THANKS
THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M MARCELLA LEE. I'M CARLOS RICARDO. BARBARA LEE HAS
THE NIGHT OFF. OUTRAGE TONIGHT
AMONG PARENTS, STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS AT OLYMPIAN HIGH
SCHOOL IN CHULA VISTA AFTER
PORNOGRAPHY POPPED UP DURING AN
ONLINE MATH CLASS AS NEWS 8
FELICIA SUMMERS REPORTS. IT'S
NOT THE FIRST CONTROVERSY TO
HIT THE DISTRICT THIS WEEK.
THIS RECENTLY REPORTED PORN
INCIDENT IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL
DISTRACTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
DURING AN ALREADY DIFFICULT
TIME WITH SCHOOLS BEING CLOSED
AND EVERYONE FORCED TO LEARN
VIRTUALLY SWEETWATER UNION HIGH
SCHOOL JUST STARTED THEIR NEW
SEMESTER ALL ONLINE MONDAY.
ALREADY THE DISTRICT GOT
SEVERAL REPORTS OF
INAPPROPRIATE INTERRUPTIONS. A
STUDENT AT OLYMPIAN HIGH TELLS
US THAT SOMEONE BOMBED AN 11TH
GRADE MATH CLASS WEDNESDAY WITH
PORNOGRAPHY. A PARENT TELLS
YES, THERE ARE USUALLY ABOUT 40
STUDENTS IN THIS MATH CLASS ALL
AROUND THE AGE OF 16. THIS
STUDENT SAID THE X RATED VIDEO
POPPED UP WHEN THE TEACHER WAS
INSTRUCTING. THEN AGAIN DURING
ANOTHER CLASS THIS STUDENT ALSO
SAID THE TEACHER WAS NOT SURE
HOW TO TURN OFF THE PORN OR
WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM AND
TOLD STUDENTS TO TRY AND IGNORE
IT AND LISTEN TO THE LESSON
INSTEAD. THIS IS JUST THE MOST
RECENT REPORT OF AN
INAPPROPRIATE DISRUPTION DURING
VIRTUAL LEARNING. ON MONDAY
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AT
SOUTHWEST HIGH SANDIGO. POLICE
SAY A STUDENT BRANDISHED A BP
GUN DURING AN ONLINE CLASS.
ANOTHER STUDENT TOLD NEWS THAT
LOUD MUSIC HAD INTERRUPTED
VIRTUAL CLASS AS WELL AS
SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL
DISTRICT SAYS IT'S WORKING TO
EVALUATE PROTOCOLS TO INCREASE
SECURITY AND RELEASED THIS
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE HAVE
HAD SOME INCIDENTS REPORTED TO
ADMINISTRATION OF STUDENTS NOT
BELONGING TO A CLASS AND DURING
A GOOGLE MEET AND CREATING
DISRUPTIONS. THESE ARE VERY
UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS AND WANT
TO ASSURE OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE
ARE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY
TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOES NOT
CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
THE DISTRICT ALSO SAYS IT'S
WORKING TO IDENTIFY THESE
INDIVIDUALS AND ADDRESS THIS
CONDUCT. IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S
REMINDING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
OF SOME STEPS THEY CAN TAKE TO
ENSURE SECURITY. LIKE NOT
SHARING ACCESS CODES AND
REMOVING STUDENTS FROM
THE ONLINE CLASSES WHEN A
DISRUPTION OCCURS. CARLO
THE SCENE IN OCEAN BEACH LAST
NIGHT IS GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. A
CROWD OF HUNDREDS GATHERED AT
THE DRUM CIRCLE IN VETERANS
PARK. HARDLY ANYONE WORE MASKS
AND THERE WAS NO SOCIAL
DISTANCING GOING ON. POLICE
EVENTUALLY BROKE UP THE CROWD.
BUT TODAY WE LEARNED THAT NO
ONE WAS CITED FOR VIOLATING
THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER, HIS
AIDES. KELLY HAS ALL HAS
THE LATEST FROM OCEAN BEACH.
