OUR
OUR CULTURE AND BEER NEWS8 STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M
MARCELLA AND PROBABLY I'M
CARLOS SCHAKEL OF THE FAMILY
OF A MISSING MOTHER FROM CHULA
VISTA. WE'LL SPEND THE NEXT
THREE DAYS SEARCHING FOR THE
WOMAN AT THE GLAMIS SAND DUNES
IN IMPERIAL COUNTY NEWS8
STPPING GOTFREDSON SPOKE TO THE
SISTER AND NIECE OF MAYA
MILLETE AND THEY ARE NOT GIVING
UP HOPE OF FINDING HER HOME.
VIDEO SHOWS HAPPIER TIMES FOR
THE MILLETE FAMILY AS MEIE
MILLETE JUMPS A QUAD GLAMIS
SAND DUNES IN IMPERIAL COUNTY
THE FAMILY TOOK A TRIP TO
GLAMIS OVER NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND
JUST DAYS BEFORE MILLETE WENT
MISSING. HER 17 YEAR OLD NIECE
REMEMBERS CAMPING AND OFF
ROADING IN THE DESERT WITH HER
AUNT WHO BOUGHT BY RECENTLY. SO
SHE STARTED MAKING OUT WITH US
OVER THE CROWDED PRESIDENTS DAY
WEEKEND AND GLAMIS MILLETE
SISTER FAMILY AND ANY OTHER
VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOW UP WILL
HAND OUT FLIERS AND SEARCH AN
AREA KNOWN AS THE SAND HIGHWAY.
AND ON SATURDAY MORNING ABOUT
10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WE'LL
DO THE SEARCH OUT THERE ASKING
THE DUNE RIDERS IF THEY'LL BE
ABLE TO HELP US OUT AND JUST
THE AREA AND SEARCH THE AREA.
THE THIRTY NINE YEAR OLD MOTHER
WAS LAST SEEN BY HER HUSBAND
LARRY MILLETE AFTER A COUPLE
ARGUED ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 7TH
FAMILY MEMBERS CONFIRM MILLETE
HAD SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITH
A DIVORCE LAWYER FOR THE
TUESDAY AFTER SHE WENT MISSING.
POLICE SAY THE HUSBAND HAS
STOPPED COOPERATING WITH THE
INVESTIGATION AND HE STILL HAS
CUSTODY OF THE COUPLE'S THREE
YOUNG CHILDREN AT THEIR HOME
PUZZLE LOS GATOS IN CHULA
VISTA. SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WENT
THERE YESTERDAY AND THEY ARE
HOME. IT'S NOW BEEN FIVE WEEKS
SINCE MILLETE WAS LAST SEEN AND
FAMILY MEMBERS DON'T WANT TO
LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED. IT'S
BEEN FRUSTRATING NO, THEY ARE
SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER AND
PRAYING FOR A BREAK IN A CASE
AS TIME GOES BY, THERE'S NO
LEADS. THERE'S NOTHING TO
REALLY REPORT ON TO AND AND
IT'S A VERY HEARTBREAK. IT'S
STILL HEARTBREAKING NOT KNOWING
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SISTER. NOW
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON
THAT SEARCH EFFORT GOING ON
THIS WEEKEND AT GLAMIS, WE'VE
POSTED A LINK TO THE FIND MAYA
MILLETE FACEBOOK PAGE AT CBS8
DOT COM KARLUK DAVID, WE SAW
SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS BUT
HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING LATELY
FROM THE HUSBAND LARRY MILLETE
?WE TEXTED LARRY MILLETE TODAY
AND HE TEXTED US BACK AND HE
DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED BUT
HE DID TEXT US THAT HE WANTED
TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS WHO
CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR HIS
WIFE. DAVID GOTFREDSON
REPORTING LIVE WITH THIS
ONGOING MYSTERY. THANKS, DAVID
.SAN DIEGO COUNTY CONTINUES TO
SEE AN OVERALL DOWNWARD TREND
IN NEW COVID CASES ONE THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN NEW CASES
WERE REPORTED TODAY OUT OF MORE
THAN TWENTY ONE THOUSAND TESTS
FOR A FIVE PERCENT POSITIVE
RATE. THE TWO WEEK AVERAGE FOR
POSITIVE TESTS IS NOW AT SIX
POINT FOUR PERCENT. THE NUMBER
OF COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS
CONTINUES TO DROP AS WELL WITH
JUST OVER THREE HUNDRED
PATIENTS NOW IN THE ICU. FIFTY
ONE MORE DEATHS WERE REPORTED
BRINGING THAT TOTAL TO TWO
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY
FIVE IN LOS ANGELES FIVE MASS
VACCINATION SITES ARE SHUTTING
