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SHOPPING SPREE FOR A FORMER FOSTER YOUTH MOVING INTO HIS FIRST APARTMENT. NEWSDAY DID
FIVE STARTS NOW AND BREAKING
NEWS TONIGHT PADRES GAME VERSUS
THE SEATTLE MARINERS AT PETCO
PARK IS BEING POSTPONED OVER
PROTESTS SURROUNDING
THE WISCONSIN SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS
FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I'M
BARBARA LEE EDWARDS. I'M CARLOS
MERCADO. THIS ALL STARTED WHEN
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS REFUSED TO
TAKE THE COURT TODAY FOR GAME
FIVE OF THEIR FIRST ROUND NBA
PLAYOFF SERIES AGAINST
THE ORLANDO MAGIC NEWS. A
SPORTS DIRECTOR KYLE CARRASCO
HAS MORE IN THIS BREAKING NEWS
KYLE, NOBODY. WELL, CARLO, THIS
HAS BEEN A DAY IN SPORTS LIKE
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. IN
PROTEST OF THE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE NEAR MILWAUKEE,
WISCONSIN, SEVERAL TEAMS IN
MULTIPLE SPORTS HAVE CHOSEN TO
BOYCOTT THEIR GAMES TODAY
INCLUDING YES, THE SEATTLE
MARINERS SCHEDULED TO PLAY OUR
SAN DIEGO PADRES AT PETCO PARK
TONIGHT JUST AFTER 6:00
O'CLOCK. IT ALL STARTED WITH
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS REFUSING TO
PLAY THEIR GAME FIVE NBA
PLAYOFF GAME. EARLIER TODAY
AGAINST THE MAGIC SOON
THEREAFTER THE NBA CANCELED ALL
PLAYOFF GAMES TODAY INCLUDING
THE LAKERS TRAILBLAZERS WITHIN
HOURS. THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS
BOYCOTTED THEIR GAME AGAINST
THE CINCINNATI REDS SCHEDULED
TO BE PLAYED AT MILLER PARK IN
MILWAUKEE. AND WITHIN THE HOUR
THE SEATTLE MARINERS PLAYERS
VOTED TO BOYCOTT TONIGHT'S GAME
AGAINST THE PADRES. RIGHT NOW
AS WE SPEAK, NBA PLAYERS ARE
MEETING IN THE BUBBLE IN
ORLANDO TO DECIDE THE FATE OF
THIS NBA SEASON. THERE IS SOME
TRACTION TO BOYCOTT THE REST OF
THE PLAYOFFS. I'LL HAVE AN
UPDATE FOR YOU IN ABOUT 40
MINUTES IN SPORTS. UNTIL THEN,
I'M FIRECRACKER. BACK TO YOU
GUYS IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, KYLE. THE SPORTS
POSTPONEMENTS FOLLOW NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AFTERMATH
OF THE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
.AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED THAT IT
WAS KENOSHA POLICE OFFICER
RUSTON CHESKY THAT SHOT BLAKE
ON SUNDAY IN WISCONSIN. THAT
SHOOTING LED TO SEVERAL NIGHTS
OF PROTESTS AND A DEADLY
SHOOTING AMONG THE CROWD THERE
LAST NIGHT. TODAY ILLINOIS
POLICE ARRESTED 17 YEAR KYLE
RITTENHOUSE IN CONNECTION WITH
THAT SHOOTING. CELL PHONE VIDEO
APPEARS TO SHOW A PERSON WITH A
SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE BEING
CHASED BY DEMONSTRATORS AND
THEN FALLING TO THE GROUND.
OPENING FIRE A 17 YEAR OLD
INDIVIDUAL FROM ANTIOCH,
ILLINOIS WAS INVOLVED IN
THE USE OF FIREARMS TO RESOLVE
WHATEVER CONFLICT WAS IN PLACE.
THE RESULT OF IT WAS TWO PEOPLE
ARE DEAD. BLAKE'S FAMILY SAYS
HE MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO WALK
AGAIN. SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS JUST
SIX DAYS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE
TO REOPEN FOR IN-PERSON
LEARNING IF THE DISTRICTS AGREE
SCHOOLS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO
REOPEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST IF
THE COUNTY CASE RATE REMAINS
BELOW 100 CASES PER 100000
PEOPLE, WE'RE WELL ON TRACK.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS ONCE KIDS ARE
BACK IN CLASS AND THERE'S A
CODED OUTBREAK WHOSE AIDES
BRANDON LEWIS SHOWS IN THIS
BEYOND THE NUMBERS REPORT NOW
CARLO AND BARBARA LEE COUNTY
EDUCATION OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO
STRESS THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR
KATE RATE IS SLOWLY DROPPING
AND WELL BELOW THAT 100
THRESHOLD, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT EVERY SCHOOL WILL REOPEN
NEXT WEEK. SAN DIEGO COUNTY
SCHOOLS CONTINUE THEIR MARCH
TOWARD REOPENING WITH ANOTHER
DAY OF CASE RATE BELOW 100 IF
THE TREND CONTINUES. THEN
THE SCHOOL BELL CAN RING AGAIN
FOR ALL GRADE LEVEL SEPTEMBER
1ST BUT ONLY WITH LOCAL
DISTRICT APPROVAL. WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE
PREPARED FOR ANY CONTINGENCY
THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING
THE HEALTH MEASURES AND SO
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE
SINCE MARCH TO DEVELOP OUR
CRITERIA AND GUIDANCE AROUND
SAFE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS HAS
BEEN DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH. SOME SCHOOL
DISTRICTS PLANNED TO REOPEN
NEXT WEEK. OTHERS ARE TAKING A
CAUTIOUS APPROACH BECAUSE OF
CONCERNS THEY MIGHT HAVE TO
TOGGLE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED
ALTHOUGH THAT MIGHT NOT BE
THE CASE ONCE SCHOOLS OPEN AND
EVEN IF WE GET BACK ON
THE MONITORING LIST. SCHOOLS
WILL CONTINUE TO STAY OPEN AND
CLOSURES WOULD BE PREDICATED ON
OUTBREAKS. THE COUNTY IS
WORKING TO SET UP MORE TESTING
SITES TO REGULARLY TEST
THE COUNTY'S MORE THAN 80000
TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF.
PARENTS WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH
THEIR PHYSICIAN TO TEST THEIR
CHILD WHEN SCHOOLS REOPEN. A
TEAM OF CONTACT GRAZERS SOME OF
WHOM WERE ONCE SCHOOL NURSES
WILL HELP INVESTIGATE CLASSROOM
OUTBREAKS. THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE
BEING SET UP IN THE SCHOOLS SO
THAT THERE ARE COHORTS OF
CHILDREN THAT ARE KNOWN TO BE
LEARNING TOGETHER WILL MAKE
THAT A LOT EASIER. AND AGAIN WE
DO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL
BE SOME CASES THAT SHOW UP IN
SCHOOLS. THE COUNTY OFFICE OF
EDUCATION SAYS STATE STANDARDS
REQUIRE CLASSROOMS TO CLOSE FOR
TWO WEEKS IF FIVE PERCENT OF
THE KIDS TEST POSITIVE A FIVE
PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL TEST
POSITIVE. THEN THE SCHOOL IS
CLOSED. AND IF 25 PERCENT OF
SCHOOLS FALL INTO THE CATEGORY,
THE DISTRICT IS CLOSE. TRULY
THERE IS NOT A PLAYBOOK FOR
THIS. AND SO HAVING SAID THAT,
WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A
CASE THAT OCCURS WHERE A SCHOOL
MIGHT HAVE TO PIVOT AND ITS
IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT PRINCIPAL OR KEY ARE
COMMUNICATING THOSE CHANGES
WITH THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
THE CASE RATE IS ONLY TIED TO
SCHOOL REOPENING. GOVERNOR
NEWSOME DID TEACH THAT WE COULD
GET SOME GUIDANCE ON WHEN SOME
BUSINESSES MAY REOPEN ON
FRIDAY. CARLO AND BARBARA LEE
SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS REPORTING
ONE NEW COVERED 19 COMMUNITY
OUTBREAK TONIGHT BRINGING THAT
TOTAL TO 20. OVER THE PAST
SEVEN DAYS THAT IS ABOVE
THE COUNTY'S TRIGGER OF SEVEN
COUNTIES ALSO REPORTING 228
NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES OF
COVERED 19 OUT OF MORE THAN 80
300 TESTS. THAT'S A POSITIVE
RATE OF TWO POINT SEVEN PERCENT
AND IT'S BELOW THE 14 DAY
ROLLING AVERAGE OF THREE POINT
SIX PERCENT. THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF CASES NOW TOPS 37 THOUSAND
THREE NEW DEATHS BRING THAT
TOTAL TO 660 8. A MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY FROM
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM THAT WILL
MORE THAN DOUBLE THE STATE'S
COVERED 19 TESTING CAPACITY AND
REDUCE TURNAROUND TIME.
THE STATE SIGNED A
GROUNDBREAKING CONTRACT WITH A
MAJOR DIAGNOSTIC COMPANY THAT
WILL ALLOW THE STATE TO PROCESS
UP TO 150 ADDITIONAL 150
THOUSAND ADDITIONAL COVERED 19
TESTS A DAY WITH A CONTRACTUAL
TURNAROUND TIME OF 24 TO 48
HOURS ULTIMATELY TO DRIVE DOWN
THE COST FOR EVERYBODY. THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING. AND
HAD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DONE
THIS SOME TIME AGO, YOU WOULD
SEE AVERAGE COST OF TESTS AT
150 TO 200 DOLLARS COSTING
THE TAXPAYERS QUITE LITERALLY
TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE NEW DEAL
WOULD DISRUPT THE TESTING
MARKETPLACE, HELP BREAK SUPPLY
CHAIN LOGJAMS AND DRIVE DOWN
THE COSTS FOR TESTS FOR EVERY
CALIFORNIAN. TONIGHT WE'RE
HEARING FROM FAMILY MEMBERS
STILL IN MOURNING AFTER A
DEADLY BLUFF COLLAPSE IN NORTH
COUNTY THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE
LAST YEAR. NOW THEY'RE FILING
LAWSUITS TO PREVENT SIMILAR
TRAGEDIES FROM HAPPENING IN
THE FUTURE. NEWS AIDE STEVE
PRICE HAS THEIR STORY AFTER
THE BLUFFS HERE COLLAPSED
KILLING THREE PEOPLE GRIEVING
FAMILY MEMBERS FOCUS THEIR
EFFORTS ON CHANGES HERE TO MAKE
SURE NO OTHER FAMILIES FELT
THEIR PAIN. BUT A YEAR LATER
WITH LITTLE CHANGE, THEY'RE NOW
TAKING THEIR FIGHT TO COURT. WE
REALLY HOPE THAT SOME CHANGES
CAN TAKE PLACE HERE BEFORE
ANOTHER FAMILY'S IS INJURED
LIKE MINE HAS BEEN. PATTY DAVIS
WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIS
WIFE JULIE ON THE BLUFF CRASH
DOWN WITHOUT WARNING KILLING
JULIE. THEIR DAUGHTER ANNIE AND
JULIE'S SISTER ELIZABETH. SHE
WAS A FIGHTER. I KNOW THAT IF
SHE WAS HERE SHE WOULD WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CARRY ON THIS
FIGHT SO THAT NO OTHER FAMILIES
GO THROUGH THIS. IT HAPPENED
AUGUST 2ND, 2019. THE FAMILY
GATHERED AT GRANDVIEW BEACH IN
ENCINITAS TO CELEBRATE
ELIZABETH BEATING CANCER FOR A
SECOND TIME. THEY WENT TO
THE BEACH NOT KNOWING OF ANY
HIDDEN DANGERS AND THEY ASKED
THE LIFEGUARD WHERE TO SET UP.
AND LIKE ANY RESPONSIBLE
FAMILY, THEY FOLLOWED
THE INSTRUCTIONS OF A LIFEGUARD
ATTORNEY SAY IT WAS PREVENTABLE
BECAUSE DOCUMENTS SHOW THE CITY
AND STATE HAD BEEN WELL AWARE
OF THE PROBLEMS HERE FOR
DECADES. IT WAS LIKE A TICKING
TIME BOMB. IT WASN'T A QUESTION
OF IF SOMETHING WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN BUT WHEN AND THAT TIME
BOMB IS STILL TICKING TODAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT HIS FAMILY
MEMBERS SO UPSET THEY SAY
LITTLE TO NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE
TO WARN BEACHGOERS OF
THE DANGER. AND TODAY WHILE WE
WERE AT THE BEACH WE SAW
MULTIPLE PEOPLE SITTING UNDER
THE BLUFFS BLUFFS COVERED WITH
ICE PLANTS WHICH ATTORNEYS SAY
MAKE A BAD SITUATION WORSE.
THEY'RE LIKE WATER BALLOONS AND
THEY BECOME DRENCHED WITH
WATER. VERY HEAVY SITTING RIGHT
ON THE TOP OF THAT CLIFF. SO
THOSE ICE PLANTS LITERALLY DRAG
THIS ALREADY UNSTABLE CLIFF
DOWN ONTO THE PEOPLE BELOW IT.
FRUSTRATED THE FAMILY IS NOW
TAKING LEGAL ACTION SUING
THE CITY STATE AND NEIGHBORING
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR
NEGLIGENCE AND DANGEROUS
CONDITION OF PROPERTY IN THIS
WORLD. WHAT EFFECTUATE CHANGE
THE FASTEST? UNFORTUNATELY IS
COMPENSATORY DAMAGES.
THE FAMILY IS ASKING FOR AN
UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF MONETARY
DAMAGES. STEVE PRICE NEWSY
HURRICANE LORA HAS REACHED A
CATEGORY 4 STRENGTH AHEAD OF
ANTICIPATED LANDFALL NEAR
THE LOUISIANA TEXAS STATE LINE.
A MASSIVE STORM IT HAS
FEROCIOUS WINDS, LIFE
THREATENING STORM SURGE AND
IT'S JUST A FEW MILES PER HOUR
AWAY FROM REACHING CATEGORY 5
STRENGTH. MARIA VILLAREAL HAS
THE LATEST FROM BEAUMONT, TEXAS
.GALVESTON, TEXAS IS BRACING
FOR THE WORST. PEOPLE BOARDING
UP AND BUSTING OUT. WE'RE JUST
DOING AS THEY SAY AND LEAVING
FARMERS MOVE THEIR CATTLE TO
HIGHER GROUND. AS HURRICANE
LAURA APPROACHES LANDFALL NEAR
THE TEXAS LOUISIANA STATE LINE.
SO THINGS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY
HERE. BUT WHAT'S NOT CHANGING
IS THE FACT THAT THIS IS GOING
TO BE A CATASTROPHIC LIFE
THREATENING NOAH'S SATELLITE
VIEW SHOWS THE HURRICANE
BURSTING WITH LIGHTNING AS WARM
WINDS CONTINUE FEEDING
THE STORM. IT'S A VERY HEALTHY
STORM. AND WHAT THAT TELLS US
IS THEY'RE STILL ACTUALLY ROOM
FOR FURTHER INTENSIFICATION.
FORECASTERS ARE WARNING WINDS
COULD HIT UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND
FORTY FIVE MILES PER HOUR AND
STORM SURGE AS HIGH AS 20 FEET
CAPABLE OF SINKING ENTIRE
COMMUNITIES. YOU'RE GOING TO
HEAR RANGES OF STORM SURGE THAT
WE HAVEN'T HEARD IN LOUISIANA
SINCE HURRICANE AUDREY IN 19
57. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
THE WORD UNSURVIVABLE IN
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THE DUFFY
FAMILY FILLED SANDBAG TO
PROTECT THEIR HOME FROM RISING
WATER. IS POSSIBLE THAT IT
COULD GO AND TWO DOORS,
GARAGES, WHATEVER. SO UNTIL
THE PUMPS CATCH UP YOU ALWAYS
HAVE AN ISSUE WITH STREET
FLOODING. DAVID, JUST THREE
YEARS SINCE THE DEVASTATION OF
HURRICANE HARVEY, TEXAS IS
ASKING CITIZENS TO BE READY FOR
THE WORST. WE URGE EVERYBODY
WHO MAY BE IN HARM'S WAY TO
TAKE THESE FEW LAST HOURS TO
GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY. MORE
THAN A HALF A MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO EVACUATE
IN THE BULLSEYE OF LAURA'S
PROJECTED PATH WITH
METEOROLOGISTS WARNING OF GRAVE
AND IMMEDIATE DANGER. THEY HAVE
YET TO TELL CBS NEWS BEAUMONT,
TEXAS. SO WHEN WILL HURRICANE
LAURA REACH LAND? ARE? OUR
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CARLENE
JARVIS IS TRACKING THE STORM
FOR US AND SHE JOINS US NOW
WITH MORE ON THAT. THAT'S
RIGHT, BOB. REALLY? WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT A MONSTER OF A
STORM THAT DOES LOOK TO MAKE
LANDFALL AT LEAST OVER THE NEXT
12 HOURS. TAKING A LOOK AT
THE LATEST SATELLITE AS WELL AS
RADAR IMAGERY. THIS IS A VERY
HEALTHY LOOKING STORM WHICH IS
DEFINITELY NOT A GOOD THING
WHEN IT IS HEADING TOWARDS LAND
AND WE'RE SEEING THAT MAKE ITS
MOVE. LAURA TOWARDS TEXAS AND
ALSO LOUISIANA. YOU CAN SEE
THOSE FEEDER BANDS HAVE ALREADY
STARTED TO MOVE ONSHORE EVEN
PROMPTING A FEW TORNADOES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA
TAKING A LOOK AT THE LATEST
WITH LAURA. IT'S ABOUT ONE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILES SOUTH
OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
ARE AT 150 MILES PER HOUR. THIS
SYSTEM AS I MENTIONED. NEXT 12
HOURS IT DOES LOOK TO MAKE
LANDFALL BECAUSE IT'S STILL
OVER VERY WARM WATER. IT COULD
BECOME A CATEGORY 5 AND THAT
WOULD BE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS UP TO A HUNDRED AND
FIFTY SIX MILES PER HOUR ONCE
IT INTERACTS WITH LAND. IT WILL
WEEKLY WRAP TO ME. IT WILL
START TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. WE'LL HAVE MORE
DETAILS ON THAT AND YOUR
WEATHER FORECAST COMING UP.
BACK TO YOU, CARLA. SEE IN A
FEW. CARLENE, THANKS. STILL
AHEAD TONIGHT WE'LL PREVIEW
THREE OF THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION PLUS
THE LATEST ON THE PROGRESS
FIGHTING THE DEVASTATING
WILDFIRES BURNING IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. COULD SOMEONE VOTE
TWICE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION?
I'M KELLY HAS TO KNOW. COMING
UP, THE COUNTY