS THAT TAKES
BETWEEN 24 48 HOURS. NO WORD
YET ON WHAT SCHOOL THE YOUNG
GIRL MAY HAVE ATTENDED. CARLO
AND BARBARA LEE, THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTIES COVERED 19 CASE RATE
IS DOWN TO ABOUT ONE HUNDRED
FIVE PER 100000 PEOPLE.
THE COUNTY NEEDS TO GET DOWN
BELOW 100 PER 100 THOUSAND
BEFORE THE STATE WILL CONSIDER
REMOVING IT FROM THE WATCH
LIST. TWO HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT
NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES ARE ALSO
BEING REPORTED OUT OF MORE THAN
70 500 TESTS. THAT'S A POSITIVE
RATE OF 3 PERCENT BELOW THE 14
DAY ROLLING AVERAGE OF 5
PERCENT AND BETTER THAN
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IS
NOW AT THIRTY TWO THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE BUT ABOUT
TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND OF THOSE
HAVE RECOVERED. THE DEATH TOLL
REMAINS AT FIVE HUNDRED NINETY
FOUR TODAY. COUNTY LEADERS
HEARD INPUT FROM SAN DIEGO IS
ON A SIX POINT FOUR BILLION
DOLLAR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT
FISCAL YEAR. SOME CALLERS SAID
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE LAW
ENFORCEMENT DEFUNDED. OTHERS
WANT MORE MONEY SPENT ON KOVAC
19 EFFORTS. COUNTY LEADERS SAY
THE PANDEMIC IS A TOP BUDGETARY
PRIORITY AND PROPOSED ONE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR A
TESTING, TRACING AND TREATMENT
STRATEGY AS WELL AS MORE PPE
AND OTHER RESOURCES TO TREAT TB
CONTINUES TO BE A MASSIVE
UNDERTAKING INCLUDING HIRING
HUNDREDS OF STAFF AND SENDING
IT RIGHT IN TESTING SITES SUCH
AS DRIVE UP, WALK IN AND NO
APPOINTMENT AND HAVING
THE FLEXIBILITY TO DEPLOY
TESTING SITES IN THE AREAS
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
THE 19. ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC
COMMENTS WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY
WEDNESDAY AT FIVE THIRTY IN
THE EVENING. A FINAL APPROVAL
VOTE ON THE BUDGET IS SET FOR
AUGUST 25TH. SOME DISAPPOINTING
NEWS TONIGHT FOR SAN DIEGO
STATE FOOTBALL FANS.
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
TODAY OFFICIALLY POSTPONED
THE SEASON BECAUSE OF COVETED
19 HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS
BUT HOPES TO PLAY IN
THE SPRING. NEWS 8 STEVE PRICE
HAS THE STORY. IT'S LOOKING
MORE AND MORE LIKE THE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON WILL BE SACKED
BEFORE IT EVEN GETS STARTED.
BUT SEVERAL HIGH PROFILE
PLAYERS AREN'T GIVING UP
WITHOUT A FIGHT. AND NOW
THEY'RE GETTING SUPPORT FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WASHINGTON
.IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO
SCORE POINTS WITH FOOTBALL
FANS. BUT SAN DIEGO STATE ON
MONDAY JOINED THE GROWING LIST
OF SCHOOLS CANCELING THEIR FALL
SEASON. THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN WEST
CONFERENCE IS HOPING TO PUSH
THE SPORT INTO THE SPRING.
JOINING USD WHICH ALREADY
ANNOUNCED THE MOVE I JUST FELT
LIKE THERE IS TOO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY, TOO MUCH UNKNOWN
ABOUT KOBE AT 19 TO PLAY. BILL
MCGILLIS SAYS IT WASN'T AN EASY
DECISION BUT USD ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR SAYS THE SAFETY OF
STUDENT ATHLETES AND THE REST
OF THE COLLEGE CAMPUS COMMUNITY
HAS TO COME FIRST. WE DON'T
WANT OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO
BECOME SUPER SPREADERS, YOU
KNOW, OUT OR YOU KNOW, WITHIN
AN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS.
YOU KNOW, A TEAM TO BECOME A
SUPER SPREADER WITHIN A CAMPUS
OR WITHIN A COMMUNITY. WORD IS
NOW SPREADING THAT SEVERAL OF
THE POWER FIVE FOOTBALL
CONFERENCES INCLUDING THE BIG
TEN AND PAC 12 WILL ANNOUNCE
SIMILAR DECISIONS THIS WEEK.
SECOND IS STILL IN SOME OF
THE GAME'S BIGGEST STARS
INCLUDING CLEMSON QUARTERBACK
TREVOR LAWRENCE ARE NOT HAPPY
ABOUT IT TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA
WITH THE NOW TRENDING HASHTAG.
WE WANT TO PLAY AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP RETWEETED IT. ADDING
THE STUDENT ATHLETES BEEN
WORKING TOO HARD FOR THEIR
SEASON TO BE CANCELED.
FINANCIALLY THE MOVE COULD
TACKLE UNIVERSITY BUDGETS FOR A
BIG LOSS AFFECTING OTHER SPORTS
.THESE ATHLETIC BUDGETS ARE 80
PERCENT FROM FOOTBALL REVENUE.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE FOOTBALL
REVENUE YOU DON'T HAVE SPORTS
TO MAKE IT CLEAR THE PLAN IS
STILL TO PLAY FOOTBALL, JUST
MOVE IT TO THE SPRING WHICH
COULD BE LOGISTICALLY TOUGH FOR
A LOT OF SCHOOLS WITH FOOTBALL
COMPETING WITH BASKETBALL. BUT
SCHOOLS SAY THEY'LL DO WHAT IT
TAKES TO GET THEIR STUDENT
ATHLETES SAFELY ON THE FIELD.
OUR MISSION AT USC IS THAT IF
THE VIRUS ALLOWS US TO APPLY,
WE PLAN TO APPLY. STEVE PRICE
NEWS 8 TWO OF THE SIX PEOPLE
WHO WENT MISSING FROM
THE IDOLIZED AREA IN THE RECENT
MONTHS HAVE BEEN LOCATED 30
YEAR OLD JADE KAMARA AND TWENTY
SEVEN YEAR OLD VANESSA VLASIC
ARE BOTH SAFE HAVE BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE MISSING PERSONS LIST.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO
THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT. NO FURTHER DETAILS
HAVE BEEN RELEASED FOR OTHER
MISSING PERSONS WHO ARE STILL
UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE WILD
IDLEWILD AREA INCLUDING FORMER
LAWYER RESIDENT DEAH ARABS.
THE 66 YEAR