DOWN INCLUDING THE ONE AT
DODGER STADIUM. THE SITES WERE
SET TO RUN OUT OF THE MODERNA A
VACCINE BY THE END OF TODAY SO
THEY WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY. L.A. MAYOR ERIC
GARCETTI SAYS THE CLOSURES ARE
TEMPORARY UNTIL THEY CAN GET
MORE DOSES THIS WEEK ONLY
SIXTEEN THOUSAND NEW DOSES
ARRIVED IN L.A. AND THAT IS
ONLY THREE THOUSAND MORE THAN
ARE GIVEN OUT IN A TYPICAL DAY
.WHILE MOST STUDENTS IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY CONTINUE TO LEARN
VIRTUALLY THE CAJON VALLEY
UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN
OPEN FULL TIME SINCE THE FALL
WITH SEVERAL SAFETY MEASURES IN
PLACE NOW THAT DISTRICT IS
TAKING IT ONE STEP FURTHER BY
PARTICIPATING IN A UNIQUE PILOT
PROGRAM TO TEST KIDS ON CAMPUS
OR COVID-19 IN THIS LEARNING
CURVE REPORT NEWS8 SHANNON
HANDY HAS AN INSIDE LOOK HOW IT
WORKS AND WHAT YOU MAY START
SEEING THE SAME TECHNIQUE USED
IN MORE PLACES. WE'RE HERE AT
RIOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
ALCOHOL NOW THESE KIDS WILL BE
TESTED BY WEEKLY USING THEIR
SCILLY NOT THE SWAB TEST WE
USED TO SEE AND THOSE RESULTS
COME BACK SAME DAY. NORMALLY
KIDS ARE TOLD NOT TO SPIT AT
SCHOOL BUT AT REAX ELEMENTARY
NOKA HOEN IT'S NOW ENCOURAGED
AS PART OF A BIWEEKLY PILOT
PROGRAM TO TEST STUDENTS FOR
COVID-19. IT HELPS ME TO KNOW
THAT THEY'RE SAFE. ERIKA PLATT
HAS HER FIRST AND THIRD GRADER
AT THE SCHOOL. SHE SAYS NOT
ONLY DOES A BIWEEKLY TEST TEAM
PUT HER MIND AT EASE BUT DOING
IT USING SALIVA IS SOMETHING
HER KIDS ACTUALLY LOOK FORWARD
TO VERSUS A NASAL SWAB. I THINK
THIS WAY THEY'RE MORE EAGER AND
WILLING TO PARTICIPATE. IT'S
NOT AS INTIMIDATING AND THEY'RE
EXCITED. IT'S ALSO CONVENIENT
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER
THE SCHOOL'S LOCATION IN THE
HUB SOME FAMILIES HAVE HAD TO
GO THROUGH TO GET TESTED. LAWAT
LOETHER IS A PRINCIPAL. WE ARE
A FAR DISTANCE FROM THE MEGA
SITES IN CENTRAL SAN DIEGO AND
SO WE HAVE CONVENIENTLY EVERY
TWO WEEKS WE HAVE TESTING HERE
AT SCHOOL AND PARENTS DON'T
HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TEST. THEY
DON'T HAVE TO GO FIND SITE OR
BEG THEIR PEDIATRICIAN RIGHT
NOW THE PROGRAM IS VOLUNTARY
WITH ABOUT 60 PERCENT
OF STUDENTS TAKING PART REAX
ELEMENTARY ZEPHYR SCHOOL WITHIN
THE WHOLE VALLEY UNION DISTRICT
TO TEST OUT THIS METHOD. THEY
WERE APPROACHED TWO MONTHS AGO
BY THE ALCOHOL BASED COMPANY
BEHIND IT CALBIOTECH. HERE'S
HOW IT WORKS TEACHERS AND STAFF
OVERSEE THE TEST STUDENTS IN
INNERTUBE WHICH IS THEN SEALED
AND PICKED UP BY A CALBIOTECH
DRIVER IN THE MORNING THOSE
SAMPLES ARE TESTED SAME DAY IN
THEIR LAB WITH RESULTS BACK BY
THE AFTERNOON. DAVID BARKA WITH
CALBIOTECH SAYS A TURNAROUND IS
QUICK BECAUSE THEY TEST HIM
BOTH BY DIVIDING CLASSROOMS
INTO PODS OF FIVE. WE'RE NOT
HAVING A TEST EVERY INDIVIDUAL
SAMPLE FROM THE START WE PULL
IF WE GOT A NEGATIVE PROCESS
OF ELIMINATION US THERE'S ONLY
TO TEST INDIVIDUALLY. IF WE DO
GET A POSITIVE PULL THEN THAT'S
A SECONDARY MARKET SAYS THE PCR
METHOD IS USE MAKING IT JUST AS
ACCURATE AS A SWAB TEST IN
REGARDS TO COS IT'S THREE TIMES
CHEAPER BECAUSE MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS DON'T HAVE TO
ADMINISTER IT AND THEY'RE NOT
TESTING EVERY SINGLE SAMPLE
UNLESS THEY HAVE TO. THERE'S NO
REASON WHY WE CAN'T. IS THIS
PROGRAM NATIONWIDE? MORE
SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT
WILL BE ADDED TO THE PROGRAM AS
SOON AS NEXT WEEK. CALBIOTECH
OFFICIALS SAY ADDITIONAL
DISTRICTS WITHIN THE COUNTY ARE
INQUIRING ABOUT USING THIS
PROGRAM AS WELL. THANKS,
SHANNON. TODAY PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN STOPPED EMERGENCY FUNDING
USED TO BUILD THE BORDER WALL.