WELL, IT TOOK POLICE A WHILE TO
BREAK UP THE CROWD LAST NIGHT
BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY
PEOPLE AND THEY KEPT MOVING
FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER. FROM
SARATOGA PARK TO THE LIFEGUARD
PARKING LOT TO VETERANS PLAZA.
NOW POLICE SAY THIS SITUATION
IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT
SEEMS THAT THEY CAN'T SIMPLY
JUST GIVE OUT CITATIONS TO
PEOPLE FOR NOT FOLLOWING
THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER. BUT
SOME PEOPLE MAYBE ARE
FRUSTRATED. THIS IS WHAT IT
LOOKED LIKE LAST NIGHT IN OCEAN
BEACH AROUND 10:00 P.M.
THE MASS GATHERING NEIGHBORS
SAY KEEPS GETTING BIGGER EVERY
WEEK. THE CROWD ANYWHERE FROM
200 500 PEOPLE. POLICE DID NOT
CITE ANYONE FOR VIOLATING
THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER,
SENDING A MESSAGE. ANYBODY CAN
DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. IT
DOESN'T MATTER. BRAD DIXON OWNS
THE OCEAN BEACH HOTEL LOCATED
DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM
VETERANS PLAZA. IT'S DODGE CITY
DOWN HERE. IT REALLY IS. IT'S
IT'S LIKE MAKE YOUR OWN RULES.
SAN DIEGO POLICE TELL US THEY
ARE DOING ROUTINE PATROLS IN
THE AREA WHEN POSSIBLE AND
ENFORCING VIOLATIONS SUCH AS
OPEN ALCOHOL AND NARCOTICS. A
STATEMENT SENT A NEWS 8 READS
IN PART QUOTE OUR HOPE IS THAT
THOSE INVOLVED THE DRUM CIRCLE
EVENTS WOULD CONSIDER SELF
MANAGING AND PERHAPS FIND A
START AND END TIME WHICH HONORS
THOSE WHO LIVE IN
THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
OBE TOWN COUNCIL TREASURER
COREY BRUIN SAYS THE SITUATION
IS FRUSTRATING BUT HE POINTS
OUT AT LEAST THIS WEEK POLICE
BROKE IT UP BY ELEVEN AREA WAS
CLEARED AND THAT'S AN
IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST WEEK.
IT'S THE LATEST MASS GATHERING
THAT'S DRAWN ATTENTION. LAST
WEEK HUNDREDS GATHERED AT
CARDIFF STATE BEACH FOR A
CHURCH SERVICE THOUGH SOME GOT
PARKING TICKETS STATE PARK
RANGERS DIDN'T CITE ANYONE FOR
VIOLATING THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ORDER. I WOULD SAY THAT IT
CONTINUES TO CREATE A LACK OF
FAITH IN OUR GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS TO ENFORCE THE ORDER
THAT THE COUNTY HAS SENT DOWN.
THE COUNTY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A
COMPLIANCE CALL CENTER AND A
SAFE REOPENING COMPLIANCE TEAM.
BUT ITS FOCUS IS CRACKING DOWN
ON BUSINESSES THAT VIOLATE
THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC HEALTH
ORDER AND THE PRIORITY IS
THE MOST EGREGIOUS VIOLATORS. I
WANT TO SEE A SEE WHAT'S A
COMPLACENCY. WHAT DO THEY DO?
WHAT MECHANISMS FOR ENFORCEMENT
THAT THEY HAD? YOU KNOW,
THE FINE FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH
THE HEALTH ORDER IS A THOUSAND
DOLLARS. WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO
ISSUE THOSE FINES? WE NEED HELP
DOWN HERE LIKE POLICE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT CITY OFFICIALS WHO
EVER REACHED COUNCIL MEMBER
JENNIFER CAMPBELL'S OFFICE AS
WELL AS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAMPBELL DID NOT
COMMENT TODAY. THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE DID NOT RESPOND. MARCEL
IN CARLOW. THANKS, KELLY. GRAND
CARY BAY'S SHORELINE PARK WILL
BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BECAUSE OF CORONA VIRUS
CONCERNS. THE CITY OF KORN AUTO
AND THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO
REOPENED THE PARK ON THE SILVER
STRAND TO VISITORS BACK IN MAY
.BUT WITH MORE PEOPLE VISITING
THE PARK THAN USUAL SOCIAL
DISTANCING BECAME HARDER TO
ENFORCE. THE PARK WILL NOW STAY
CLOSED UNTIL THERE ARE NO
RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE FOR
GATHERING. SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S
COVERED 19 POSITIVE RATE
CONTINUES TO FALL. THE COUNTY
TODAY IS REPORTING 263 NEWLY
CONFIRMED CASES OUT OF MORE
THAN 11000 TESTS. THAT'S A
POSITIVE RATE OF JUST TWO POINT
THREE PERCENT DROPPING THE 14
DAY RULING AVERAGE TO FOUR
POINT NINE PERCENT. THE NUMBER
OF CASES NOW STANDS AT THIRTY
ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
SEVEN MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE
THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED.
FIVE NEW DEATHS REPORTED TODAY
BRING THE DEATH TOLL TO FIVE
HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE. THE CASE
RATE IS DOWN TO JUST OVER 110
PER 100000 PEOPLE AND THAT DOES
REMAIN ABOVE THE STATE TRIGGER
OF ONE HUNDRED. THE MAN ACCUSED
OF OPENING FIRE IN THE HOBART
OF POWER KILLING ONE WOMAN AND
INJURING SEVERAL OTHERS WERE
TURNED TO COURT TODAY. NEWS
CHRIS GROH WAS AT THE DOWNTOWN
COURTHOUSE FOR THE IN-PERSON
COURT APPEARANCE WHICH IS RARE
THESE DAYS. AND WE WANT TO
REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT
NORMALLY WE DON'T SHOW THE FACE
OR USE THE NAME OF JOHN ERNEST
THE SUSPECT IN QUESTION.
HOWEVER, TODAY WAS A STATUS
CONFERENCE HEARING AND IT WAS A
PROCEDURAL TYPE EVENT. SO WE DO
HAVE A POLICY THEN TO USE HIS
NAME AND TO SHOW HIM IN COURT
AND HE WAS OBVIOUSLY INSIDE
THE COURTROOM TODAY AGAIN. THIS
WAS A PROCEDURAL HEARING. THIS
WAS A STATUS CONFERENCE IN THIS
CASE. REMEMBER THAT JURY TRIAL
WAS SUPPOSED TO START IN JUNE
BUT DUE TO COVE IT IT'S BEEN
DELAYED UNTIL AT LEAST MARCH
15TH, 2021. AND TODAY WAS A
VERY SHORT STATUS CONFERENCE
AGAIN. BOTH SIDES AGREEING TO
SOME PROCEDURAL CHANGES.
THE HEARING VERY QUICK AND IT
WAS ACTUALLY VERY RARE TO SEE
ERNEST APPEAR INSIDE THAT TANK
INSIDE THE COURTROOM AS OPPOSED
TO A VIRTUAL APPEARANCE THAT'S
NORMALLY BEEN WHAT HAPPENS
DURING THIS CORVETTE 19
PANDEMIC. HOWEVER, THE JUDGE
NOTED THAT IT ONLY HAPPENED. WE
ONLY SAW EARNEST INSIDE COURT
DUE TO THE SPECIAL NATURE OF
THIS CASE. NOW ERNEST IS FACING
THE DEATH PENALTY. HE'S ACCUSED
OF OPENING FIRE AND SHOOTING
FOUR PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOBART
PARKWAY LAST YEAR. THREE WERE
INJURED AND ONE WOMAN, LORI K.
WAS KILLED. NOW ERNEST IS ALSO
ACCUSED OF SETTING FIRE TO
THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF S.
CANDIDO A MONTH BEFORE
THE PARKWAY SHOOTING AND
EARNEST IS ALSO CHARGED IN
FEDERAL COURT. HOWEVER, THAT
TRIAL HAS ALSO BEEN DELAYED DUE
TO THE COVETED 19 PANDEMIC
MARCELLA CARLO. THANKS, CHRIS.
THE DA'S OFFICE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE
WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT AN
ALARMING SPIKE IN FENTANYL
RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS IN
THE COUNTY ACCORDING TO A
RELEASE FROM THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THERE ARE
ALREADY 51 MORE PENDING AND
CONFIRMED FENTANYL RELATED
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2020. THEN
IN ALL OF 20 19 THIS IMAGES
FROM A SEIZURE EARLIER THIS
YEAR OF 150 POUNDS OF FENTANYL.
DEA SUMMER STEP AND SAYS IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO
REMEMBER THAT ANY ILLEGAL DRUG
COULD BE DANGEROUS. THE SAN
DIEGO CITY COUNCIL SAYS
THE CITY CAN HANDLE PROTESTS
HERE AND DOESN'T NEED OR WANT
INTERVENTION FROM FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT. FEDERAL AGENTS
DESCENDED ON PORTLAND LAST
MONTH WHERE NIGHTLY PORT
PROTESTS HAD BEEN TAKING PLACE
FOR WEEKS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GEORGETTE GOMEZ CALLED
THE PORTLAND TACTICS HEAVY
HANDED AUTHORITARIAN BEHAVIOR
BY A 62 VOTE. THE COUNCIL
ADOPTED A RESOLUTION ASSERTING
THE CITY'S AUTHORITY TO PROTECT
ITS OWN STREETS WITHOUT
INTERVENTION BY FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
THE RESOLUTION DENOUNCES
UNCONTACTED ACTIONS BY FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND
AFFIRMS THAT COUNCIL STANDS UP
FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
OF ITS CITIZENS. A
GROUNDBREAKING BILL MAKING ITS
WAY THROUGH THE STATE
LEGISLATURE IS PUSHING TO
EXPAND COMPENSATE ELIGIBILITY
FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE.
IT WOULD BEHE FIRST OF ITS
KIND IN THE NATION AND REMOVE
COMMON BARRIERS THAT TYPICALLY
STOP VICTIMS FROM RECEIVING
COMPENSATION. THINGS LIKE
RELYING SOLELY ON THE CONTENTS
OF A POLICE REPORT IT WOULD
ALLOW FOR OTHER EVIDENCE TO BE
USED THAT INCLUDES MEDICAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS. THIS IS
A NECESSARY CRITICAL STEP
TOWARDS PROTECTING VICTIMS OF
POLICE VIOLENCE AS WELL AS
THEIR FAMILIES FROM
THE FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
DEVASTATION THAT THIS SORT OF
HARMFUL VIOLENCE CAN INFLICT.
LAWMAKERS WERE JOINED VIRTUALLY
TODAY BY SEVERAL SURVIVING
FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SHARE THEIR
OWN STORIES. THE BILL IS
EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY TO
THE GOVERNOR NO LATER THAN
SEPTEMBER. AN IMPORTANT
REMINDER FOR SAN PAGANS WHO ARE
REGISTERED TO VOTE.
THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS IS
SENDING THIS POSTCARD TO NEARLY
2 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS
ACROSS THE COUNTY TELLING THEM
TO EXPECT A MAIL BALLOT FOR
THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. THE GOVERNOR SIGNED
TWO EXECUTIVE ORDERS
AUTHORIZING THE MOVE SO
CALIFORNIANS CAN EXERCISE THEIR
RIGHT TO VOTE IN A SAFE MANNER
.VOTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO
MAKE SURE ALL REGISTRATION
INFORMATION IS UP TO DATE.
EVERY REGISTERED VOTER IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL
RECEIVE A MAIL BALLOT FOR
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. NOW SAN
DIEGO REPUBLICANS ARE WARNING
THAT COULD LEAD TO ABUSE OF
THE SYSTEM. NEWS TO BRANDON
LEWIS EXPLAINS THEIR CONCERNS
AND THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS
RESPONDS THAT THEY'VE NEVER
FOUND EVIDENCE OF FRAUD THROUGH
MAIL IN VOTING MARCELLA AND
CARLO. THE CONCERN IS OVER WHO
IS ON THE VOTER ROLLS AND
WHETHER THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR
FRAUD USING THE MAIL IN SYSTEM
.THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS SAYS
HE'S CONFIDENT IN THE PROCESS
COME NOVEMBER. THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION IS LESS THAN THREE
MONTHS AWAY AND WITH
THE PANDEMIC SHOWING NO SIGNS
OF GOING AWAY. CALIFORNIA IS
CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARD A
NEARLY ALL MAIL IN BALLOT
SYSTEM. WE CONDUCTED WELL RUN
ELECTIONS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
AND I SEE THAT HAPPENING FOR
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. NOW
HAVING SAID THAT, THERE ARE A
LOT OF CHANGES THERE AND THERE
IS A LOT OF WORRIES ABOUT HOW
THE UPCOMING ELECTION IS GOING
TO BE CONDUCTED BECAUSE OF
THOSE RESPECTIVE CHANGES. BUT
COUNTY REPUBLICANS ARE ECHOING
CONCERNS BY THEIR NATIONAL
COUNTERPARTS ABOUT AN INCREASE
OF VOTE BY MAIL. IT'S NOT THAT
DIFFICULT TO TO FORGE BALLOTS
AND WE THINK THAT NOBODY WOULD
EVER DO THAT. BUT THE STAKES
ARE VERY HIGH AND YOU CAN I
THINK EVERYBODY CAN APPRECIATE
THAT MAIL AND VOTING IS
INCREASING IN POPULARITY IN
MARCH BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
GRIPPED THE REGION. MORE THAN
70 PERCENT OF BALLOTS WERE
SAFELY MAILED IN OVER MY 24
YEARS OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY LEVEL OF
SYSTEMIC FRAUD THAT IS OUT
THERE. EVEN THE LOCAL HEAD OF
THE GOP VOTES BY MAIL BUT
ALLEGES INCORRECTLY MAILED
BALLOTS ARE RIPE FOR ABUSE.
THE IDEA THAT THE VOTER FILE
HAS NO INACCURACY. WE COME
ACROSS DUPLICATES ALL THE TIME.
WHAT IS THE MOST GUARANTEED WAY
THAT THERE WILL BE NO FRAUD AND
NOBODY VOTING? THAT SHOULDN'T
BE VOTING AN IN-PERSON
SHELBURNE PERSON. SHOW YOUR
I.D. AND VOTE THAT WAY.
THE REGISTRAR DISPUTES THAT
SAYING THEY ARE CONSTANTLY
ADJUSTING THE ROLLS INCLUDING
USING DATA FROM A MAILER ASKING
VOTERS TO CONFIRM THEIR
INFORMATION. WE ARE ABLE TO
RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION. THOSE
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
POTENTIALLY MOVED THROUGH
THE US POSTAL SERVICE. FOR
THE SKEPTICS, THE COUNTY WILL
HAVE MORE THAN 100 STAFFED
BALLOT DROP SITES AND ARE
TRACKING EVERY BALLOT FROM
PRINTING TO MAILING AND
RETURNED AND THEN COMPARES
EVERY SIGNATURE WE CONDUCTED.
WELL RON ELECTIONS IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY AND I SEE THAT HAPPENING
FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
THE REGISTRAR SAYS YOU CAN