IT FOLLOWS A PAUSE ON
CONSTRUCTION THAT BEGAN HIS
FIRST DAY IN OFFICE. NEWS8
BRANDON LEWIS EXPLAINS WHAT
THIS MEANS FOR US HERE IN SAN
DIEGO. KARLO AND MARSELLA ABOUT
FORTY SIX MILES OF BORDER WALL
WERE RECONSTRUCTED UNDER
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TO ARE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW
THAT'S ALL ON HOLD BECAUSE
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE WANTS
TO PURSUE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION STRATEGY. PRESIDENT
BIDEN RESCINDED A TWO YEAR LONG
EMERGENCY DECLARATION ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST BORDER. FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP USED TO SHIFT
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE
PENTAGON TO BUILDING THE WALL.
WE KNOW IN SAN DIEGO HOW
IMPORTANT ARE IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES ARE TO OUR ECONOMY
AND OUR SOCIETY NOT TO MENTION
THE FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP'S
ORDER WOULD HAVE TAKEN FUNDING
AWAY FROM MILITARY FAMILIES AND
THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEIR HOUSING
TO BUILD SOMETHING JUST TO PROP
UP HIS OWN EGO. HOMELAND
SECURITY ARGUES THE NEW GOAL
WAS DESPERATELY NEEDED,
ESPECIALLY IN SAN DIEGO WHERE
IT CLAIMS A 12 MILE SECTION
REDUCES MANPOWER BY 150 AGENTS
EVERY 24 HOURS AND IT PUSHES
SMUGGLERS TO PORTS OF ENTRY
WHERE THEY'RE EASIER TO FIND
POINTING TO AN INCREASE IN
SEIZURES AS PROOF WE HAVE NEW
SMART TECHNOLOGIES AT OUR
BORDER CROSSINGS THAT HAVE
ENABLED US TO DO THIS IN A MORE
HUMANE WAY AND THAT'S THE KIND
OF THING WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING
ON WALLS DON'T WORK. DONALD
TRUMP'S OWN SUPPORTERS SHOWED
US ON JANUARY SIX THAT WALLS
DON'T WORK. MR. BIDEN'S
DECISION IS THE FINAL OF A TWO
STEP PROCESS. HE FIRST PAUSED
CONSTRUCTION ON DAY ONE IN
OFFICE AND THE MOVE NOW PULLS
THE FUNDING. THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYS IT SETS THE STAGE FOR
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
REFORM ALTHOUGH THE ASYLUM
PROCESS AT THE BORDER IS STILL
PAUSED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT MAKING
SURE THAT THE UNITED STATES
REMAINS THIS BEACON OF HOPE FOR
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD
FLEEING REALLY DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES AS IT WAS FOR MY
FAMILY WHEN THEY LEFT EUROPE
BECAUSE OF ANTI-SEMITISM IS
CRUCIAL TO NOT ONLY OUR ECONOMY
AND OUR COMMUNITIES NOW BUT
REALLY OUR STANDING AROUND THE
WORLD. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
THEY'RE STILL REVIEWING THE
IMMIGRATION POLICIES PUT IN
PLACE BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION ONCE THEY
COMPLETE A REVIEW, THEY'RE
GOING TO START PRESENTING THEIR
PLAN. KARLO MARSELLA. THANK
YOU, BRANDON. IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SAVE SOME
LIVES AND MANY OF YOU HELP DO
JUST THAT DAY TWO OF OUR KYLE
KRASKA SCELEBRATION OF HEROES
BLOOD DRIVE IS WRAPPING UP
TONIGHT THE PACHANGA ARENA.
IT'S THE THIRD ANNUAL EVENT
VERY CLOSE TO KYLE'S HEART AND
ALL OF OURS AS WELL. IT WAS SIX
YEARS AGO THAT KYLE WAS SHOT IN
HIS DRIVEWAY AND NEEDED 14
UNITS OF BLOOD TO SURVIVE.
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR